Right, historians have prior beliefs, namely the principles of critical thinking and methodological naturalism, the basis of science. They don't arbitrarily dismiss possibilities, but they prefer high to low probabilities, as I said. They look for the best explanations, as determined by logic and evidence, not religious dogma.

Anyway, that's why I understand Christianity better than you do, because I understand the history (the concrete reality), not just the theology (the wishful thinking).