# The Five Challenges Unanswered by Bill Cooke

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Published: 2026-01-29T17:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Bill Cooke argues that Jesus mythicism has failed to answer core scholarly challenges, relies on flawed logic that treats the New Testament as either wholly true or wholly false, and remains marginal to serious historical scholarship. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://secularhumanism.org/2026/01/the-five-challenges-unanswered/ About the Author: Bill Cooke is a senior editor of Free Inquiry and a historian of atheism and humanism. He holds a PhD in religious studies and teaches philosophy and religious studies in Warrington, United Kingdom. Subscribe to Free Inquiry: https://secularhumanism.org/subscribe/ Free Inquiry Audio Edition is a production of The Council for Secular Humanism and the Center for Inquiry.

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