Richard Carrier gave a talk which is on YouTube, “Imagining the Study of Jesus without Religion.” Historians have worked hard to set aside those demands and desires arising from religious convictions out of the picture when looking at the figure of Jesus. They have done so so successfully that time and again they have produced a portrait of Jesus so disturbing to Christians that the idea that he wasn’t a historical figure – that he was from the beginning the... Read more
Tertullian had some very direct things to say about Jesus, warfare, and weapons. A sizeable portion of American Christians think that Tertullian got Jesus wrong. And, conversely, if Tertullian understood Jesus correctly, then a sizeable portion of Christians in American (though by no means all) actually (whether they admit it or not) think Jesus was wrong to deprive Peter of his second amendment rights. For more discussion if this topic, a synchroblog on #thenewpacifism has been proposed. Â Â Read more
I’ve previously shared some of the Hymns of the God’s Gardeners from Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Year of the Flood. Today in my class on religion and science fiction, we finished talking about the novel, and focused on the theology of the God’s Gardeners, and I learned that in the audiobook the hymns are actually included in their musical rendition by Orville Stoeber. And so I thought I would share the lyrics of another of the hymns, “The Last Mile“: The... Read more
I began sharing links to interesting things on other blogs on Facebook and Twitter this morning, and I quickly realized that there were so many that it would soon turn into a torrent! And so here is a round-up of some of the posts that grabbed my interest and seemed worth sharing – with a special treat at the end. Let’s begin with David Meadows’ “Skept-o-meter,” i.e. a list of things that sets his alarm bells ringing: Claim is made... Read more
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This isn’t the first Star Wars Last Supper I’ve come across. But it is, I think, the first one I’ve seen that includes George Lucas! Read more
A colleague of mine shared this bit of internet nonsense on Facebook: I am disappointed when anyone repeats bogus information without fact-checking it, but I am even more disappointed when it is an educator. I sometimes think that young-earth creationists might be atheists pretending to be delusional and dishonest Christians in order to make Christianity look bad. And when I see these lists of mostly fabricated parallels betwee Horus and Jesus, I suspect that they are created by Christians who... Read more
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