Canaanites, Israelites, the Exodus, and Joel Baden
I'm a big fan of Joel Baden. He's done a huge amount of work in the field and seems spot on. Here he is being, well, spot on. I&
Jonathan MS Pearce
From Committed Pastor to Academia to Atheism to Agnosticism
Dr Joshua Bowen is a fascinating guy. He's awesome for a bunch of reasons. First, he has agreed to write the foreword to my forthcoming book (with archaeologist Rebecca Bradley) on
Accurate Speech Vs Oral Transmission
Yesterday, I posted a piece about the inaccuracy of any text of the era of the Bible containing as much speech as it does. I was challenged on this by a few comments,
Bearing False Witness
I posted earlier on how implausible it is to have so much accurate speech in the Bible. Commenter epeeist added this anecdote: A slightly different take, and one that I have described elsewhere.
Speech in the Bible? Pah!
Can you remember what you said last week? You know, in any conversation? Can you remember what you said last month? How about last year? How about ten years ago? Can you remember
Chiasms, Multiple Sources, Armstrong, and Chasms in Rationality
Welcome to another episode of "Brandolini's Law Exemplified", your friendly programming that has to put in all the effort where others don't. I wrote an article on
Dr Joshua Bowen, Digital Hammurabi, and our Exodus Book
As you know, archaeologist Rebecca Bradley and I are writing a book in the trilogy of Critical Examination books I have written on the Exodus - The Exodus: A Critical Examination of the
Disputing Miracles vs Disputing History (II)
This comment was left on a thread a few weeks ago: John, why dispute these facts and not go right for the miracles? Because, if miracles are possible, if it's possible
American Humanist Association Announces Dr. Anthony Fauci as 2021 Humanist of the Year
From the American Humanist Association: Today, the American Humanist Association (AHA) announced scientist and immunologist Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. as the 2021 Humanist of the Year. AHA Executive Director Roy Speckhardt said,
Debunking the Genesis Flood I
I can't believe I'm going to have to do this, but it will hopefully be useful to some people. I am going to run through the gamut of arguments
Ruddy Flood Thing Again. And Armstrong.
Dave Armstrong has supposedly refuted my refutation to his refutation of my claim that the Noah's flood myth is a good example of the multiple sources of the Pentateuch evidenced by
Armstrong, the Genesis Flood Contradictions and Multiple Sources
Oh, David Armstrong. David, David David. I will try to be as cordial as possible here but please excuse me if I let off some rhetorical steam at times. I recently posted a