Dan McClellan
@maklelan.bsky.social
Public scholar of the Bible and religion
For speaking requests: live@thewatermarkagency.com
For speaking requests: live@thewatermarkagency.com
The Bible never says life begins at conception
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January 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Josephus didn’t praise Jesus as the Messiah #maklelan3066
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January 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Responding to a critical scholar’s apologetic argument
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January 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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So I am running the London Lea Valley 50km in March and trying to raise some money for Step Forward - a youth centre in Tower Hamlets, Kiddo attends their LGBTQIA+ group and it's been such a brilliant and supportive space for them, which feels so important when trans youth are under constant attack.
Ellie's fundraiser for Step Forward (Tower Hamlets)
Help Ellie Mackin Roberts raise money to support Step Forward (Tower Hamlets)
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November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
So I am running the London Lea Valley 50km in March and trying to raise some money for Step Forward - a youth centre in Tower Hamlets, Kiddo attends their LGBTQIA+ group and it's been such a brilliant and supportive space for them, which feels so important when trans youth are under constant attack.
The grossest commands given by God?
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December 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Our conversation with @maklelan.bsky.social on the God Squad Pod was our most downloaded episode of 2025. Check it out and then get his fantastic book The Bible Says So.
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#052: Data Over Dogma with Historian and Scholar Dan McClellan
Podcast Episode · The God Squad Pod · 07/11/2025 · 1h 8m
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December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Our conversation with @maklelan.bsky.social on the God Squad Pod was our most downloaded episode of 2025. Check it out and then get his fantastic book The Bible Says So.
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#podcast #data
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Textual variants can’t affect Christian doctrines #maklelan3061
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December 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I can still remember getting upset when I couldn’t find Calvin & Hobbes in the comics section of the newspaper the next day & found out it was because Watterson had ended its run.
Thirty years ago today. The most beautiful, hopeful farewell.
31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
December 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I can still remember getting upset when I couldn’t find Calvin & Hobbes in the comics section of the newspaper the next day & found out it was because Watterson had ended its run.
No, there’s no hidden message in Genesis 5 #maklelan3059
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December 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Some recent acquisitions. One I’m reviewing for JSJ, one I recently blurbed, and one just looks like a great discussion from scholars I highly respect.
December 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Some recent acquisitions. One I’m reviewing for JSJ, one I recently blurbed, and one just looks like a great discussion from scholars I highly respect.
Responding to Mike Winger's sectarianism
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December 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
There is no original Aramaic version of the Lord’s Prayer #maklelan3057
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December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Dan & I discuss the transfiguration, from this week's episode of the Data Over Dogma Podcast:
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Shiny Jesus: The Transfiguration
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December 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Dan & I discuss the transfiguration, from this week's episode of the Data Over Dogma Podcast:
youtu.be/Oe9DMEzI4Bg
youtu.be/Oe9DMEzI4Bg
Moral progress in spite of the Bible #maklelan3056
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December 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Are these contradictions in the Bible?
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December 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
So McLatchie responded to my videos on undesigned coincidences & mostly retreats to rhetorical variations on “it’s plausible” (to which I’ll respond later), but I appreciate he acknowledged I’m right about the “scholarly literature.” Maybe this is why Wes can’t even try to substantiate his claim.
December 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So McLatchie responded to my videos on undesigned coincidences & mostly retreats to rhetorical variations on “it’s plausible” (to which I’ll respond later), but I appreciate he acknowledged I’m right about the “scholarly literature.” Maybe this is why Wes can’t even try to substantiate his claim.
Responding to criticisms of a video of mine #maklelan3053
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December 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
$2.99 eBook of The Bible Says So! #maklelan3051
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December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Hey, everybody! From now until the 28th, the ebook version of The Bible Says So is only $2.99! You can access it from several different stores here:
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December 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Hey, everybody! From now until the 28th, the ebook version of The Bible Says So is only $2.99! You can access it from several different stores here:
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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The mistranslated prophecy about Jesus
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December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It would’ve taken Wes Huff less time to cite a few scholarly publications that provide “detailed responses” to my concerns about UC than it did to write this evasive post citing time concerns. It’s clear Wes’s claim was a fabrication but he also just won’t be honest about it.
December 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It would’ve taken Wes Huff less time to cite a few scholarly publications that provide “detailed responses” to my concerns about UC than it did to write this evasive post citing time concerns. It’s clear Wes’s claim was a fabrication but he also just won’t be honest about it.
Wes Huff is still trying to salvage an internet point
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December 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Is Kirk Cameron right about Hell in the Bible? #maklelan3047
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December 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM