Ari’s blog has some awesome links. He spotted Mark Goodacre’s latest NT Pod, on the question whether Jesus existed, before it even popped up in my feed. I agree with Mark on the useful positive role mythicists can play for New Testament scholars in keeping us honest. And I obviously also agree with Mark’s criticisms [...]

David Fitzgerald kindly let me know that he has posted a response to my critical post about his talk at Skepticon. In the spirit of dialogue that he expresses in his post, addressing me directly, I will do the same here. I would like to begin by clarifying that I was not in any sense [...]

Gnosticism has turned up regularly in science fiction – The Matrix and The Golden Compass providing just a couple of recent examples. It also profoundly influenced the religious views of Philip K. Dick, and in following a link to an interview about the Gospel of Thomas and Secret Book of John with Stevan Davies, I [...]