Ken Olson on Josephus and James
Fascinating interview in which Ken Olson speaks about why the Testimonium Flavanium is definitely a forgery and reveals not only skepticism about the James passage in Josephus but also skepticism about...
View ArticleAaron Adair Debates Mythicism on Gnostic Informant
It was an excellent (if lengthy!) discussion but well worth it. Just wanted to offer my take on some issues. The Talmud and other Jewish sources (and one Christian source) discuss a Jesus of 100 BCE...
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Garden of Eden Speculation
Speculation: In the garden of Eden story, the serpent is cursed to crawl on his belly (as if it could previously walk!) after having promised Adam and Eve “they shall be as gods” if they eat the fruit...
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Islamophobia in Iran
For the last three months, Iran has been in a state of civil unrest since blasphemous tourist Mahsa Amini was punished by the country’s purity police for having the audacity to wear her mandatory...
View ArticleMerry Mythmas!
Merry Christmas Eve everyone! And for a fun geek dive into the nativity: Most of us are familiar with Matthew’s story in which Herod orders the slaughter of all baby boys in Bethlehem at Jesus’ birth...
View ArticleReview: The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism
Jason Rosenhouse has produced an excellent book that vividly explains the problems with mathematical anti evolutionary arguments. Rosenhouse theorizes that creationists are fond of deploying...
View Article“The Blind Watchmaker” BBC Documentary
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The Argument from Mimicry Against Creationism and for “Intelligent Design”
Take a close look at the snakes you see above. Notice that it’s not snakes. It’s a moth. Mimicry is the perfect proof of an evolutionary process over creationism. If you are a young earth creationist,...
View ArticleSix Flood Arguments Creationists Can’t Answer
Six Flood Arguments Creationists Can’t Answerby Robert J. Schadewald Reprinted from Creation/Evolution IX (1982) Some years ago, NASA released the first deep-space photographs of the beautiful...
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UN votes to punish blasphemy
This week, the UN once again beclowned itself and turned into a global laughing stock as its grotesque Human Rights Council —made up mostly of theocratic countries— voted to punish speech if any...
View ArticleNo Evidence for Jesus Mythicism? Twelve Counterpoints by Joel Pearson
Let’s just make it nice and obvious there is evidence for mythicism as well as a lack of evidence for historicity, just to demonstrate that anyone who makes the claim that mythicism has “no evidence”...
View ArticleQuestioning Miracles: John Loftus’ latest defense of Hume
LINK. John Loftus is always a worthwhile author, and his latest is on the subject of this blog! The post Questioning Miracles: John Loftus’ latest defense of Hume appeared first on Hume’s Apprentice.
View ArticleBrief Comment on Hume and Miracles
One way, and I would argue a very Humean way, to look at the actual state of evidence regarding miraculous testimony is this:Miracle stories are like anomalous data, very rare compared with testimony...
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