Ancient Industrial Machinery & Modern Christian Mythology
Christians like to deny the Dark Ages existed, and instead reimagine them as a glorious age of knowledge and progress. That’s just not true. I document the material and textual evidence against that in my chapter on the subject in Christianity Is Not Great, for anyone...Seeking Lodging in Kansas City for December 8
I’m planning a tour stop in Kansas City this December 8th (a Saturday night). I’ll announce a pubmeet there soon. But in the meantime, if anyone has a guest room or couch I can crash at before heading home the next day, or knows anyone who would, please...A Baptist Goofs His Reading of Tacitus and Suetonius
Reformed Baptist Josh Sommer has attempted to rebut my peer reviewed paper on the Testimonium Taciteum in Suetonius and Tacitus: Christians or Chrestians? The paper he is talking about is “The Prospect of a Christian Interpolation in Tacitus, Annals...Would You Like to Be My Date for MythCon?
Through a confluence of events, none of my girlfriends can make it to MythCon in Milwaukee this year. So I’m looking for a date that weekend. You should be aware I’m straight, promiscuous, polyamorous, godless, drink, don’t smoke, and have that cloud...Intersectionality: A Guide for the Perplexed
Conservatives have really weird ideas about what “intersectional feminism” means. I’ve been running into it a lot lately. Up to and including that it denies individualism (in fact it’s about re-acknowledging individuality in the social system),...New Testament Studies for Everyone: Join This Quick & Valuable Course Online!
Christmas is coming! Learn how to critically examine the Book that it sort of almost loosely isn’t based on. The best fake news ever. Master how to debate and understand the Christian Bible skeptically and skillfully. Spread the word to everyone you know who...Denver Pubmeet & SBL Con This November!
I will be hanging out at The Yard House (not The Greedy Hamster) at 1555 Court Place in Denver, Colorado, on Sunday night, 18 November 2018, from 7-9pm. I’ll have on hand books to sell and sign. Spread the word to everyone local you know who’d be...Debate in Houston This November!
I’ll be debating Which Worldview Produces the Best World? in Houston, Texas, on 10 November 2018. The theme: Does atheistic Naturalism or biblical Christianity offer true help for the world? I’ll be defending naturalism; Dr. Joel McDurmon will be defending...What’s the Harm? Why Religious Belief Is Always Bad
I’m often asked, “Christianity doesn’t really hurt anyone. Why is it so important? Just let people believe what they want. At least in religion. Why should we bother critiquing and opposing belief?” In some cases the question is terribly naive. In others,...How the Jehovah’s Witnesses Website Manipulates Readers on the Historicity of Jesus
I’ve been asked about it a lot. So here’s a handy guide to all the tricks pulled by the Jehovah’s Witnesses on their website (JW.org) aimed at fooling people into being sure some Jesus behind the Gospels really existed. I didn’t dive into the...Why Christians Are Terrified of Probability Theory
A few years ago Strange Notions published a strange editorial by statistics professor William Briggs, called Bayes Theorem Proves Jesus Existed (And That He Didn’t). I say strange, because it’s weirdly dishonest, incompetent, and irrational coming from someone...The Problem with Nothing: Why The Indefensibility of Ex Nihilo Nihil Goes Wrong for Theists
I’ve argued before that if we presume there was once absolutely nothing, we actually end up with an infinite multiverse (Ex Nihilo Onus Merdae Fit). Which eliminates the fine tuning argument, by statistically guaranteeing any universe will randomly exist, no...Boost Your Immunity to Fake News & False Beliefs: Take My Intro to Critical Thinking Class This September!
I’ll be teaching critical thinking next month (September). Learn some easy tools of Bayesian reasoning, how to spot and correct for cognitive biases, how to reason logically and avoid and detect fallacies, and how to better question your decisions and beliefs in...Quick Guide to My Books: What to Get & Why
To date I have written eight books. All are available in print, electronic, and audio editions, read by me. Several of them I even use as course texts in online classes you can take. I’m often asked “Which one should I start with?” The answer depends...Five Bogus Reasons to Trust the Bible
Sean McDowell (yes, son of the Josh McDowell of Evidence That Demands a Verdict fame, now in a co-written new edition) has been Tweeting some eye-rolling propaganda to miseducate the public and keep conning Christians to stay in the fold. Just like all other fake...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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