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October 2013

October 21, 2013

Horus Trolls the Atheists Again

A colleague of mine shared this bit of internet nonsense on Facebook: I am disappointed...

October 20, 2013

Outside the Gate

As we reached the end of Hebrews in my Sunday school class last week, I...

October 18, 2013

Star Wars Monsters and Biblical Mythology

Yesterday I posted about theology and epic fantasy. Today we cross over (at least partly)...

October 12, 2013

“Biblical Scholarship”

Chris Tilling shared the above image on Twitter. If you don't get it, it relates...

October 08, 2013

Jesus Mythbusting

Several people on Facebook drew my attention to a misleading press release about Joseph Atwill,...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

Tolkien and Lewis on Myths and Lies

Thanks to Joel Watts for making me aware of this dramatization of a famous discussion...

August 23, 2013

Stop Making Stuff Up

Just because some made up stuff has been around a long time, doesn't automatically make...

August 20, 2013

From Bultmann to Banana Man

Today is the birthday of Rudolf Bultmann, a great New Testament scholar and thinker about...

August 03, 2013

Mythicism and Parallelomania around the Blogosphere

My recent use of the term "parallelomania" (popularized by Samuel Sandmel) has sparked some discussion...

July 2013

July 20, 2013

Beyond Jesus-Agnosticism

Rick Sumner poses some interesting questions on his blog The Dilettante Exegete - during some...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

Seraphosaurus?

I am grateful to Michael Heiser for making me aware of Ben Stanhope's blog, "Remythologized,"...

June 29, 2013

The Hero’s Journey as Explained by Puppets

Thanks to IO9 to sharing this explanation of Joseph Campbell's idea of the hero's journey,...

June 29, 2013

Vridar Returns (and a Review of a Review of a Review)

Before Vridar had been shut down as a result of a copyright complaint from Joel Watts,...

June 28, 2013

Vridar No Longer Available

I was in the process of writing a response to Neil Godfrey's latest accusation against...

June 20, 2013

Doctor Who: The Time Monster

This classic episode of Doctor Who, "The Time Monster," is arguably one of the best...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

A Low View of Scripture

Mike Beidler posted this as his status update on Facebook and I asked for permission...

May 29, 2013

Genesis 1 as Myth

I had my attention drawn today to an article by Howard Bess, a retired American...

May 06, 2013

Historical Research around the Blogosphere

Kevin Brown has finished reviewing Richard Carrier's book. I've shared other parts previously, but now...

May 03, 2013

Bart Ehrman and the Quest of the Historical Jesus of Nazareth

Tom Verenna drew a new book to my attention, Bart Ehrman and the Quest of...

May 01, 2013

Richard Carrier, Jesus, and Heracles

I was struck by a statement Richard Carrier made on his blog, and I wonder...

April 2013

April 23, 2013

Happy St. George’s Day!

I am sorry that I did not get around to wishing readers a happy St....

April 15, 2013

The Historicity of Jesus around the Blogosphere

Here are some mentions of the issue of Jesus' historicity and related topics from around...

April 09, 2013

Like Shooting Feet in a Barrel

I sometimes wonder whether the key promoters of young-earth creationism are atheists trying to make...

April 09, 2013

Mythicism: A Concise Summary

After I mentioned Paul Regnier's draft on my blog, Jim West complained that he had...

January 2013

January 08, 2013

Wikis, an Index of Mythicist Claims, and the Positive Case for a Historical Jesus

Those who've begun tinkering at the wiki I set up on Wikia already disagree on...

January 07, 2013

Quote of the Day (Andrew Brown)

Myths have a power that should never be ignored and no one is more helpless...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

Mithraism and Mythicism

Mithras is one of the more popular figures for Jesus mythicists to point to as...

December 07, 2012

Nativity Myths

Frank Viola posted about "Nativity Myths" and "Separating Fact From Fiction in the Nativity Story."...

September 2012

September 10, 2012

Richard Carrier Responds

Richard Carrier has posted a response to my review of his book, Proving History. I'm...

September 08, 2012

Young-Earth Creationists Don’t Believe That Creation Was Finished in Six Days

I have been having an interesting conversation on Facebook with someone who describes himself as...

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