The fact that Ehrman is a former and pastor and has a lot of degrees does not intimidate me personally. I found your site just from doing searches, and I am happy for a good find. This has been really bothering me, and your input would be very, very much appreciated. Now, unless you believe that that vision to all of those people was true, how do you account for everyone seeing the same thing? I don’t personally believe in the worship of Mary so, to me, the Fatima vision is a false one, thus needing an explanation. The one he mentioned to prove his point was Our Lady of Fatima. He says that mass hallucinations have happened many, many times in past history. In a debate between Mike Licona and Bart Ehrman, Ehrman said that the appearances to the 500 people Paul talks about in 1 Corinthins was a mass hallucination. I, however, have a question that has been bothering me, and I would like to know how you would explain it. You must admit that a top notch scholar, who was a pastor for 20 years, and all of his degrees in the Bible, would unnerve anyone. I have been reading your responses to others who have submitted questions regarding this top notch scholar, and your replies have been very, very inspiring to me. However, recently, something has been bothering me very much. I have to say that my faith has strengthened since I have been listening to these debates. I have listened to the “new atheists” and others. Since this announcement, I have been searching the internet to get a better understanding of what the “other side” says. I have been a Christian all of my life, so this was not happy news for me.
My son recently announced that he is an atheist.