Jon Topping

Since Bart Ehrman doesn't want to have to explain the empty tomb, he has to deny a lot of elements of the crucifixion of Jesus. For starters, he has to deny any evidence that shows crucifixion victims were buried at times. One great example is Josephus, who gives us historical evidence that the Jews would bury crucifixion victims. Ehrman simply asserts (without evidence) that Josephus is lying.

Archeology shows us the remains of a crucifixion victim, during the first century, in Israel, that was buried, in a tomb. This completely destroys Bart Ehrman's complete denial of crucifixion victims ever being buried. How does he respond to this evidence?

Bart Ehrman ripped into me, telling me I'm not doing good history, all because I critiqued his argument against the empty tomb and Joseph of Arimathea. Ehrman is demanding evidence, however, I already gave the evidence in the full video (which he didn't watch). Ultimately, Ehrman is ignoring the historical evidence, so that he can justify his skepticism about the empty tomb.