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Evidence for the historical existence of Jesus Christ - RationalWiki

Evidence for the historical existence of Jesus Christ is not terribly strong, being found only in the Bible and being surprisingly absent from other contemporaneous sources.

It is most commonly accepted by historians that there was likely a fellow named Jesus who lived in Palestine about two millennia ago, whose life became pivotal to some of the world's largest religions — though questioning his existence is an increasingly respectable position.

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Amazon.com: Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity (9781591025924): John W. Loftus: Books

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5.0 out of 5 stars Unflinching honesty, September 18, 2008


Atheists are often accused of not taking Christianity seriously. If we would only read the bible with an open mind, we would be impressed with its wonderful truths, believers often tell us. And it is a fact that many (perhaps most) atheists don't want to bother with biblical or theological studies -- why should they? -- but this is not true of John Loftus. John has taken the claims of Christianity seriously, diving in with both feet (full immersion atheism!), unflinchingly examining the exact sources that believers urge us to ponder.

What more do they want?

When you read Loftus's penetrating analyses, you have no choice but to discard the truth claims of Christianity. Some might try to argue, nevertheless, that Christianity is useful -- but the most important question that can be asked of any religion is, "Is it TRUE?" Finishing John's book, I am now more convinced than ever that it is not. As a former evangelical preacher myself who can identify with the agony John was forced to endure as he methodically rebuilt his world view, I agree that atheism is not only defensible, it is liberating.

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Biblioblog Rankings (by The Biblioblog Library) – July 2011

Posted by Steve Caruso on August 2, 2011

It’s that time of the month again, but with a new twist!

Using the new tracking system, at The Biblioblog Reference Library to keep count of over 350,000 page views, here are this month’s rankings.

Top 50 Biblioblogs:

If you don’t see a little green check next to your blog’s name, that means you don’t have the tracker installed. If there’s a little red X next to your blog’s name, that means that you *had* the tracker installed, but it is now not working for some reason (so best check up on it!).

The rankings for the Top 50 are based on hits from the tracker widget, as well as the number of Library referrals (i.e. traffic generated from the Library).

On the live rankings page at the Library, these are also broken down by category.

# Hits Blog Tracker Library
1 75400 Debunking Christianity Blog tracking for rankings installed. 75093 307
2 39767 Unsettled Christianity Blog tracking for rankings installed. 39132 635
3 25757 Exploring Our Matrix Blog tracking for rankings installed. 25317 440
4 18271 Scotteriology Blog tracking for rankings installed. 18104 167
5 17141 Ancient Hebrew Poetry Blog tracking for rankings installed. 17049 92
6 14526 Gentle Wisdom Blog tracking for rankings installed. 14391 135
7 11784 Better Bibles Blog Blog tracking for rankings installed. 11746 38
8 9784 Near Emmaus Blog tracking for rankings installed. 9592 192
9 8840 XKV8R: The Official Blog of Dr. Robert R. Cargill Blog tracking for rankings installed. 8753 87
10 6872 Political Jesus Blog tracking for rankings installed. 6582 290
11 4770 Observatório Bíblico Blog tracking for rankings installed. 4697 73
12 4574 Dr. Claude Mariottini – Professor of Old Testament Blog tracking for rankings installed. 4509 65
13 4450 The Aramaic Blog Blog tracking for rankings installed. 4400 50
14 4020 Participatory Bible Study Blog Blog tracking for rankings installed. 3983 37
15 3991 Reading Acts Blog tracking for rankings installed. 3920 71
16 3850 A ‘Goula Blogger Blog tracking for rankings installed. 3766 84
17 3239 The Musings of Thomas Verenna Blog tracking for rankings installed. 3141 98
18 3135 Professor Obvious Blog tracking for rankings installed. 3117 18
19 2688 Aristotle’s Feminist Subject Blog tracking for rankings installed. 2598 90
20 2525 Zwinglius Redivivus Blog tracking *was* installed, but is currently missing. 853 1672
21 2505 The Biblioblog Top 50 Blog tracking for rankings installed. 2481 24
22 2308 Diglotting Blog tracking for rankings installed. 2224 84
23 1776 Dust Blog tracking for rankings installed. 1706 70
24 1440 Abnormal Interests Blog tracking for rankings installed. 1317 123
25 1003 The Biblioblog Reference Librarian’s Desk Blog tracking for rankings installed. 868 135
26 899 Polumeros kai Polutropos Blog tracking for rankings installed. 889 10
27 345 Jesus Creed 0 345
28 296 The Poetry of Christ Blog tracking for rankings installed. 257 39
29 234 Pseudoscienze bibliche e false reliquie di Antonio Lombatti 0 234
30 200 PaleoJudaica.com 0 200
31 141 Suzanne’s Bookshelf 0 141
32 126 Ιστολόγιο βιβλικών σπουδών / Biblical Studies Blog 0 126
33 121 Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel 0 121
34 116 Euangelion 0 116
35 103 Sects and Violence in the Ancient World 0 103
36 89 Remnant of Giants 0 89
36 89 BibleX 0 89
37 85 James’ Thoughts and Musings 0 85
38 74 Targuman 0 74
39 73 Quadrilateral Thoughts 0 73
40 65 BIBBIABLOG 0 65
41 54 NT Blog 0 54
42 52 Menachem Mendel 0 52
43 50 Daniel O. McClellan 0 50
44 49 Textuality 0 49
45 45 BiblicalStudies.org.uk 0 45
46 41 Awilum.com 0 41
47 39 Biblische Ausbildung 0 39
48 36 Sansblogue 0 36
49 33 5 Minute Bible 0 33
49 33 The Naked Bible 0 33
50 32 חלק טוב: Helek Tov 0 32

(Jim! Put your tracker back on and give John something to worry about! :-) )

Also, please get the word out to all of those who have blogs on the Top 50 List, but do not have the tracker installed!

Top 10 Articles:

This is a bit of an experiment (and you can see why — in terms of relevance — once you skim the list). These are the Top 10 articles for the past month based upon individual article page views.

On the Library Top 10 Articles page, these are (like the Top 50) also listed by category.

# Hits Article Tracker Library
1 2313 It’s Ignorant to Say “There is No Evidence for a Historical Jesus”
by John W. Loftus via Debunking Christianity
on Jul 20 2011 @ 6:28 AM
2309 4
2 1973 Knights Templar 2083 by Anders Behring Breivik – The Freemason Fundamentalist?
by Joel via Unsettled Christianity
on Jul 23 2011 @ 9:43 PM
1953 20
3 1838 The Face of a Terrorist? Anders Behring Breivik and Christian Fundamentalism
by James F. McGrath via Exploring Our Matrix
on Jul 23 2011 @ 9:10 AM
1835 3
4 1673 Ricky Martin’s Mistaken Assyrian Aramaic Tattoo
by Steve Caruso via The Aramaic Blog
on Jul 8 2007 @ 1:16 PM
1668 5
5 1486 Biblioblogger Jim (Unaccredited) West’s Proposal for Dealing with Heretics
by John W. Loftus via Debunking Christianity
on Jul 14 2011 @ 6:42 AM
1471 15
6 1376 Disconfirming Evidence is Decisive
by John W. Loftus via Debunking Christianity
on Jul 18 2011 @ 6:00 PM
1373 3
7 1014 WordPress Twenty Eleven: give us back our sidebar!
by Peter Kirk via Gentle Wisdom
on Jul 5 2011 @ 5:47 AM
1011 3
8 1007 “Anders Behring Breivik Doesn’t Represent True Christianity”
by John W. Loftus via Debunking Christianity
on Jul 23 2011 @ 2:47 PM
1004 3
9 855 Reality Check: What Must Be the Case if Christianity is True?
by John W. Loftus via Debunking Christianity
on Jul 24 2011 @ 8:59 PM
849 6
10 823 Old Testament Scholar Michael Heiser and I Discuss OT Prophecy
by John W. Loftus via Debunking Christianity