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David Hume's 300th
David Hume’s 300th birthday was on Saturday, and there’s a fair amount of celebration going on around the net. Open Culture has links to some retrospectives, free versions of Hume’s works, and this “Three Minute Philosophy” clip about Hume’s accomplishments:
Posted in History, Philosophy
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Chris Rodda has an Offer
Chris Rodda, the Senior Research Director for the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, has a request and an offer. First, some background. You’ve probably heard of David Barton by now. He’s become the go-to historian for the religious right, because he … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, History, Politics
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Biblical Urban Legends
Along with Biblical fanon, the Bible has acquired a number of urban legends over the centuries. These are stories about Biblical history that get endlessly repeated despite their dubious veracity. Trevin Wax at Kingdom People lists a few that get … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, History
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Lincoln's Friends
From CNN, a letter has surfaced from one of Abraham Lincoln’s close associates purporting to describe Lincoln’s religious beliefs. “Mr. Lincoln’s religion is too well known to me to allow of even a shadow of a doubt; he is or … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, Religion
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The End of The World… Year By Year
Pick a Year is a great idea — you can pick any year, and it tells you about how people thought the world would end that year.
Posted in History
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Did God Have a Wife?
Here’s part of the BBC’s “Bible’s Secrets” series. This is episode 2, which deals with the character Asherah who – possibly – was seen as the wife of Yahweh. As always, remember that these programs are trying to be provocative. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, History, Videos
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American Renegades
From A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell, who was recently interviewed by Reason.com. But what the Founding Fathers called corruption, depravity, venality, and vice, many of us would call freedom. During the War of Independence, deference … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, History, Morality, Quotes
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The BBC meets Asherah
There’s an upcoming documentary series on BBC2 called “Bible’s Buried Secrets” that is starting to attract some attention. One of the people involved is Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou, author of Religious Diversity in Ancient Israel and Judah. In a recent column … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, God, History
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Across the Hollow Earth
This started as an experiment just to see how many digital sources I could find for this obscure figure in American history. Answer: quite a lot, really. A year after the end of WWII, noted astronomer Gerard Kuiper (for whom … Continue reading
Posted in Cults, History, Pseudoscience
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Santorum Tackles the Crusades
Rick Santorum weighs in on a historical debate: Rick Santorum launched into a scathing attack on the left, charging during an appearance in South Carolina that the history of the Crusades has been corrupted by “the American left who hates … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, History, Islam
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