The Will of God: 24 Evil Old Testament Verses: Available Again!

[This post will soon be obsolete as Google is going to retire its Pages feature. In anticipation of this, The Will of God has been reproduced here.] My article on The Will of God: 24 Evil Old Testament Verses is now available again for viewing. Among much else....

Join My New Course This January: Critical Thinking in the 21st Century

Starting January 1 (2015) I will be teaching an online course on Critical Thinking in the 21st Century: Essential Skills Everyone Should Master. Click that to register. The required course text (which students should purchase as soon as possible) is Ken Manktelow,...

Get Greta Christina’s Essential Little Book on Death

When Greta Christina writes a book on a subject, it’s usually so thorough and well-written you won’t need any other. And her latest e-book (eventually to appear in print as well) continues the tradition. In less than eighty pages, Comforting Thoughts About...

On the Historicity of Jesus Now on Kindle and Nook!

My latest and most controversial (and in-demand!) book is now available in e-book format. At last! You can now get On the Historicity of Jesus on kindle and nook (I don’t know if it’s also available on any other platforms or formats). The audiobook is...

Null Hypothesis My Ass (A Christmas Harangue)

Letter to the editor of Christian Apologetics Ministries (ApologeticsMinistries.com): You unbelievable wingnuts. You should totally fire your Professor of Apologetics, Jonathon Hold, from his position at your supposed Iowa University of Religion for being a...

Here's a Fun Way to Help Camp Quest

Get in on the action: vote with a donation to decide the Camp Quest Famous Freethinkers Faceoff! (You can also like their campaign’s Facebook page, and spread the word by any and all social media.) Why? Because then, you will actually get to affect who gets on...

Appearing in Columbus, Ohio — and on DC TV!

While I continue to work all day in the studio recording audio for On the Historicity of Jesus (thanks to Pitchstone Publishing), while Sheffield continues working to produce an electronic edition (that process is out of my hands), I have to get some announcements...

This. Today. Now.

If you are an American and aren’t voting today because “it’s pointless,” read this. Then vote. You are counted even when you don’t win. Don’t be invisible.

Appearing in Chicago This Weekend!

I will be at several events in Chicago this weekend… Sunday morning (November 2 at 10:30am) I will be speaking on my book Proving History: Bayes’s Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus for the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago (details here)....

You’ll Want This Book: Christianity Is Not Great

You can now pre-order the final volume of the Loftus trilogy, in print or kindle, which includes two chapters by me, and awesome chapters by many other excellent scholars. The previous two volumes were The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails (building on The God...

Appearing Soon in Orange County, Ventura, and San Diego

Later this month I’ll be making appearances in three cities in Southern California. This is a new addition to my itinerary for this year. Wednesday, October 22 (2014), at 6:30pm, I’ll be the guest speaker for the Backyard Skeptics, in Orange County...

Join Me in Western Canada Next Week!

I announced that I’d be visiting Regina, Saskatoon, Kelowna, and Calgary. Now I have the details. I’ll first be attending a fundraising dinner in Regina, SK, the evening of Tuesday, October 14 (details and how to get tickets here). Then at 6pm Wednesday,...

I'm in Sacramento This Sunday … Selling My Books Dirt Cheap!

If you can make it, definitely do! This Sunday is Freethought Day in Sacramento, California (October 12, 2014), with speakers and entertainment and all kinds of vendors and fun. You can register at EventBrite. The all-day outdoor event is free. But you can donate to...

Busy Bee Roundup of Bizarre & Shocking Things

Texas votes Nazi. Sam Harris exposes his sexism. Michael Shermer gets investigated. Richard Dawkins vomits all over the internet. I can’t keep up. Alas, I have been doing nonstop traveling and events and work-catchup for weeks. I haven’t even been able to...