Did you know we’re all pagans? That’s right. America is majority pagan. We worship Ishtar and the Onion God and have cool-ass pagan festivals featuring palm fronds and sacred orgies. Public feasts in every town distribute meat and mead, blessed by pagan priestesses in ancient regalia, to all the townsfolk, at public or patriot expense. […]| Richard Carrier Blogs
The mainstream consensus is that only seven letters of the thirteen attributed to Paul in the New Testament are authentic: 1 and 2 Corinthians, 1 Thessalonians, Romans, Philippians, Galatians…and Philemon; while the rest are either forgeries (Ephesians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, and 2 Thessalonians) or misattributions (Hebrews is often listed as a fourteenth […]| Richard Carrier Blogs
The great cognitive scientist and philosopher Daniel Dennett passed away this year. And shortly after, Cameron Bertuzzi interviewed a Christian apologist, Bob Stewart, on his channel Capturing Christianity, regarding “Daniel Dennett’s Philosophical Legacy,” titling the show “Wrong in Creative Ways.” In which they almost never discuss Daniel Dennett’s philosophical legacy, or ever show that he […]| Richard Carrier Blogs
There are thousands of crappy videos in aid of dubious projects. So I generally have to be paid to care about any of them. And lo, my latest hire: to examine what’s going on with Stardusk’s half-hour video Protectors, Providers, Nazis and Prostitutes on his channel Thinking-Ape. Considered one of the founding members of the […]| Richard Carrier Blogs
1. Life and Works| plato.stanford.edu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau remains an important figure in the history of| plato.stanford.edu
1. Life and Work| plato.stanford.edu
A milestone document in the history of human rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. It has been translated into over 500 languages.| United Nations
