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In reply to the discussion: 'Jesus's Wife' papyrus fragment not a forgery, scientists say [View all]defacto7
(13,485 posts)but it is not a reasonable argument. When it says "Most modern scholars of antiquity agree" it may or may not be the fact. It depends on the writer's definition of "modern scholars of antiquity". That is usually a euphemism for religious scholars and they don't want to admit the specifics in an attempt to not look prejudice or one-sided. Religious scholars cancel themselves out where science is concerned with religious issues. They should recuse themselves and let unbiased scholars do reasonable studies without preconceived ideas hampering the process.
on edit: What religious scholars do is come to a dogmatic solution of the basics of the argument and proceed from there as if their dogmas in fact. All other scholastic activity is based on a false absolute where we find them expounding on dates, places, and individuals in the 30, 70 ACE based on figures that they get from texts that were written in the 3rd and 4th century as if it was the 1st. It's leap frogging to prove something.