Archaeology of the New Testament

Cypress said:
I've read more Ehrman than anyone on this board.
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Maybe there's a different Bart Ehrman you're reading.
Cypress said:
If you are only reading Ehrman and other atheists, you are selecting material that you already know beforehand will only support your preconceived opinions. You obviously aren't reading alternative sources that will challenge your preconceived beliefs.
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Says the person who cherry-picked one quote from Ehrman and ignored his clear and well supported opinion about the Gospels.
Cypress said:
That's confirmation bias.
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Yes.
Cypress said:
Doesn't matter what he believes. As an academic it only matters what he can prove, or convincingly demonstrate.
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See above post regarding your cherry-picking.
Cypress said:
Ehrman is a committed atheist who expresses his opinions and biases on podcasts and blogs.

But when he's writing in a peer reviewed academic context, he is professionally obligated to be balanced and fair minded. He's very good at being balanced when he has guard rails of scholarly academic standards to adhere to.
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Then you should have no problem finding other support, from him, that shows he's inclined toward believing the Gospels were written by who the books say they were and that those people were the ones close to Jesus/Paul.
Cypress said:
That is precisely why I gave you a quote of his out of an academic context.
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It was from one of his publicly sold book, not an academic book.
Cypress said:
He does think ultimately that the gospel authors are anonymous, but I don't think he does a convincing job of dismissing evidence pointing to the gospel authors as they come to us from tradition.
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That's because you want to believe in Christianity and the Bible.
 
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