Richard Carrier, PhD
@richardcarrier.info
Godless polyamorous author & speaker. Philosophistorian. Longform blogger. Destroyer of bad epistemologies. Drinker of whiskey & sensible wine. You can find all things me at richardcarrier.info (books, classes, blog).
My monthly recommendations again go off my usual train to commend three lay books that are remarkably good and do things no one else (not even academics) are doing but should. Check them all out! ... h/t bescofield.bsky.social #Jesus #Yahweh #Bible #history www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43987
I have students scheduled for my September #Science & #Philosophy of #Freewill & #HistoricalMethods & #CriticalThinking #courses -- Come join them! www.richardcarrier.info/archives/16919 #classes start the 1st, work at your own pace & ask all the questions you want on the subject for a month!
Take Any of Ten Online Courses in Any Future Month! • Richard Carrier Blogs
Including skills in philosophy & history, debunking & argument; free will; moral reasoning; atheism in ancient Greece & Rome.
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I had dinner with the forger of a mysterious "first century #manuscript of Mark." Got its story & took my own photos. Here's the skinny. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/44000 #bible #papyrus #history #forgery #debunkingmyths @religionprof.bsky.social @goodacre.bsky.social @theguardian.com
The Infamous Missing Third Fragment of Mark Was a Prank! • Richard Carrier Blogs
So, the story began with a debate between Dan Wallace and Bart Ehrman in 2012. Yes. It’s been fourteen years. But anyway. I first covered this in 2012 under Amazing Proofs of Jesus! and updated it in ...
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Interesting followup Edouard Tahmizian on The #Freethinker Podcast on the manipulative and self-contradictory ideas Christians have about #freewill which have fooled even #atheists #philosophy who don't know their mind has been covertly colonized by #christianity www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoLn...
Libertarian Free Will Doesn't Exist & The Problem of Evil (Richard Carrier)
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Jorge Guerra Pires will be offering occasional #translations of my blog #articles in #Portuguese -- Follow the link for details! www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43983 #atheism #philosophy
Portuguese Translations of Select Articles • Richard Carrier Blogs
Jorge Guerra Pires will be producing occasional translations of my blog articles in Portuguese. So if that’s your primary language or you know anyone who is, bookmark his Medium site “Mente Ateísta” a...
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This one goes pretty hard, in the tradition of firebrand atheism of yore. It will anger some. But it's not wrong. Excerpted from my first book and updated. Here we go: www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43391 #christiansmurderedindians #DeathCult #religion #history #christianity #islam #colonialism
Let's Be Honest about Why You Are a Christian or a Muslim: Your Forebears Murdered Their Way into Your Mind • Richard Carrier Blogs
This is another updated extract from Sense and Goodness without God that I’ve removed from its future edition (coming soon) because it’s an unnecessary use of wordcount there. So I am preserving a rev...
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Pinning this here for future reflection: DOGE was supposed to ferret waste, instead it just hunted enemies. But this is an example of the kind of actual waste a serious DOGE could have gotten rid of. But those boyturds were too busy j3rking off in eachothrs faces. www.propublica.org/article/gene...
Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...
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Hot tip. When YouTube accidentally unlists an archived video, you can still get to it using the original live link (which you can easily find where it was announced originally, like on my FB wall, my Bluesky stream, or even in this case my blog article about it): www.youtube.com/live/v1H81Hc...
🔴 Pre-Christian Jews EXPECTED a Dying-And-Rising Messiah ft. Richard Carrier
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A reminder that the Rocket City Reason #conference is this October in #huntsvillealabama #Alabama I'll be tabling so you can get books signed. And there's a great speaker lineup. Get your tickets and make your plans! rocketcityreason.com #atheism #freethought #skepticism #humanism
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On why being smart or an idiot is not IQ but #curiosity & why #GenZ liking #fancycoffee & #aloyoga wear proves their #poverty & #BudgetSavvy not their #irresponsibility teaching #economics #culture & #CriticalThinking & why #TomiLahren is a #spectacular #idiot www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43820
AI Says Tomi Lahren Is an Idiot: A Critical Thinking Exercise • Richard Carrier Blogs
Everyone knows I think AI is garbage and should never be trusted to do the work for you. You always have to Do Your Own Research for real to ensure AI hasn’t conned you or left things out or misstated...
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Great show. Further questions, post comments into the queue at: www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43806
New Journal Publication on Jewish Expectations of a Dying Messiah • Richard Carrier Blogs
I just published a major new article in a peer-reviewed journal, the Canadian-American Theological Review: “Did Any Pre-Christian Jews Expect a Dying-and-Rising Messiah?” It will be the lead article i...
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I have a new peer-reviewed publication out: Pre-Christian Jews Expected a Dying-and-Rising Messiah; and I'll be discussing it live and taking questions this Friday. Calendar it and join us! www.youtube.com/live/v1H81Hc... #jesus #judaism #dyingmessiah #bible #talmud #deadseascrolls
🔴 Pre-Christian Jews EXPECTED a Dying-And-Rising Messiah ft. Richard Carrier
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This month's recommendations are the best handbooks you can get on Greco-Roman #science and #technology of yore. I review what's in them and great about them. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43752 #bookrecommendations #AncientScience #AncientHistory
Top Three Handbooks of Ancient Science & Technology • Richard Carrier Blogs
Today I review for you the top three handbooks in ancient science and technology. There are others, but they either suck or are amazing but out of print. These three are must-haves for any enthusiast....
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I weigh in on the dispute btw @paulogia.bsky.social & Inspiring Philosophy (Michael Jones) over whethr the #bayesian argumnt for the #resurrection of #jesus is bollocks, now a one-stop shop on why no resurrection #apologetics can be taken seriously anymore. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43548
Why Christians Are So Bad at This: Paulogia vs. Inspiring Philosophy on the Bayesian Argument for the Resurrection • Richard Carrier Blogs
Recently, Than Christopoulos produced a silly and absurdly wordy insistence that Bayes’ Theorem proves Jesus rose from the dead in Paulogia…It’s Time To Stop. I was recently interviewed about this on ...
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Modern Atheism & I discuss the latest #bayesian arg for the #resurrection of #jesus via #maximaldata (or #formalizedgullibility ) & the #historicalreportage model (or Taking #Apologetics Back 100 Years). This is just fun. I'll pub a formal & detailed blog on it soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgAX...
Refuting Than's Bayesian case for the Resurrection - with Dr. Richard Carrier
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Take any of my ten correspondence #coursesonline in #history and #philosophy to learn or improve a skill and better your mind and knowledge! www.richardcarrier.info/archives/16919
Take Any of Ten Online Courses in Any Future Month! • Richard Carrier Blogs
Including skills in philosophy & history, debunking & argument; free will; moral reasoning; atheism in ancient Greece & Rome.
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"Orcas ,,, made headlines ... teaming up to ram and sink yachts." Political thriller. "Some orcas ... have worn dead salmon as hats. Others drape seal intestines over their fins or take turns tossing sea lion pelts into the air." Horror movie. A very diverse species. www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/s...
Watch an orca ram a sunfish so hard that the fish explodes | CNN
How hard do you have to ram a fish to make it explode? Ask an orca.
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I'll be live tomorrow (the evening of the 22nd) discussing what role #AI could play in being our #morals #advisor (our #Moses as it were), helping or even surpassing us in ascertaining #ObjectiveTruth in #moralfacts and #MoralPhilosophy ... www.youtube.com/live/Mg7zN8E...
Can AI Help Us Understand Morality
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Today I tighten and improve an old chapter on #bible #prophecy as #miracles focusing on the #HistoricalMethods that could prove that, and why sound method never finds any. I then use the #FalseProphecy of #Ezekiel on #Tyre as an example. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43388
Prophecy and History: Some Pointers • Richard Carrier Blogs
I am near to completing my forthcoming rewrite of Sense and Goodness without God (which I will be retiring soon, so if you want to collect the original edition before it goes out of print, better get ...
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As I near completing the rewrite of my first book (Sense & Goodness without God, to become A Better World w/o God) I made a reference article for it on #SocialJustice showing how my #philosophy grounds & delimits it, supplementing a new section on the subject. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43406
My Starter Kit in Social Justice • Richard Carrier Blogs
My website’s category dropdown menu includes many social justice issues like racism, sexism, ableism, classism, privilege, feminism and men’s issues, gender and transgenderism, gay pride, culture, env...
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I'll be blogging about #BartEhrman 's awful new book about #Jesus and #Christianity eventually (it's on my schedule). But this very revealing article just dropped from cult-hunter Be Scofield establishing the context everyone needs for it: thesaviorcomplex.substack.com/p/the-jesus-...
The Jesus Apologists: How Bart Ehrman’s “Love Thy Stranger” Protects His Image
Bart Ehrman's new book reveals how far critical Jesus studies still have to go—and how much even skeptical scholarship continues to polish his story.
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Unusual query (maybe the #christian #deconstruction community might know?): I need a bibliography on why liberal Christianity is not that great compared to just going all to secular humanism. Most "secular is better" books only contrast conservative Christianity. I need the other kind. Suggestions?
Here's the full drop! Earlier, Jozef Richards posted his un-cut interview of me for #batman & #jesus 10ya. This year he stopped by my home & did a 1h catch-up! All on what's happened in #JesusStudies since. The last interview was one of the best. This is as good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx4p...
Did Jesus Exist? Origins of Christianity (with Richard Carrier)
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Definitely watch this fun 2 minute teaser to a big interview drop coming tomorrow! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB7P... For a new channel, the Funny Thing about Religion, by the director of Batman & Jesus, Jozef Richards 😀
Catching up w/ Richard Carrier 10 years later | Season 2 Announcement The Funny Thing About Religion
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Solid interview with Modern Atheism about what's wrong with the most common arguments "for" there having actually been an #EmptyTomb as evidence for #TheResurrection - as opposed to it just being the #Mythology it obviously is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jMJ...
Refuting Arguments for the Empty Tomb - With Dr. Richard Carrier
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Overlooked books deserving more attention & engagement, by Craig-acolyte-now-counter-apologist John Loftus. Essential reading for #Arguments from #Evil & #Miracles & the #metaphilosophy of #PhilosophyofReligion itself. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43286 #counterapologetics #philosophy #history
Recommending Another Loftus Trilogy in the Philosophy of Religion • Richard Carrier Blogs
While my Three Recommendations in Godless Epistemology were of books I added to my Recommendations in Philosophy list, I wanted to post three more recommendations that veer too far to be suited to tha...
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If you follow me here but not on Facebook, you may want to know I just posted some serious thoughts about #AI / #AGI and our future on Facebook, far too long to include here as text, but I am including it as a link and a screencap. tinyurl.com/nv6n293x
Hone #skills & #knowledge in #AncientHistory of #atheism or #science , #HistoricalMethods or #CriticalThinking , #freewill & other subjs. in #philosophy for an #evidencebased #PhilosophyOfLife = 30 days of asking a PhD all your questions, w #readings & tests. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/16919
Take Any of Ten Online Courses in Any Future Month! • Richard Carrier Blogs
Including skills in philosophy & history, debunking & argument; free will; moral reasoning; atheism in ancient Greece & Rome.
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