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October 2016

October 14, 2016

Jesus vs. Batman?

Mythicism is complete and utter nonsense, especially when it thinks that there is something profound...

October 13, 2016

C. F. D. Moule on History and Christian Faith

Matthew Montonini shared a quote from C. F. D. Moule about history and faith. Here...

October 09, 2016

How Mythicism can Lead to Trump Support

Before anyone suggests otherwise, let me emphasize that I am not claiming that mythicism always...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

The Myth of Mythicism and Undebunkable Skepticism

Jonathan Bernier noted in a recent post "the special pleading involved in rejecting a consensus...

August 2016

August 05, 2016

The Eye of a Needle

The page The Christian Left shared this image on Facebook, and a couple of comments...

July 2016

July 09, 2016

Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods Volume 1

I am grateful to Fortress Press for sending me a gratis review copy of Galilee...

July 01, 2016

Bayesian Jesus

For those who may not get it, the meme above is poking fun at the...

June 2016

June 24, 2016

The Crackpot Index

John Baez came up with a "Crackpot Index" for those who think they are geniuses with...

June 14, 2016

“What I Received From The Lord”

I received this question via e-mail and thought it might be useful to share it publicly...

June 12, 2016

Two Big Bangs

There is a useful comparison that can be made between the cosmological "Big Bang" and...

May 2016

May 29, 2016

Jesus’ Final Hours

I was asked to summarize my views on the events from Jesus' arrest onwards. It...

May 24, 2016

Pilate Mythicism

This meme was drawn to my attention in a comment on an earlier post. It...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

The Fear of Losing God (and the God of Losing Fear)

Having pushed students to wrestle with historical methods and their application to Jesus this semester,...

April 28, 2016

Jury Duty and the Historical Jesus

The first two days of this week, I was selected for jury service. This was...

April 20, 2016

Mythicism All Around?

If you move in the circles of organized atheism, it is much as if you...

April 14, 2016

Dustin Smith on the Evans-Carrier Debate

Dustin Smith has shared his account of the debate that took place yesterday between Craig...

April 09, 2016

The Historical Jesus Facepalmed

Part two of my discussion of mythicism on the show Talk Gnosis is now available...

April 09, 2016

Independent Variables

Pliny the In Between has illustrated what most mythicists seem unable to grasp. Accepting the...

April 05, 2016

The Case of the Historical Jesus

I've appeared on the online show Talk Gnosis before, speaking about the Mandaeans. In this...

April 03, 2016

It’s Time to Think about whether Evolution Really Happened

I’m always surprised at how much rancor is directed toward “creationists”—those who deny that evolution, whether...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

Can Mythicism Kill Your Scholarly Career?

Can mythicism kill an academic career? Making a reasoned case as a scholar for that...

March 24, 2016

Holy Week History

I spent quite a while simply believing the Gospels. And I have spent quite a...

March 20, 2016

Palm Sunday and History

I had a commenter on the blog make the ridiculous claim that, since there is...

March 20, 2016

Bring Me That Ass

This sign was given as an example of a church sign fail, but I'm not...

March 13, 2016

Venturing Outside One’s Area of Expertise

Everyone is talking about Neil de Grasse Tyson's problematic tweets - see the recent blog...

March 09, 2016

Josephus and the Burial of the Crucified

I had a wonderful conversation recently, which lasted for hours and only ended because of...

March 08, 2016

Without Using the Bible

Hemant Mehta shared this cartoon from The Atheist Pig: On the one hand, if the...

March 07, 2016

Craig Evans and Richard Carrier to Debate

It seems that Craig Evans and Richard Carrier will be having a debate about whether...

March 05, 2016

Stylometric Analysis of Pliny’s Letter about Christians

Larry Hurtado blogged about a new article by independent scholar Enrico Tuccinardi, which argues that stylometric...

March 02, 2016

Mythicism and Mysticism

Mythicism has done a pretty good job of spreading the idea that all the information...

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