In a recent comment I was asked about my familiarity with evolution, given my frequent comparison of mythicism to creationism as far as their approach to mainstream academic disciplines is concerned. When I searched for relevant keywords, the round-ups I posted about a year and a half ago didn’t turn up, so I thought I’d repost them here. I’ve blogged about these subjects since then, so it may be time to offer new round-ups soon… Blogging Young-Earth Creationism: The HighlightsBlogging... Read more

A student of mine sent me an e-mail today to let me know that he has begun blogging…about LOST! Presumably fans of the show may enjoy giving him a hard time reading what he has to say. Read more

iRobyn has been doing a series discussing different individuals’ views not only on who or what they believe God is, but als what led them to their conclusions. The most recent post in the series features Margaret Robinson, who says (among other things): A God that is accessible only through the Bible is not of much use as deities go. Harry Potter seems more immanent; at least he’s also available in DVD. If God is truly present now then the... Read more

It seems like each step of the conversation uncovers more. Mainstream scholars have published thousands of books and countless more peer-reviewed articles. I’ve created a web page/self-published a book. Therefore the burden of proof is on you to disprove my views. If you’ve read Ken Ham/Robert Price/William Dembski and are not persuaded, you need to read Henry Morris/Earl Doherty/Michael Behe. How can you reject young-earth creationism/mythicism/intelligent design if you haven’t even read all its proponents? Biological evolution is not proven to the... Read more

Yet another parallel between creationism and mythicism… CREATIONISMSean Carroll (or insert other scientist here) writes a book explaining his research into the way genes get put to new uses as part of the evolutionary process.Creationists continue to say “Evolution is merely an assumption made by scientists, none of their work actually demonstrates that evolution has occurred.”Logical conclusion: The creationists in question have not read Carroll’s book(s). MYTHICISME. P. Sanders (or insert other New Testament scholar or historian here) writes a... Read more

I hope no one thought I meant the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s… Read more

“[H]istorians never have just what they want or need. At one extreme is the historian limited to one source. Einhard’s Life of Charlemagne is, for example, the only source scholars have about the private life of Europe’s first emperor. Like many of the political biographies written today, this one is more hagiography than critical biography, and in the best of worlds historians might refuse to use it as evidence about Charlemagne’s life and his character. But historians, although conscious they are... Read more

The discussion of mythicism that has been taking place mostly here and at Vridar has now spread to at least two discussion boards: Think Atheist and the Freethought and Rationalism Discussion Board. I think I have enough to deal with in terms of the discussion here, but if any readers are members of either site, you may want to join in the discussions there. All I’ll say for now is that I encourage the atheists and freethinkers at these forums... Read more

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