One question I’d like to ask Dr. McGrath: What (for Paul) was it about Jesus’ blood that was so special and so powerful that spilling it created a blood magic spell that actually nullified the temple cult?

That’s hilarious. Note this line: “I won’t attempt to revisit the topic of the Philippians hymn here in detail, since even whole books have a hard time doing justice to the depth and extent of the subject.” So. He won’t revisit the one passage that has Paul explicitly state that Jesus was a pre-existent superbeing who chose to descend into flesh. And then claim Paul never explicitly says that. McGrath is such a talented liar.

He also conveniently “forgets” to even mention 1 Corinthians 8:6 and Romans 8:3; doesn’t address the arguments Ehrman makes against everything McGrath says—neglecting even to mention that he already did so, and did so in the very book McGrath claims to be reviewing; and engages in other dubious argumentation besides. What a card.