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Richard Carrier could be a comedian. He recently said on his blog<\/a> that he wants to make a better movie promoting mythicism than Zeitgeist<\/a> $\"\"$ is.<\/p>\n

And so he is putting his weight behind a movie called \u201cBatman and Jesus.\u201d No, I\u2019m not kidding. Watch the video and see for yourself:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lLnNOJnf7OU<\/a>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ \u00a0 $\"batmanjesus-194x300\"$ <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"