Except that EnderWiggins doesn’t consider his points to be spurious nonsense. I’m sure that he thinks that they are wise and weighty arguments.
All that is required is to tell yourself that you are far more discerning than those ancient oafs from 20 centuries ago, the sort of rubes who, you know, fell for any kind of preposterous story. Unlike ourselves, who are modern paragons of intellect and reason. If we were to be confronted by some otherworldly miracle we would have the good sense to refuse to believe our own senses, as miracles are an insult to our world view. By definition neither miracles nor God exist. Nietzsche told me so.
True. Ender Wiggins strikes me as that sort of silly skeptic who seems to think that while he can reject our source of authority, we are duty bound to accept his. I can assure you, I don't feel bound in any way to accept the authority or validity of the fringe "scholars" who peddle the sort of nonsense about the Gospels that he peddles on here. Rule #3 for skeptics who want to be taken seriously - "If you don't accept the validity of my authoritative source, then don't expect me to accept the validity of yours."