Bart D. Ehrman Quotes

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• Sometimes Christian apologists say there are only three options to who Jesus was: a liar, a lunatic or the Lord. But there could be a…
• You can’t believe something just because someone else desperately wants you to.
• In the entire first Christian century Jesus is not mentioned by a single Greek or Roman historian, religion scholar, politician, philosopher or poet. His name…
• Traditionally in Christian circles, Judas in fact has been associated with Jews. Of being traitors, avaricious, who in fact, betray Jesus, who are Christ-killers. And…
• There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.
• Different authors have different points of view. You can't just say, 'I believe in the Bible.
• In terms of the historical record, I should also point out that there is no account in any ancient source whatsoever about King Herod slaughtering…
• The search for truth takes you where the evidence leads you, even if, at first, you don't want to go there.
• [P]eople need to use their intelligence to evaluate what they find to be true and untrue in the Bible. This is how we need to…
• The problem then with Jesus is that he cannot be removed from his time and transplanted into our own without simply creating him anew
• In Matthew, Jesus declares, “Whoever is not with me is against me.” In Mark, he says,“Whoever is not against us is for us.” Did he…

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