Hey guys, I heard on the last call that there were concerns about some mythicists called Christ before Jesus. All of their arguments in the book are the standard mythicist arguments save for their stylometry. Believe it or not, I worked with a statistician and together we reached out to the authors to get their code, the raw data, etc. that they used to run the tests. Unfortunately, the authors were not forthcoming to us, and it was fairly difficult to get them to give us their material so we can test and see if we can duplicate their results. That being said, below I review of the stylometry that Jason Wilson (the statistician I worked with) and I put out. You can also find this on their Amazon page for the book under the reviews. If you guys want this converted into a video to help others let me know. THE REVIEW- The purpose of this review is to provide a response to the stylometric analysis of chs. 7-8 of Christ Before Jesus by Matthew Britt & Jaaron Wingo. The reason for focusing exclusively on chs. 7-8 is they form the central supporting evidence of the book’s thesis that the biblical Jesus never existed. I will point out problems with the stylometric method employed that are substantial enough to invalidate their analysis, and therefore the primary support for their conclusion. Britt & Wingo state their thesis very plainly on pp. 1-2, "Evidence shows that Jesus, as presented by the Gospels and New Testament books, never existed. Despite Christianity’s claim of Jesus living during the first three decades of the first century CE, the character was actually a second-century construction." "Christianity, being defined as the belief in Jesus is both the Jewish god Yahweh and a historical human who was crucified and resurrected, did not emerge until the second century. It evolved from earlier Jewish and Greco-Roman cults, and developed the narratives for its books from previous works. The stories of a first – century Jesus movement, his disciples, and Paul are all part of a “creation myth” from the second century when the religion began to come together."

Yo guys, Michael will be hosting the Q&A tomorrow! Bring your questions! As you can tell via the picture below, Mike is VERY excited :)