{"id":276,"date":"2011-03-14T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/03\/sell-your-soul-to-win-a-free-mythicist-book\/"},"modified":"2011-03-14T18:15:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T18:15:00","slug":"sell-your-soul-to-win-a-free-mythicist-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/03\/sell-your-soul-to-win-a-free-mythicist-book.html","title":{"rendered":"Sell Your Soul to Win a Free Mythicist Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Jesus:<\/a>\"\"Actually, you don\u2019t have to sell your soul. Just come up with a T-shirt slogan that John Loftus will like<\/a>. It\u2019s almost the same thing, I hear some of you say, but still, not quite. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

If you would like me<\/i>\u00a0to win a free copy of Earl Doherty\u2019s newer, improved (?) book,\u00a0Jesus: Neither God Nor Man \u2013 The Case for a Mythical Jesus<\/i><\/a>\"\", so that I can interact with its arguments in the future (I only have the earlier version, The Jesus Puzzle<\/i><\/a>) then go to John\u2019s blog and vote for one of my entries.<\/p>\n

I entered on the assumption that you don\u2019t have to actually be an atheist in order to win. If I misunderstood the rules and end up disqualified, I\u2019ll be very disappointed\u2026<\/p>\n

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Actually, you don\u2019t have to sell your soul. Just come up with a T-shirt slogan that John Loftus will like. It\u2019s almost the same thing, I hear some of you say, but still, not quite. \ud83d\ude42 If you would like me\u00a0to win a free copy of Earl Doherty\u2019s newer, improved (?) book,\u00a0Jesus: Neither God Nor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nSell Your Soul to Win a Free Mythicist Book<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Actually, you don't have to sell your soul. Just come up with a T-shirt slogan that John Loftus will like. 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