Jesus did not Exist

[@grahamblack1961]

I've learned how to be a more concise thinker just by listening to Richard Carrier over the years. I never get bored listening to him.

[@zachhodgson4113]

I got to message him directly once. It's my one Famous Person that I got to chat with. He liked my idea that the Library in Alexandria had a copy of Sun Tzu.😊😊😊😊 That still makes me happy. Don't know if they translated it....🤷

[@JHernandezsb]

@@zachhodgson4113 That's so cool. I really am a fan boy of his lectures.

[@johnnehrich9601]

Never, never, NEVER get enough Carrier! Thanks.

[@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND]

Excellent. One of the most concise "packages" of this subject that Dr. Carrier has had the opportunity to present on the "tube".

[@logicoutloud]

Love listening to Dr. Carrier!

[@TrevonFoxxx]

Thank you for the video, I’m tired of playing into peoples delusions that this character was real

[@meatloafhead]

I know, how lucky are we that Richard was brave enough to tackle this subject for us all!! We just need a few more scholars to carry on this torch of truth

[@ryanjones4150]

Nice interview. I think if you put in the title "Richard Carrier interview" and the date it would get a lot more views.

[@Firefoxy-rz1nw]

Absolutely right

[@davidjohnzenocollins]

TRUE!

[@devinreed5725]

Oh yea

[@StoptheHateJustDebate]

Solid marketing advice!

[@zachhodgson4113]

Agreed. I didn't watch this 3 times because I didn't think it was Richard Carrier... lmao

[@offgrid405]

Great interview. I think it was above people's expectations because questions were so incisive and to the point (and original), Dr arrier can only portray his ideas well when he is asked good questions. Many thanks to you both for making this possible and hope you have the main man on again sometimes. Very enjoyable and informative.

[@BillZebubproductions]

Thanks. I surely will interview him again. I have purchased his books as gifts for people.

[@haydenwalton2766]

another excellent carrier interview. perhaps one of the best, and most interesting, summaries of his position I've seen.

[@BillZebubproductions]

I want viewers to buy his books. I hope this interview compels people to investigate further.

[@johnmaisonneuve9057]

I came to that view. Certainly all the stories of Jesus is pure fiction.

[@BlackDeath920]

Carrier makes some seriously valid points and it's why I don't hold to Jesus existing.

[@KAB-w7n]

Same here. Dr. Carrier is a serious scholar raising serious issues about Jesus' reality

[@hygujiuy]

This is a good interview. I always appreciate it when the person being interviewed gets to do most of the talking.

[@BillZebubproductions]

Yes, I told him that I will not interrupt, as some do, and I won't make sounds to indicate that I am following. The interview is about him, not me. My only job is to ask questions. There was a camera on me too, but I did not use that footage.

[@themythiclife8206]

Great interview. Carrier is always great at explaining complex material. I hope more people will check out his work!

[@BillZebubproductions]

His books should be mandatory in the southern states that force religion into the curriculum.

[@themythiclife8206]

@@BillZebubproductions Technically, this counts as Bible Study!

[@unicyclist97]

I appreciate your taking the time to arrange and record and share this informative interview.

[@BillZebubproductions]

Thanks. I traveled 12 hours for this interview.

[@richardofpleasantway8027]

Years ago I watched a PBS documentary on Jesus and a narrator opined that he must have had sympathizers and cohorts among the temple guard to carry out the overturning of money-changers' tables. This is another example of ad hoc rationalization for gospel myths which my education from Carrier has me alerted. The simple explanation-that it is allegory-does not enter the apologist's mind.

[@Bryan198026]

I actually just read On the Hystoricity of Jesus last year. Very interesting. I've always been a non-believer but I'd always supposed that there must have been an ordinary historical figure around whom the Jesus myth was based, but after reading both Carrier and David Fitzgerald I've become much less convinced of this.

[@TardHub]

One legend interviewing another, top tier hails. Thanks for your efforts, Bill.

[@BillZebubproductions]

I am happy that you enjoyed it.

[@Raymond-d2l7n]

Bill Zebub? Beelzebub?

[@StorytimeJesus]

Baalzebul?

[@BillZebubproductions]

Baalzebub was lord of lies. When he waged a rebellion and lost, he was demoted and called Beelzebub, the lord of flies.

[@Katnip452]

He’s really enjoyable and cogent. I listen to a lot of atheist broadcasts for relief from our increasingly irrational media environment and some other folks like Matt Dillahunty who seem clear on most points generally say there’s no good proof for “God” but give “Jesus” a pass. They tend to make dismissive comments about mythicists and I just wonder why that is. Why should anyone assume the book character Jesus is any more real than his alter ego YHWH? Baffling.

[@BeachbumBrianCampbell]

Dudes name is "Bill zebub?" Lol

[@rickpandolfi7860]

“Jesus from Outer Space” is simply too great. As Hitchens famously repeated “ridiculous claims demand subversively derisive retorts.” Classic!

[@Oldmongreldog70]

My new favorite comic is space Jesus goes to mars 😂

[@wagsman9999]

Do we really have access to the historical Jesus? There is zero contemporary evidence (surviving evidence between 0 - 35 ca). When one reads the books in the New Testament in the order they were written, the stories clearly depict a growing legend. The epistles do not delineate miracles or mention the virgin birth. Mark (the first Gospel) includes miracles but does not nearly reach the high Christology of John, written a century later. The trinity is not depicted in the NT, this idea took another two centuries to flush out. This is so obviously a growing legend - teased and tossed and layered by the early Christians vying to control the narrative - it's hard to understand how Christians miss this as an obvious concern. These stories are dogmatically asserted as true - but the obvious conundrum remains: the enormous claim is Jesus was 'god on two feet' wandering around in the middle of the Roman empire, yet not a shred of evidence of his existence exists - beyond stories written later by people who were not witness to Jesus' ministry. This should not satisfy anyone.

[@paulsass4343]

i kinda wish i was friends wit hDr Carrier; seems like a really good dude and by the way if you heard his personal story you'd like him MORE! ( he tells his story in a lot of videos!)

[@BagzAndPresident]

He’s awesome