The Secular Frontier

July 8,1961-Feb 5, 2024 I just wanted to share the sad news that Country singer Toby Keith has died from cancer at the age of 62. It goes to show how precious life is. Just as bees, butterflies, roses, fungi, chickens, sparrows, and penguins don' ... Read Article

It is well known that the God of the bible wants a contrite heart, not sacrifice. We read, for instance, God says in Hosea: “I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” (Hosea 6:6). Jesus reiterates this. He ... Read Article

Last time I blogged about my second time interviewing Richard Carrier, and I'd like to reflect on that a little because a friend wanted to know what it was like. Carrier is a proponent of the Christ Myth Theory, the idea that Jesus was originally not ... Read Article

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPF9SeVFlPo&t Ed and I interviewed Carrier today. I think he did well on the question of the Nazareth Inscription, but not how missing body apotheosis tropes are problematic for his theory of a resurrected body th ... Read Article

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Carrier's cosmic sperm bank hypothesis to deal with Paul's claim that Jesus was made from the sperm of David, usually just meaning that he came from David's bloodline (the old testament talks about God forming people in the womb).  How would Paul's reade ... Read Article

The James the Brother of the Lord passage in Paul has long been the bane of mythicists, because if Paul met Jesus's brother, then Jesus existed. At 9:00 PT prof Kipp Davis will be responding to Godless Engineer's mythicist thoughts on the passage. Check ... Read Article

Richard Dawkins shared this interesting talk by Dr. Colin Wright, which is important for such issues as biological males participating in women's sports. ... Read Article

The rapid, unprecedented growth of the "nones" continues apace. The nonreligious are now larger than any single religious group in America, and they've become the majority in several states. See Article Here ... Read Article

I'm doing an exchange with Richard Carrier on The Christ Myth Theory. Below are my general thoughts: I think mythicism misses the mark because it is so focused on what Jesus is supposed to have done as the ultimate blood magic death, it ignores what ... Read Article

We will not be going over the old ground of what forgery is (an author falsely claiming to be a famous person) or how it was justified in the ancient world, even among writers who urge high ethical standards (!). We are instead interested in the startlin ... Read Article

More and more scrutiny is coming regarding the narrative that Trump is God's chosen one. Iowa Evangelical pastors condemn 'sickening' video portraying Trump as messianic figure. See HERE. Christian Site: Trump Is “God’s Chosen Instrument.” S ... Read Article

This looks interesting. Spartan Theology shared he will be debating on the topic of PSA, which is one of my interests. I'll have to follow up on this. Here is his opening statement: ... Read Article

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — A bill has been filed in the Oklahoma legislature that would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms. Check out the article here: ... Read Article

Most commentators think Luke had not read Paul's letters. For reasons too long to go into here, I think Luke did, but just for the fun of it let's say he did and try an example testing it. One of the most remarkable passages in Paul is that Jesus only g ... Read Article

Check out Ed's latest interview with Dr. Robert M Price: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B35R-HfVkcM ... Read Article

Check out Keith Augustine skeptically addressing the life after death hypothesis, especially 15 minutes near the end and forward. ... Read Article

It's one of the great literary mysteries that Luke researched his account and Paul is the great hero of Acts, yet Luke does not seem to have read Paul's letters. Unless there is something else going on, like satire. It is often commented by secular cr ... Read Article

There is nothing indicated about the miraculous nature of Jesus's birth in Paul or Mark. Scholars thereby generally conclude the virgin birth was a later invention by Matthew and Luke. The two genealogies of Joseph's bloodline in Matthew and Luke might ... Read Article

ROBERT COSTA talks about Tim Alberta and the odd bedfellows of a morally corrupt Trump and religious ideals. In the end, a sport analogy may be apt. If my favorite team is in the baseball playoffs, I would probably want the pitcher who is most likely ... Read Article

Here Trump says if you don't like "our religion," you're not immigrating into America. There will be ideological screenings/tests. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-ytpojdA4I ... Read Article

We lost John Lennon 43 years ago today. Here is his great song about secularism: Imagine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkgkThdzX-8 ... Read Article

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Brand new - Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnaR6RNvi0 ... Read Article

Checkmate, Atheists lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4yBvvGi_2A ... Read Article