=== Atheists and selective use of academic consensus ===
=== Atheists and selective use of academic consensus ===
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An irony of atheists asserting that Jesus never existed is that atheists often appeal to the academic consensus when it comes to pseudoscience such [[evolution]]. And [[secular left|secular leftists]] often appeal to the academic consensus when engaging in [[global warming]] alarmism. See also: [[Atheist hypocrisy]].
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An irony of atheists asserting that Jesus never existed is that atheists often appeal to the academic consensus when it comes to pseudoscience such [[evolution]]. And [[secular left|secular leftists]] often appeal to the academic consensus when engaging in [[global warming]] alarmism.
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See also: [[Atheist hypocrisy]].
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==== John Lennox's discussion with Richard Dawkins ====
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[[John Lennox]] pointed out to [[New Atheism|New Atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] that Dawkins claimed in his book ''The God Delusion'' that Jesus may have never existed and that Dawkins errantly claimed that ancient historians have some disagreement on whether Jesus existed or not. After some additional discussion with Dawkins, Dawkins conceded that Jesus existed and said, "I take that back. Jesus existed".<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ant5HS01tBQ Richard Dawkins admits Jesus existed]</ref>