Real Historian Responds to "Jesus Was a Myth" Claims

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Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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The internet is a breeding ground for the claim that Jesus never existed. Historical Jesus scholar, Mike Licona takes on these claims and will be responding to mythicist questions in the Q&A at the end of the video. Mike Licona's web site https://www.risenjesus.com/ If you love this ministry and want to help support me continuing to make free content then please click here. https://biblethinker.org/index.php/donate If you want your own "BibleThinker" coffee mug then click here (and be sure to read the page for instructions of shipping discounts and details) https://www.zockollpottery.com/product-page/bible-thinker-mug I often get asked about what Bible software I use. It's called Logos and you can get it at the link below. There is a free version which you will find helpful. The nicer versions are a serious investment but I've found it to be really integral in my own Bible studies. I also have a 10% discount for you if you use the coupon code BIBLETHINKER8 when you make your purchase. This is an affiliate link but I only recommend it because it really is an incredibly useful software I have used for 13 years and because I can get you a discount with this link. https://www.logos.com/partner/biblethinker?utm_source=biblethinker&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=promo-partner

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0:00.0	I'm Pastor Mike Winger and this is Bible Thinker the program dedicated to thinking
0:05.8	biblically about everything.
0:07.6	Hey and welcome to the Tuesday live stream.
0:12.5	I'm Mike Winger.
0:13.2	We're going to be talking today
0:14.2	about the question of whether or not Jesus
0:16.2	was really just a myth made up by people
0:20.5	that there was in fact no historical Jesus. What are the chances that Jesus didn't exist?
0:26.2	So I want to mention really quickly before I introduce my special guest, a real live historian who's
0:30.6	going to be talking with us about this topic.
0:33.2	The prevalence, modern day prevalence of the idea
0:36.4	that Jesus was a myth and it's growing in its influence online,
0:39.6	at least from my perception it is.
0:41.3	It started a while ago with the movie Zeitgeist,
0:43.2	the current surge and Jesus Mythicist stuff.
0:46.7	And then Bill Maher with his movie,
0:48.2	Religulous or Religulous or whatever
0:50.4	he pronounced is made upward.
0:52.4	And then, you know, recently there was not too long,
0:54.9	there was an article on Big Think
0:56.6	where they said there's a growing number of scholars
0:59.2	that are questioning the historical existence of Jesus.
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