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Analogy: Compositing Lincoln, JFK, and fictional David Palmer to "prove" Obama is a myth illustrates the fallacy of the mythicist composite method

Real Historian Responds to "Jesus Was a Myth" Claims 00:26:35 – 00:27:06

Illustrating the logical fallacy in compositing pagan parallels

Licona constructs a parallel analogy: Lincoln (tall, lanky, Illinois politician, two terms) + JFK (Harvard-educated US president) + David Palmer (fictional first Black US president from TV show 24) = Barack Obama is a myth. Combining three people — one fictional — over 150 years yields a composite resembling Obama. This is precisely what mythicists do with Jesus, using fictitious and semi-historical characters spanning over 1,000 years.

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