You said: ‘The historical evidence of the existence of Julius and Augustus Caesar is qualitatively and quantitatively incomparably better than the evidence supporting the existence of an actual individual named Jesus of Nazareth... or Bethlehem.’
That is directly bringing up the EXISTENCE into question, which is the Christ Myth Theory. So it aint a straw argument.
That is directly bringing up the EXISTENCE into question, which is the Christ Myth Theory. So it aint a straw argument.
To note that there is more evidence supporting the existence of, e.g., Abraham Lincoln than there is of some other person - say, a blacksmith who died in North Dakota in 1909, who never married, had no children, and was never photographed; a man for whom there was only a bare-bones entry in the birth registry, and whose name appeared exactly once in a newspaper - is NOT "questioning" his existence; it is merely stating a FACT.
To note that an observer, standing on a smooth plain, cannot directly perceive the curvature of the Earth is NOT to subscribe to or advocate the "Flat Earth" Theory. Rather, it is merely stating a FACT.
You are attempting to put me into a box, and I will not accede to that.
Regards,