# I pit DrDeth **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 28, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971 "2021-02-28T19:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 315
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That would depend on whether or not he really thinks the Gospel of John was written by John, the son of Zebedee: > [@How do we know for certain Jesus really lived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-know-for-certain-jesus-really-lived/844978/49): > > So, did the apostle John write the book of John? Despite alternative theories about the disciple whom Jesus loved, most evidence still points to the apostle John. The early church father Irenaeus wrote, “afterwards, John, the disciple of the Lord, who also had leaned upon His breast, did himself publish a gospel during his residence at Ephesus in Asia.” Irenaeus lived in the second century, and claimed to receive this information from John’s disciple, Polycarp \*The discovery of the Dead S… He is either a world-class bullshitter, or devours some world-class bullshit wholesale. That much is clear. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971)._