I follow Richard Carrier on Twitter. Richard is currently one of the foremost proponents of Jesus Mythicism. Last year I read his book “On The Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt”, and while I wasn’t exactly convinced by his arguments, I found them at least plausible. In his timeline, there was…More
Bertrand Russell: Do We Survive Death?
Bertrand Russel in “Do We Survive Death?”: “We all know that memory may be obliterated by an injury to the brain, that a virtuous person may be rendered vicious by encephalitis lethargica, and that a clever child can be turned into an idiot by lack of iodine.” To be the same person as yesterday means…More
The Argument from Contingency on Unbelievable?
The latest episode of Unbelievable? had Alex O’Connor and Cameron Bertuzzi discussing the Argument from Contingency. The discussion was excellent, with both presenters effectively offering their arguments. Although I think that Alex easily took the win on this one, it was the closing statements that most caught my attention. When asked to summarize their response…More
Stephen Law on Theism vs Naturalism
In a recent email sent out to subscribers, Stephen Law observes: “Many religious folk insist on presenting the debate over the existence of their very specific worship – and gratitude – worthy God as a debate about theism vs naturalism. That’s a false narrative – do not accept it. ‘Naturalism or theism’ is a false…More
Reading = Interpreting
Bart Ehrman in Misquoting Jesus: “…the more I studied, the more I saw that reading a text necessarily involves interpreting a text. I suppose when I start- ed my studies I had a rather unsophisticated view of reading: that the point of reading a text is simply to let the text “speak for itself,” to…More
