Looking for Hosts in Boise, Lincoln, Denver, and Des Moines!
Have a spare bed or couch I can crash on? I’ll be doing events and pubmeets in several U.S. cities ahead of my Canada tour (which I will announce soon). But for four of those cities, I haven’t worked out a place to stay. If you’d like to host me,...
Folks in Canada! Do You Have a Couch I Can Crash on?
Or a bed. Because I’m about to do a massive twelve city tour across Canada this August, driving my own car, from city to city, through five provinces! I’ll announce all my tour stops soon. And I’ve already procured accommodations from kind folks in...Timothy Keller: Dishonest Reasons for God (Chapter 7)
I began my critique of Keller’s The Reason for God with an exposé of everything up through Chapter 1, then Chapter 2, then Chapters 3 through 5, and Chapter 6. Here I will cover Chapter 7. Next will be Chapter 8. I’ll continue to other chapters in future...Critical Thinking about History: An Essential Class to Take in the Age of Fake News
I’ll be teaching my affordable one-month online course on historical methods in a couple weeks (starting July 1): Thinking Like a Historian: Historical Methods, Practice and Theory. Please share this announcement to anyone you know who might be interested! Or...Timothy Keller: Dishonest Reasons for God (Chapter 6)
I began my critique of Keller’s The Reason for God with an exposé of everything up through Chapter 1, then Chapter 2, and Chapters 3 through 5. Here I will cover Chapter 6 (and next 7). I’ll continue to other chapters in future installments. In these two...Toronto, Regina, Michigan, Milwaukee: Make Your Plans & Get Tickets Now!
I’ll be speaking across numerous cities this year after July. Four at least are ticketed events, so you should make plans now (see below for what that entails). Don’t worry, though. They’re totally affordable. But do not expect video of these events...Timothy Keller: Dishonest Reasons for God (Chapters 3 to 5)
I began my critique of Keller’s The Reason for God with an exposé of everything up through Chapter 1. I continued with Chapter 2. Here I cover Chapters 3 through 5. Next will be Chapter 6. I’ll continue to other chapters in future installments. Today the...Timothy Keller: Dishonest Reasons for God (Chapter 2)
I began my critique of Keller’s The Reason for God with an exposé of everything up through Chapter 1. Here I continue with Chapter 2. Next I’ll cover Chapters 3 through 5. I’ll continue to other chapters in future installments. Here the same themes...Timothy Keller: Dishonest Reasons for God (Chapter 1)
It used to be C.S. Lewis. Then Josh McDowell. Then Lee Strobel. Now it’s Timothy Keller, whose The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (published in 2008) is the number one most read defense of Christianity. So here’s why it’s bunk....The Rain Miracle of Marcus Aurelius: A Case Study in Christian Lies
This September, Mythicist Milwaukee will be putting on Mythinformation Con IV, always a fun and excellent conference. You’ll definitely want to go this year. Some of the Mythicist Milwaukee team traveled to Italy recently, and among much else, took some...In Oregon Next Week I’m Debating Whether Jesus Was the Son of God
On Tuesday (May 30) at 7pm in the Gilfillan Auditorium at Oregon State University, I’ll be debating Dr. Michael Gurney on whether Jesus was the son of God. This event is sponsored by the Socratic Club. I might have books to sell and sign at the final closing of...Christians Did Not Invent Charity and Philanthropy
Let me dispel a common myth: no, Christianity did not bring the idea of charity to the Western world. The concept of charity and concern for the poor was already fully developed before the Christians borrowed the notion from their pagan and Jewish peers. It’s...All Godless Universes Are Mathematical
At futurism.com, there is a brief article explaining why the universe is mathematical, by saying, essentially just, that’s what we invented math for, to explain the universe. But this isn’t really an answer to the question. Theists have long used the lack...Two Classes to Consider Taking This June!
Starting next week: I will be teaching the science and philosophy of moral reasoning, building on my peer reviewed work in the subject. And award-winning psychologist Jon Mills (Ph.D., Psy.D, ABPP) will be teaching the psychology of religious belief, a subject on...The Mythical Stillbirth of Science in Greece
A few years ago a hyper-religious Catholic chemist with no history credentials wrote a face-palming article at Strange Notions that repeats an all-too-common myth Christians love to sell today: that science was “stillborn” in antiquity, and only a...Get Dr. Carrier’s Latest!
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