Given that there have recently been threads talking about why Christianity has succeeded in the way it has, this is topical: Robert Price, a double PhD in theology and prolific author on religion
Time to take the defenders to task. And, I must say, we have a dismal failure on our hands here. As many of you will know, I have been running a series debunking
I have posted this before but it is well worth perusing: Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling Philosopher
I posted this debate the other day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP7RrCfDkO4&feature=youtu.be I think this is worth watching, I really enjoyed it as I respect both scholars.
It's been quite a little project, but it is time to draw matters to a close. So far, the series has covered a number of different related subjects: * The Exodus Debunked:
As mentioned in my previous posts, it is that time of year that the historicity of the Easter accounts gets analysed by us skeptics. And found wanting. Very wanting. [caption id="attachment_
As mentioned in my two previous posts, it is that time of year again where the Resurrection of Jesus requires a thorough going over. Here it continues. There are three aspects to the
The serious philosophical point to one of these is that Jesus' sacrifice wasn't all that: he sacrificed himself to himself to sit on his own right-hand side for eternity in
As mentioned in my previous post, someone in Malawi is about to have a debate on national TV with a Christian about the Resurrection accounts and I have been asked to help provide
This is a very recent IntelligenceSquared debate between Berlin and Shermer on the one side and Chopra and Kumar on the other. I am yet to watch it but am led to believe
I have recently been running a series debunking the Exodus and have linked to this Easter series. Since Easter is upon us, and since I have a raft of new readers, I am
One of the comments from the recent post on evolution reminded me of a video I did in 2010. See what you think. The comment was from kermit: The "kinds" model