Although such hypocrisy is common in skeptical scholarship, the logical inconsistencies in their thought never ceases to me amaze me.

Let's get this straight: Matthew's account of the slaughter of the baby boys is not to be believed because it is not attested in Josephus or any where else. However, those things reported ONLY in Josephus are to be taken at face value. In other words, only the Gospels require multiple attestation.

Why is this? Because Josephus had no bias or agenda in writing? Hardly!

But here's what's even more hilarious. A number of things are found in Matthew, Mark, Luke AND John (not to mention other sources), which we are also not to see as historical.

In sum, the Gospels are treated as sui generis. Shouldn't it only be Christians who do that? Instead, the obvious, blatant bias presupposed by secular scholars who pretend to be completely objective couldn't be more obvious!

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