Saints and Sceptics

Civility is a Christian virtue. It is true that some of the sermons in the New Testament use abrupt, harsh language. But Paul did not begin his sermons in Lystra and Athens by demonising idolaters. And Jesus did not compare the religion of the Samaritans or the pagans who lived in the Decapolis as “satanic”.

Ed Husain was unusually credulous when he doubted the existence of the historical Jesus on a recent episode of Premier Radio’s Unbelievable? show. As I argued in a previous article, this is roughly as plausible as a geocentric view of the solar system.