MAGA pastor/Trump cultist Mark Burns has advanced to a runoff in South Carolina, putting him one step closer to Congress. Burns has promised that if elected, he’ll work to see that those who promote LGBTQ rights are held “accountable for treason.” See the Right Wing Watch article HERE

James McGrath published his major trade book on John the Baptist today: The scholarly version comes in October: John of History, Baptist of Faith: The Quest for the Historical Baptizer

See RS article here.

If you haven’t checked them out yet, do take a look at Freethinker Podcast and the Internet Infidels Discussion Board Here is a great sample podcast where our Vice President Edouard Tahmizian Interviews renowned Biblical Studies scholars Prof Dennis R MacDonald and Prof Robyn Faith Walsh.

Saint John the Baptist, a 1540 painting by Titian Prof James McGrath’s new books in John the Baptist are coming out soon and he has done 3 guest posts about them on Bart Ehrman’s blog. But did Jesus know John the Baptist? Certainly, John baptizing Jesus and Jesus claiming John was greater than he was … James McGrath: Did Jesus Know John the Baptist?

So, I have a new essay out – part 1 of three on Robyn Faith Walsh. Check it out: 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 Part A: Jesus in the Light of Greco-Roman Philosophy and Highly … My New Essay Exploring the New Testament Interpretations of Prof Robyn Faith Walsh

Sufficiently advanced aliens would be able to capture vast quantities of energy from their star using a massive structure called a Dyson sphere. Such a device would give off an infrared heat signature – and astronomers have just spotted 60 stars that seem to match. See the article HERE.

The argument seems to be they should be allowed to have the jets because they really enjoy using them.