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Post by turoldus on Feb 26, 2016 22:21:57 GMT
On another thread, Tim told of one Raphael Lataster who appears to be an Aussie Richard Carrier in the making. What bothers me is that he seems to have some support from his alma mater in the guise of Christopher M. Hartney and Carole Cusack who both reviewed his work favorably. Are they representative of the University's views on the matter or is it another instance of academic freedom gone wrong? I'm worried that mythicism might gain respectability in the Academia. |
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Post by timoneill on Mar 3, 2016 20:25:38 GMT
On another thread, Tim told of one Raphael Lataster who appears to be an Aussie Richard Carrier in the making. What bothers me is that he seems to have some support from his alma mater in the guise of Christopher M. Hartney and Carole Cusack who both reviewed his work favorably. Are they representative of the University's views on the matter or is it another instance of academic freedom gone wrong? I'm worried that mythicism might gain respectability in the Academia. Carole Cusack is a good medievalist who wouldn't know NT studies if it hit her in the head. I have no knowledge of Chris Hartney, other than that he works in the Department of Studies in Religion and also has zero background in NT studies. And, to my knowledge, the former fundamentalist Christian turned fundementalist atheist Lataster is the only peddler of Mythicism and his "work" consists of little more than parroting his hero Carrier. The guy doesn't seem to have had an original idea in his life. |
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Post by wraggy on Mar 4, 2016 4:53:53 GMT
I was listening to Black Sabbath's Paranoid album on the way home from work today. It struck me how much the song Iron Man reflects the gospel story. I may consider exploring the idea that the historical Jesus is actually a myth built on Black Sabbath's song Paranoid. The similarities are scary.
I deserve my 15 minutes a fame!
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