Easter Doubt: Why Was Jesus' Tomb Not Venerated?
To follow on from my Matthew's guards post, here is another problematic scenario for the Easter story. Thinking about the tomb, in the context of the last post, it is incredibly
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A Progressive Alliance Is the Answer to Snap General Election
Okay, so a little on UK politics here. The UK is going through a right old time just now. The turbulence is set to continue in both the short and the long term.
Easter Doubt: Matthew and the Guards at the Tomb
In this post, I am going to look at the resurrection account given by Matthew, in particular his addition found in no other Gospel account, that there were guards stationed at the tomb.
Easter Doubt: On the Skepticism of the Resurrection (part 4) – naturalistic explanations
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_
CosmicSkeptic and the Kalam Cosmological Argument
As you know, I am mildly obsessed with the Kalam Cosmological Argument and my last book concerned debunking the argument: Did God Create the Universe from Nothing?: Countering William Lane Craig's
Easter Doubt: On the Skepticism of the Resurrection (part 3)
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 is continues. There are three aspects to the
Humanist murder in Pakistan is the latest horror in anti-blasphemy crackdown
This has come from the International Humanist and Ethical Union: A student who referred to himself as “The Humanist” on social media has been murdered today by dozens of fellow students, after a
Death And Birthdays: Guest Post by Dan Hughes
Dan Hughes has kindly allowed me to repost this interesting piece by him, from his own blog (I have changed some images for copyright reasons). Check it out and get the discussion going!
Resurrection did not happen, say quarter of Christians
I meant to write about this the other day, when it came out, but have been so busy that you have probably read this in numerous places elsewhere, and here at Patheos. A
Anti-Religious-Extremist Muslim Student Banned from US
The Independent reported on Zia Shah, a Fulbright scholar at the University of Chicago, who went home for the Winter holidays to Pakistan only to be refused re-entry into the US. He had
Easter Doubt: On the Skepticism of the Resurrection (part 2)
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
Easter Doubt: On the Skepticism of the Resurrection
It's that time again, so I am going to re-run my extensive series on the Resurrection and Easter. Sorry if you've read it before, but there's nothing