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That the Jesus Seminar was never subjective in their findings is evident from their methods in determining the authenticity of Scripture; that they had an anti-Christian agenda was evident from the start.

That the Jesus Seminar was never subjective in their findings is evident from their methods in determining the authenticity of Scripture; that they had an anti-Christian agenda was evident from the start.

Of the 74 scholars that remained at the end of the original book, 36 came from [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt]], [[Harvard University|Harvard]], and Claremont, universities which were criticized for having the most-liberal New Testament study programs.  In any case, most of the people who left the Seminar before the book went to print complained of the "radical fringes of New Testament scholarship" who were over-represented there, or of Funk's undermining of traditional Biblical values from the outset.<ref>http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-t017.html</ref>

Of the 74 scholars that remained at the end of the original book, 36 came from [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt]], [[Harvard University|Harvard]], and [[Claremont University|Claremont]], universities which were criticized for having the most-liberal New Testament study programs.  In any case, most of the people who left the Seminar before the book went to print complained of the "radical fringes of New Testament scholarship" who were over-represented there, or of Funk's undermining of traditional Biblical values from the outset.<ref>http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-t017.html</ref>

Furthermore the Seminar did not use any actual English translation of the Gospels (such as the venerable [[King James Version]] or any of the modern ones available at the time), nor did it use any of the Greek texts available (which would counter any issues that unavoidably exist when translating from one language to another).  Instead, it created its own "translation" which it called "the Scholars version", thereby (likely) adding bias into the final vote (and in one case adding a profanity which did not exist in the Greek or in any English translation).

Furthermore the Seminar did not use any actual English translation of the Gospels (such as the venerable [[King James Version]] or any of the modern ones available at the time), nor did it use any of the Greek texts available (which would counter any issues that unavoidably exist when translating from one language to another).  Instead, it created its own "translation" which it called "the Scholars version", thereby (likely) adding bias into the final vote (and in one case adding a profanity which did not exist in the Greek or in any English translation).