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Thom Stark blogged about Neil Godfrey\u2019s reading comprehension (or lack thereof)<\/a>. In other news, Neil Godfrey complains that Bart Ehrman had trouble keeping track of which mythicists wrote which nonsense where<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Richard Carrier criticized Bart Ehrman of using rhetoric instead of argument (among other things), seemingly unaware of the irony<\/a>. Tom Verenna unsurprisingly but disappointingly sides with Carrier on this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jerry Coyne continues to pit dubious sources against dubious sources while failing to give mainstream scholarship the attention it is due, or inform himself adequately from such reliable sources<\/a>. If he were to learn something about the Church of the Holy Sepulcher it would do him good!<\/p>\n

(For those interested in that topic, I discuss it in my book The Burial of Jesus: What Does History Have to Do with Faith?<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/em>, which costs a mere $2.99).<\/p>\n

In the category of views akin to mythicism that mythicists won\u2019t like to be compared with, Mike Heiser<\/a> announced that he will appear<\/a> in a documentary<\/a> debunking claims about ancient aliens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mark Goodacre has been accused of slander because of his criticisms of \u201cThe Jesus Discovery.\u201d<\/a> Joel Watts<\/a> and Jim West<\/a> also comment on the company that produced the documentary \u2013 and the accusations.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"