Tags for this video have been changed from 'David Fitzgerald, Skepticon 4' to 'David Fitzgerald, Skepticon 4, mormon, mormonism' - edited by dystopianfuturetoday

Do you have an "Even Dawkins admitted" macro button?

Dawkins isn't even a historian. Why should anyone care about his opinion on this? Dawkins is a pretty prominent atheist, so I can understand why you'd make that mistake, but atheists don't receive beliefs from a single infallible godhead figure. Until seeing the David Fitzgerald video @hpqp just referenced, I assumed Jesus was a real guy too. But it's OK, because as I'm a linguist, not a historian, nobody was quoting me on that.

As you your second bit, I don't know if anybody with historical chops had questioned the existence of the man named Jesus of Nazareth, and it was generally accepted that he did exist and that he was a well attested figure. Now someone is casting doubt on that with evidence, and smart people will at least consider this new possibility before deciding either way.>> ^shinyblurry:
Even Dawkins admitted Jesus is a historical figure. There are virtually no historians who support that view, so scratch probably and insert "extremely unlikely".