Clayton
50,000 words is far too long for me to read. However, having skimmed your essay, I endorse your general direction. The Christian apologist claims that “Zeitgeist has been debunked” are fallacious. They tend to find some points of detail that can be questioned and use that to cast doubt on the overall argument, using the strategy of argument by deflection. Often there is an underlying emotional attitude at play, such as the contempt for Pharaoh that many Christians acquire in Sunday School, let alone the repugnance that Christians have toward claims that Jesus was invent