The next segment of Fitzgerald’s work (p. 29-30) resonates with previous sections regarding Synoptic parallelism. As we observed over and over again, Fitzgerald believes that if two or more accounts of the same set of events differ (in any way, in any sense, and to any degree), we can’t assume that the event even happened. So if I [...]

More rash unbelief flies off the keyboard of skeptic David Fitzgerald, who denies that Jesus ever existed. Of course, most Christians also accept that Jesus’ birth and death were accompanied by still more phenomenally news-worthy events; like a 3-hour supernatural darkness over “all the land” – an unprecedented solar phenomenon that the whole ancient world [...]

Like chewing more tinfoil, we look at the fourth historical event that, according to David Fitzgerald (who argues that Jesus never existed), should have made history but didn’t: Jesus’ Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem. He says: Jesus’ tremendous popularity peaks and then, completely inexplicably, immediately fizzles out, crashes and burns after his triumphant – albeit shortlived [...]

Before continuing to look at the heart of Fitzgerald’s second chapter, subtitled “Gospel Events That Should Have Made History – But Didn’t,” let’s review a few basic things of Greco-Roman history from some of the best scholars in this area. If what they say is true, a number of doubts are cast on the very [...]

We now come to chapter 2: “Myth No. 2: Jesus was wildly famous – but there was no reason for contemporary historians to notice him…” Introductory Remarks In reading through chapter 2, I am struck by a number of unfortunate facts. First, the book does not directly reference anything with footnotes/endnotes. Any good work that [...]

So let’s begin looking at Fitzgerald’s book Nailed: Ten Christian Myths that show Jesus never existed at all. As we would expect from a skeptic who doesn’t believe in the Christian God (and thus believes there is no higher moral norm than himself), the bad arguments, cheap shots, and deception begins towards the beginning on [...]

“Fitzgerald summarizes a great number of key arguments concisely and with new power and original spin. I really learned something from him. Recalls classical skeptics and biblical critics. A surprising amount of new material.” – Robert Price This is Robert Price’s endorsement of David Fitzgerald’s recent work, Nailed: Ten Christian Myths that show Jesus never [...]