Recent content by Engelbert

With regards to Francesca Stavrakopoulou, who I mentioned earlier and you comment on above, I thought I'd post a few links. You may well have heard of her, listened to her, or even seen her talk live for all I know, but these are some interesting videos, which aside from this discussion, I...

I have concerned my points with the consensus here, because I believe it's of some significance, but in every post, I have noted that this is not the limit of my argument. You have brought up a great many points and to discuss them all at once would be difficult and lengthy. One point at a time...

Well, I kind of responded to this in the post prior to my last, or at least tried to offer some thoughts on it. Your logic doesn't necessarily follow here. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? (...the egg, I know) Consensuses exist all over the place in academia. Just because one exists...

You could be right that Carrier is on his way to wider acceptance. I did not discount this as a possibility. However, despite his books, the sea change does not yet seem to be underway. Of course, as you say, we could be seeing the first steps of this and we wont be able to tell until a later...

I've thought about responding in detail to some of these points of textual evidence, but I can't help but think this issue has been repeated many times. I've been a bit pressed for time this week and almost typed some responses, but didn't quite get there this time. I thought I'd make a couple...

How is it completely wrong? I said that there is virtually no scholarly dissent from the idea that Jesus existed. That's quite true. Carrier, Price, Doherty and a handful of others might reject the crucifixion or the life of Christ. But it's like the weighting of scientists who accept...

No problem regarding time, or your references. This is just a few thoughts about a topic in a forum thread - a conversation. The passage is open to various interpretations, including the one you suggested, yes. However, as I said, I’m not entirely sure whether you were arguing that it evidenced...

This seems like a rather ambiguous quote and I'm not sure whether you're arguing that it supports a mythicist position, or that it just evidences the existence of counter Christian arguments at the time of writing. Yes, it could be in reference to what Jews might have been saying about...

:) Thanks! I might consider playing something soon... but I don't have minecraft and don't really know what it is.... except for that thing with the boxy graphics.

Fable Day. This week. It's partly a protest, but mostly a tribute. Basically, people are going to play Fable all day. hehe. I think there might be some stories and jokes and stuff... The website's still under construction. http://www.fableday.com/

nothing really ... mostly steaming about the cancellation of Fable and the closure of Lionhead. Totally sucks. Instead of playing something - have been voting up various comments and signing petitions and feedback forms being sent to Phil Spencer.

Thought I'd leave a short thought or two on your question. Well, the scholarly consensus does rather influence my thinking here. Experts are there to be referred to, so it's not unwise to evaluate and to value what conclusions they draw. Consensus isn't always a reason to be certain, but it's...

Hi there Dragan Glas :D Thanks so much for these links. The first one is particularly interesting, because it shows the thoughts of a lawyer. Thanks. I've been reading various articles similar to these for the last couple of days and have been debating with myself on whether or not to pay...

Hi there, It turns out that I recently managed to miss a sign for restricted parking in the UK. It's a pretty annoying feeling when a nice letter comes through the door and you open it to see a photograph of your car in an apparently restricted zone and a demand for, what in this case, seems...

Hi there :D I'm engelbert! Thought I'd have a crack at a few of your questions. Really not got a clue... Learned a few things I suppose, but nothing that stands out as revelatory to me. Suppose the news is always new... so maybe the fact that Donald Trump might actually have a chance to become...