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Originally Posted by Cheese
He attacks Wells proof as just a Professor of German, yet Wells makes his living teaching German literature so he can support his hobby, biblical studies. He is an accomplished writer in the subject, and I have yet to hear a good response to the objections he raises. One need not be a "Biblical Scholar" in order to sort through the various arguments invoked in favor of the Gospel accounts.
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Ok. I'm sorry, my time is running short as I will tomorrow move to a new city, where I won't have an internet connection or a computer until I get one. So I'm out of this shortly. I will address some of your points.
I indeed believe Professor Wells is very good at German, and he might be even quite competent at Classics (or Ancient history, or whatever that deals with the time we're talking about). However, it is his hobby, as you said. Ice hockey is my hobby, but I would look completely out of place in the NHL. And you don't have to be a Biblical Scholar to have an opinion on the matter, you can also be a Historian, a Classician (sp?) or something similar. Even if you're not, you are entitled to your opinion - but I personally am inclined to hold that of a true professonial over it. Honestly, I'm not making stuff up here: this is not an on-going debate among the professonials. There might be some professonials that are of the opinion Jesus didn't exist, but really, they aren't many. I have yet to encounter any of them in the books we have to read from the studies. It's the common opinion among the professionals, approved by majority, that Jesus existed. That is a fact that you can check from any professional.