Bumper Sticker Idea #1

I think that people should get bumper stickers for being wrong about things to brighten the mood a little. “I backed the wrong horse” will do fine. You can personalize it too: “I Backed the Wrong Horse: The World Will End in 2000″ or “I Backed the Wrong Horse: I Voted for Bush.”

A Secunda Facie Analysis of Tacitus on Jesus and as a Historian

This analysis serves as a second glance; the first glance seems to have produced the position that Tacitus offers evidence of a historical Jesus.  As such, this second glance will investigate the nature of the data, the state of the evidence, the reliability of the claim that Tacitus is reliable, and whether it can be [...]

Happy Darwin Day (and Videos on Evolution)

Happy Darwin Day, everyone! In light of the occasion, I have decided to post some great clips on evolution on my blog to celebrate!  Enjoy: Richard Dawkins: The Genius of Charles Darwin http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4471435322910215458&ei=to91S97BLojyrgLy_MTYBw&q=charles%20darwin&hl=en# NOVA: Evolution in Action http://uk.video.yahoo.com/watch/5054561 NOVA: Evidence for Evolution http://uk.video.yahoo.com/watch/5054587/13430588 HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) Lectures on Evolution http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/evolution/lectures.html Addressing Misconceptions about [...]

James on Jesus: Reopening Pandora’s Box

I would first like to again thank James McGrath for providing his blog as a venue to discuss this subject; it is no doubt a highly-charged and, sometimes, volatile subject at that.  While James and I have had many conversations about this in the past, including a few phone conversations, we have always remained cordial [...]