Comments on: Why Christians Are So Bad at This: Paulogia vs. Inspiring Philosophy on the Bayesian Argument for the Resurrection https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43548 Announcing appearances, publications, and analysis of questions historical, philosophical, and political by author, philosopher, and historian Richard Carrier. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:14:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Vincent https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43548#comment-44768 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:14:36 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=43548#comment-44768 This is why you don’t allow your children to play with power tools!

IF ONLY they’d just fess up to the real motivations for their beliefs: fear of death, fear of punishment, desire to see dead relatives again-then we an help them, or point them to experts who can help them. But instead, as Senator Geary says in GFII, “some people have to play little games” without truly ever understanding who their playing these games with.

This blog post is one for the ages. Thank You Richard.

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By: ncmncm https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43548#comment-44763 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:18:59 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=43548#comment-44763 “ten followed by forty three zeros.” A one preceded by a decimal point and 42 zeroes.

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By: David Bunds https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43548#comment-44761 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:30:49 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=43548#comment-44761 “Whenever I see a picture of Michael Jones, I can’t help thinking of him as ‘Super Serious-Looking Dude.’ I imagine the whole point is to intimidate any would-be detractors!”

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