Study the Science & Philosophy of Free Will with Me!
Join an affordable one-month online course in August, where I’ll teach and discuss the philosophy of free will, including the scientific facts relating to it, the legal evidence relating to it, the medical ethics relating to it, and more. Let others know, too!...Black Lives Matter = Humanism at Work
Brayton and Gaudette produced a really excellent video smartly summarizing the statistical facts about racism in America and why humanists should care about this and make even more effort to do something about it. Check it out on YouTube. And if you like that,...Appearing in Cary, North Carolina
I will be a special guest for the Triangle Freethought Society in Cary, NC this Friday night, July 17th, at RallyPoint Sport Grill, 6pm until late. I won’t be giving a formal presentation. I’ll just be hanging out and circulating and open to chatting with...Don't Be Explicit in Other People's Spaces: An Apology
This is an apology for a mistake I made. In a comment thread on Ophelia Benson’s blog about the effects of porn on unwanted violence in the bedroom, I gave as examples for my own points relating to that cases from my own personal sexual experience, which despite...Speaking at American Atheists in Puerto Rico!
American Atheists is putting on an excellent conference in Puerto Rico this August (21st-23rd, 2015). And I’m one of the honored speakers. Atheists in Puerto Rico wanted me to speak on my work on the historicity of Jesus, and so I will. I’ll also be...Okay, So What about the Historicity of Spartacus?
It’s always something. First it was, “We have better evidence for Jesus than for the contemporary emperor Tiberius.” Matthew Ferguson annihilated that one. Then it was, “We have better evidence for Jesus than for Alexander the Great.”...Monster on Sunday! (with Shelley Segal & Steve Hill in San Diego, August 7)
Earlier this year I got to party on the town with a gaggle of groovy atheist activists in San Diego. And among them was the cool new musical duo Monster on Sunday, Steve and Tally Cass. The both of them were awesome and beautiful company. And I was really keen to hear...Sex & Sexism in Ancient Rome (Columbus, Ohio)
In two weeks I’ll be speaking in Columbus, Ohio. On what you ask? Sex and Sexism in Ancient Rome: Crossroads of Sexual Freedom & State Oppression. Co-hosted by PolyColumbus and the Humanist Community of Central Ohio. This will be Tuesday, July 14 (2015), at...Old Timey Radio Presents: The Amazing Whitey Spidey!
Narrator’s voice to be heard as in the style of an old timey radio narrator… LYRICAL CHORUS: O-l-d T-i-m-e-y R-a-d-i-o!!! NARRATOR: We bring you back to the amazing adventures of The Amazing Whitey Spidey Man! The scene opens when another Dick Driver, a...Is Evidence for Jesus Really as Good as for Caesar?
No. If you want to know why, read on. A reader emailed me a brief article by Darrell Bock called “Sources for Caesar and Jesus Compared,” asking me to please point out the thousand things wrong with it. I don’t really have to, because (at least de...What Dawkins Is Proposing Is the Suppression of Free Speech and the Acceptance of Sexism in Science
Hyperbolic whining when criticized is the male analog to the trope of women crying when criticized. So it’s ironic to see Richard Dawkings “crying” (over and over again) about a male peer being criticized for saying maybe women should be segregated...Want to See Bart Ehrman Debate the Historicity of Jesus?
Yes, Ehrman consistently refuses to debate me (because I’m ‘too mean’). But he has agreed to debate Robert Price, another prominent and well-qualified doubter of the historicity of Jesus. As long as the event gets funded, in order to demonstrate...Fantastic Study of Gender Differences Finds White Privilege Instead
This is one of the most excellent must read articles ever sent to me (by a girlfriend who does this sort of thing for a living. You know who you are, Girl. Thank you!) I’m talking about David Roberts, “There’s a Gender Divide on Nuclear Power, but It...Venue Change for This Friday!
I announced I’d be at Skeptics in the Pub in St. Louis this Friday. Enough people are now going they had to relocate to a different bar. So if you were planning to go, don’t forget to check the update!I’ll Be at the St. Louis Skeptics in the Pub Next Week! (UPDATED)
Next Friday, June the 19th, in St. Louis, at Heavy Riff Brewing on 6413 Clayton Avenue (unless the venue is changed due to higher than expected attendance), starting at 6:30pm. I’ll just be there to hang out, answer questions, have conversations, drink. I may...Get Dr. Carrier’s Latest!
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