THE GREAT MYTHS
History for Atheists’ “Great Myths” series is a collection of longer articles that addresses the most persistent and widespread myths about history that tend to be used by anti-theist activists. This is an ongoing project, so the list below will be added to as the series continues, with new additions made about every two to three months. Future additions will include:
- Hypatia of Alexandria’s murder and the claim she was a martyr for science and learning
- The claim that the medieval Church retarded the development of technology and that the Middle Ages was a technically stagnant period as a result
- Several articles on the Galileo Affair and its historical, political and cultural contexts and how a caricature of Galileo’s story has come to predominate in popular culture
- Articles on the relationship between the Nazi regime and the Papacy and the Christian churches responses to the Holocaust
- The claim that Soviet and other twentieth century Communist regimes’ oppression had nothing to do with atheism
The author has articles about some of what he considers to be "the great myths":
The Great Myths 1: The Medieval Flat Earth
The Great Myths 2: Christmas, Mithras and Paganism
The Great Myths 3: Giordano Bruno was a Martyr for Science
The Great Myths 4: Constantine, Nicea and the Bible
The Great Myths 5: The Destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria
The Great Myths 6: Copernicus’ Deathbed Publication
The Great Myths 7: “Hitler’s Pope”?
What to make of all of this?