Bayesian Epistemology vs. Susan Haack
Susan Haack is generally a good philosopher (I interviewed her a few years ago). She’s made important strides in unifying disparate positions in epistemology (and I am very fond of unification efforts in philosophy: I think they are generally on the right track,...Study the Historicity of Jesus Alongside the Ehrman-Price Debate!
This is the class to take! My online course on the historicity of Jesus is this October: the best arguments pro and con, the cultural and historical background, the competing theories of the origins of Christianity, and more. But best of all, the October 21 debate...Three Things to Know about New Testament Manuscripts
Way back in 2012 Matthew Ferguson published Leveling a Mountain of Manuscripts with a Small Scoop of Context, and it long reminded me of how non-experts can be manipulated by Christian apologists, because laypeople don’t know basic things about paleography that...Epicurus vs. Mohammed: In Spanish!
I’ve debunked the Muslim claim that the Koran is miraculously predictive of modern science multiple times, from Cosmology and the Koran to The Koran Predicted the Speed of Light? Not Really . . . all the way to Predicting Modern Science: Epicurus vs. Mohammed,...Ancient Science Update
My first book on ancient science is now available! And very affordable (I see Amazon is currently selling it for about ten bucks). For details on this book, check out my last article on Science Education in the Early Roman Empire. Kindle and audio should be out by...Virgin Birth: It’s Pagan, Guys. Get Over It.
The deep anxiety of Christians is often revealed in their desperation to convince themselves they aren’t just new fangled pagans who stole everything from other religions. The virgin birth is a classic example, and the fact-challenged ill-logic of trying to deny...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...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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