From: Brian Holtz [brian@holtz.org]
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 9:27 AM
To: 'Francois Tremblay'
Subject: RE: Evidence for Jesus ?

> I am under no obligation to tell you why
> the "consensus" is wrong.

And I am under no obligation to rehearse for you the evidence that supports the overwhelming scholarly consensus for the historicity of Jesus. Which is why I haven't.

> But I did tell you : because the Jesus myth
> is a religiously-charged issue and an easy assumption
> to make, given how pervasive it is in Western thought.

If this meets your standard of explanation in matters like this, then we've nothing further to discuss here.

> As for the answer, well, you already gave it.

If I in fact described for you the evidence that supports the overwhelming scholarly consensus for the historicity of Jesus, then you'd be able to quote me doing so, wouldn't you? Except you can't.

> Thank you. I accept your concession.

Your need to keep repeating this mantra suggests that the concession you refer to in fact never happened. And of course it didn't.

You can try all you want to draw me into a debate on this topic, but surely you can tell by now that you won't be successful -- as I told you from the start.