A collection of 19 posts
Recently, there was a seven-hour debate between Mike Licona (Christian) and Bart Ehrman (Agnostic), on the subject of “Did the Resurrection of Jesus Really Happen?” that had been well-anticipated by people in certain
There is no doubt that Bart Ehrman is a brilliant author. Two of his books are particularly worth investing in: Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their
Bart Ehrman’s book Jesus Before the Gospels is really quite excellent. It’s a must-read for anyone looking into how stories became Gospels, about memory, memorisation, distorted memories, and transmission. I am
Bart Ehrman's book Jesus Before the Gospels is really quite excellent. It's a must-read for anyone looking into how stories became Gospels, about memory, memorisation, distorted memories, and transmission.
In the closing stages of writing my latest book, The Resurrection: A Critical Examination of the Easter Story [UK], I had a few test readers. One was David Austin, down in Australia, who
Jesus Christ – who was he? That's something of a different question to skeptics like myself as it is to Christians. And it's a very different question in the context
Here is another guest post from Dana Horton, this time looking at Jesus' claims regarding life beyond death (thanks Dana!): What does Jesus say about the afterlife? A lot of us in
Luke 3:1 opens with an elaborate chronological statement: “In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was … the word of the Lord came to John the son of
This is a guest post by regular commenter Carstonio. Thanks so much to him for this. Please feel free to submit any guest posts to me as this really helps the blog keep
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
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.
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_