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The presence of the antichrist spirit in the Christian narrative as the ultimate danger primarily means we are not considering an outside oppositional force but rather that Christianity contains within itself the loose thread of its own potential unraveling, the Jenga piece that once removed...

...effective, since he is pointing to the Jesus of history rather than the Christ of faith who is a construct of some of his followers’ imaginations. *** If this content interests you and you find my thoughts here interesting, brilliant, or stupid, please do stop by the blog of Internet...

ABSTRACT: This is Part C of a three-part literary application and defense of Robyn Faith Walsh’s recent (2021) hypothesis that the Gospels are not, as is usually thought, the product of literate spokespersons conveying the oral tradition of their community, but rather are birthed out of networks...

Here it is: https://infidels.org/library/modern/testing-robyn-faith-walsh-hypothesis-2/

I talk about the Q source in part two of my book review.

Title: Gospels, Classics, and the Erasure of the Community: A Critical Review Testing the Hypothesis of Robyn Faith Walsh’s The Origins of Early Christian Literature, Part A (2024) Part A: Jesus in the Light of Greco-Roman Philosophy and Highly Sophisticated Engagement with the Old Testament...

Hi everyone! If you or someone you know are interested in German philosophy since Kant (Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger), I just did 2 blog posts on Heidegger's use of Hegel's method. Check them out and leave a comment! Heidegger’s Hegelian Phenomenological Method (Part 1/2) by John...

I posted my reflections on my Carrier interview here: https://secularfrontier.infidels.org/2024/02/the-christ-myth-theory-in-question-part-4-my-second-richard-carrier-interview/

Richard Carrier has suggested me doing a friendly written exchange with him on the Christ Myth, so my initial post contra mythicism went up today on Secular Frontier: https://secularfrontier.infidels.org/2024/01/the-christ-myth-theory-in-question/ . From what I understand the next post will be...

I hope everyone had a good Turkey day. I just did a blog post which might be of interest: Does Christ Mythicism Deserve A Seat At The Table? See: https://secularfrontier.infidels.org/2023/11/does-christ-mythicism-deserve-a-seat-at-the-table/

One thing I've tried to bring out in my Christ Myth Critique essay and Penal Substitution is contrasting penal substitution theology with moral influence theology. This might be of interest: A major new book critiquing penal substitution theology:

Our social media manager Ed has a new interview out with mythicist Robert M Price. Check it out:

Hi everyone, A little while ago Richard Carrier posted the most simple summary I've seen of his mythicism argument and why he thinks it's not getting traction among mainstream scholars. Today, Dr. James McGrath and Dr. Kipp Davis posted a rebuttal video to Carrier's blog post that is a clear...

I've found the Trump Religious Propaganda art interesting. I've been posting about that on Secular Frontier.

Hi everyone! I just finished Ehrman's new course on the great divide between historical Jesus and Paul, and there was some great and thoughtful material there. It was really cool all around. He comes across as very friendly when he's teaching. The mythicism connection was interesting too...

Jesus redefines Jewish love of God, widows, orphans, and strangers to include enemies, specifically Socratic/Platonic forgiving enemies and dying for enemies as more important than yourself. I really get into this in the Scriptures Study posts on the Infidels blog, the index of which is HERE

See: https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/dark-energy/the-expansion-of-the-universe-could-be-a-mirage-new-theoretical-study-suggests

Keith has posted his 3rd and final entry in this series. Check it out!

I was asked about the reception of the Christ Myth Theory in the academy, so let’s back track a little. What we now Call the Christ Myth Theory had the inception of its contemporary iteration with GA Wells, but even more so with Earl Doherty’s Jesus Puzzle book/website. It is Doherty who...

The second of 3 guest posts by Keith Augustine on the II/SW blog on the question of survival after death is up. Check it out and leave a question or comment for Keith: Survival Researcher or Christian Apologist? Could You Tell the Difference? (Part 2 of 3)