Antonio Piñero: Raving Historicist

Para una edición en español del siguiente artículo, consulte Antonio Piñero: El historicista vehemente at Mitos o Historia. -:- Antonio Piñero is sort of the Bart Ehrman of the Spanish-speaking world. He has made a public spectacle of attacking Jesus mythicism and...

Adam’s Burial in Outer Space

In On the Historicity of Jesus I cite the Revelation of Moses establishing not only that Jewish lore held that the Garden of Eden was located in outer space (roughly in the vicinity of, if not in fact on, Venus or the Sun, depending on which geocentric scheme they...

Take Any of Ten Online Courses in Any Future Month!

I am now offering ten online courses, starting on the first of any month! Some are video courses, some are online forum courses. All are intended to take one month, are learn-at-your-own-pace, and involve as much or as little work as you want to put in. You’ll...

Open Thread On the Historicity of Jesus

Upon request I am creating an open thread here for any continued scholarly Q&A on my book On the Historicity of Jesus (published under peer review by Sheffield-Phoenix) and its thesis—that at best there is only (but still possibly as much as) a 1 in 3 chance...

Actually, Fryer Proved Systemic Racism in American Policing

People denying racism is a systemic problem in American policing repeatedly cite as “proof” a study published by Roland Fryer, which they particularly love citing because Fryer is black. The thing is though, Fryer’s study proved systemic racism in...

Some Philosophy of Homo- and Transphobia, Supreme Court Style

The Civil Rights Act protects trans and gay people now. Because the Supreme Court has so ruled. I’ve long said some of the best philosophy written is in Supreme Court rulings. It’s always practical, real-world philosophy, that actually affects lives, so...