Information is readily available, in public colleges, public libraries, public television.
But I think people have other interests. These Jesus seminar folks, and their ilk, seem to think they have the inside poop on Christianity, but in reality they don't know what they are talking about. They have no faith themselves, and don't seem to want anyone else to have faith either. Which makes my job harder. My husband and I have worked professionally for Catholic Church for the past quarter century or so, and so this topic is old stuff.