On the Historicity of Jesus: The Tim Hendrix Critique
Tim Hendrix, a mathematician, recently published an inaccurate critique of my book On the Historicity of Jesus. This is my analysis of where he went wrong. Hendrix wrote a critique of my book Proving History: Bayes’s Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus a...Lena Einhorn on the Claudian Christ Theory
Editor, physician and documentarian Lena Einhorn has written a book, A Shift in Time, arguing a new theory of the historical Jesus: that he actually was a violent rebel from the era of Claudius, who was later whitewashed into a pacifist from the era of Tiberius. My...Tour Stops the Week Before the Milwaukee Debate!
Mark your calendars! I’ll be in Bloomington, Indiana; Chicago & Peoria, Illinois; and La Crosse, Wisconsin. Because we have our four winners! The chosen contestants will receive tickets to the Ehrman-Price debate in Milwaukee for the Friday of October 21...Hitler’s Table Talk: An Update
New developments have been inspired by my exposing certain Hitler quotes as bogus! It all started with a $50 research job for the Freedom from Religion Foundation at Dan Barker’s behest. Dan asked me to check the original German of three Hitler quotes Christians...Randal Rauser on Treating Atheists Like People
Christian apologist Randal Rauser has written a book every atheist should be ready to cite. Not only because it’s important to keep on hand examples of Christians acting like actual Christians (why can’t there be more of that??). But also because, on one...
Learn How to Critically Assess Claims about History!
Prepare for the Ehrman-Price debate! Join my affordable online course in September on how to think like a historian and test, challenge, or validate their claims. Or share this with anyone you know who might be keen to. Or both! This can even help prepare you for the...Dating the Corinthian Creed
I’m so frequently asked this that I need to publish a general answer everyone can refer to. It usually amounts to something like this: I keep hearing Christian apologists insisting the Corinthian Creed (1 Cor. 15:3-8) can be reliably dated to the 30s A.D., just...Special Prize for a Special Pubmeet: Attention Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin!
Want to win free admission to the most momentous mythicism debate in history? Robert Price will debate Bart Ehrman on whether Jesus existed in Milwaukee on Friday 21 October 2016. And there will be more speakers and people to meet as well. Of course you can always buy...Analysis of the Carrier-Evans Debate
In April of 2016 I debated Professor Craig Evans, a renowned Evangelical professor of Christianity from Houston Baptist University, on whether Jesus actually existed as a historical person. The debate was held at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, sponsored by...The Details of My Defamation Case
For the most up-to-date collection of evidence in my case, demonstrating these accusations are indeed false, now see my summary and links to court documents from June of 2018. -:- In June of 2016, Amy Frank accused me of sexual assault and sexual harassment at a house...Join My Course & Learn the Best Ways to Refute Arguments for God
Come be my student next month! My online course for August is “Counter-Apologetics: Learning the Best Ways to Refute Arguments for God.” Starting next week, it includes special advice on arguing against Islam as well as both liberal and conservative...Apology & Going Forward
For the most up-to-date collection of evidence in my case, demonstrating these accusations are indeed false, now see my summary and links to evidence and court documents. -:- The allegations that have been made against me are substantially false. Phase one of my legal...On the Recent Defamation of My Character
For the most up-to-date collection of evidence in my case, demonstrating these accusations are indeed false, now see my summary and links to court documents from June of 2018. -:- All the allegations made public against me this month are in significant part false and...Regarding the Accusations Made by Amy Frank
This article has been deprecated for obsolescence. For the most up-to-date collection of evidence in my case, demonstrating these accusations are false, now see my summary and links to court documents from June of 2018.The Richard Carrier Exists Tour Begins!
Today I head out across the country. Come visit me on one of my stops! I am moving to Columbus, Ohio, for good and all. And I’m taking a moving truck and towing my car all the way across country from my current and soon past home in Stockton, California. Because...Get Dr. Carrier’s Latest!
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Richard Carrier is the author of many books and numerous articles online and in print. His avid readers span the world from Hong Kong to Poland. With a Ph.D. in ancient history from Columbia University, he specializes in the modern philosophy of naturalism and humanism, and the origins of Christianity and the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, with particular expertise in ancient philosophy, science and technology. He is also a noted defender of scientific and moral realism, Bayesian reasoning, and historical methods.
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