Comments on: Here's a Fun Way to Help Camp Quest https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/6649 Announcing appearances, publications, and analysis of questions historical, philosophical, and political by author, philosopher, and historian Richard Carrier. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:32:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Raging Bee https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/6649#comment-16725 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:15:14 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=6649#comment-16725 Apologies for the OT comment, but I was wondering what you thought of this article in Salon about the Hellenic origins of certain parts of the story of Jesus:

http://www.salon.com/2014/12/12/jewish_angels_and_roman_gods_the_ancient_mythological_origins_of_christmas_partner/

]]> By: left0ver1under https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/6649#comment-16724 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 17:40:03 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=6649#comment-16724 Only the Aces? Couldn’t a full pack of cards be done?

Spades: scientists
Clubs: philosophers, reputable political figures (e.g. Olof Palme, Julia Gillard)
Hearts: writers, novelists
Diamonds: artists, musicians

Those would fill all four suits nicely with some left over for each.

]]> By: PJ caponpon https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/6649#comment-16723 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 02:39:09 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=6649#comment-16723 Here’s my magic 5 :
Richard Carrier – history
Scott Clifton – Philosophy
Martymer81 – Physics
Knownnomore – Reformulating Arguments
Aron Ra – Biology

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