Historicity of Jesus: Live Q&A
This Sunday at 9am Pacific I’ll be doing a live Q&A on the historicity of Jesus. Post questions here in comments or on the matching Facebook post. (Comments here won’t publish, but I’ll see them. I’m still looking for time to get through my...Join My New Course This February: Intro to Biblical Scholarship on the New Testament
Starting February 1 (2015) I will be teaching an online course, Introduction to Biblical Scholarship on the New Testament. Click that to register. The required course text (which students should purchase as soon as possible) is my personal anthology Hitler Homer Bible...See You in Riverside and Lancaster!
These events are definitely on! And I’d love to help both groups see your support. This Friday Antelope Valley Freethinkers surely could use some extra attendance and donations for bringing me in to speak, and for keeping on their activity supporting local...At MythinformationCon in Milwaukee This April
Mythicist Milwaukee is putting on a one-day informational event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the origin and power of myths this April 25 (2015), which will be a Saturday. The first ever Mythinformation Conference. They hope to grow the event in future years, so if you...In Southern California Next Week
Two public venues this time… Not this Friday but Friday next I’ll be discussing my book On the Historicity of Jesus and its reception, at Antelope Valley College (Health and Sciences building, room 201) in Lancaster, California. That’s January 9...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...What Will Ryan Bell Decide? Join Our Exciting New Online Course in December
Ryan Bell shall soon be ending his Year Without God. And in a special one month online course, he and I will be debating where he should now go from here: Remain an atheist, or a theist? Join the atheist community and help us move the cause forward, or not? (He may...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)....Get Dr. Carrier’s Latest!
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