Originally posted by Apologiaphoenix
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Just because I have a position that you disagree with doesn't make my position out of the mainstream of scholarship. I can point to scholars who hold a differing view than you on every issue we have discussed. What you really want is for me to read ALL scholars who agree with your position, and only then will you feel that I am qualified to challenge your position.
This is nonsense. Imagine if I you were debating a Mormon and told him that he has no good evidence that an angel appeared to Joseph Smith and gave him Golden Tablets. The Mormon responds that you are uninformed because you have not read all the books by Mormon scholars on the subject. You don't need to read dozens of books by Mormon scholars to NOT believe in Joseph Smith's supernatural claim, and, you don't need to read dozens of books by Christian scholars to NOT believe in a first century reanimation.
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