Pain and suffering in the world, and his inability to reconcile a good and loving God with that, is specifically what led Bart Ehrman away from Christianity. His loss of faith had zero to do with the New Testament manuscripts. He concedes that. And then, he went looking for reasons to substantiate his new beliefs and agenda. A crystal clear case of confirmation bias.
Nope. If you watch his content, especially his newer content he discusses how textual issues contributed to his disbelief, but problem of good and evil was a greater contributing factor for him. It doesn't have to be an either or, multiple factors can contribute to a belief.
Yep.
The problem of pain and suffering was the thing that caused him to lose his faith. He’s clearly said so. And again, after he lost his faith, he went looking for reasons to substantiate his new beliefs and agenda. Confirmation bias, to a T.
YES, YOU HAVE A STRONG CONFIRMATION BIAS.
Regardless, this is your strawman. Regardless of why he changed his mind, the scholarship is the scholarship, and the evidence is the evidence, and he and I are free to agree or disagree on what pieces fit where.
Ya reckon?
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
