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Richard Carrier, PhD
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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).
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I review a #historical study by Mikael Nilsson of Hitler's #Christianity & its role in his life & ideas, as well others I've often cited, for a trilogy of studies dispelling the myth that #Hitler & the #Nazis were #atheists or their ideology godless.

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Christianity in Hitler's Ideology: The Definitive Study • Richard Carrier Blogs
I’ve long pointed out that attempts to make Hitler and the Nazis into atheists is counterfactual propaganda. They were stalwartly and predominately Christian, and largely driven by Christian motives. ...
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January 29, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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You might want to zoom this #philosophy talk Sunday (see QR code). I won't be there & don't agree with Huemer on almost any thing (he's one of the worst #philosophers alive), but figuring out why he is wrong (about things like "radical #anarchism is a good idea") is profitable.
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Brief #historical analysis of a new paper arguing a broader #interpolation theory for the #James brother of #Jesus passage in #Josephus

Why it's a worthwhile even if wrong & why I think it's wrong. And I connect it to some lessons in #methodology

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#JesusMyth
Hansen's Contribution to the James in Josephus Debate • Richard Carrier Blogs
There is a valuable new study by Chrissy Hansen, “Josephus and the Murder of James: An Argument Against Some Common Wisdom,” in the new journal Studies of Biblical Interest 2 (2025). I don’t agree wit...
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January 14, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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I'm seeing a lot of people exposing themselves as delusional right-wingers who had been posing as liberals, and the trigger this time is the Renee Good shooting.

I cannot let that slide.

Attached is the "are you actually a right wing nut job or a rational person" test...
January 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Surprising example of a meme that is actually 100% accurate without even hyperbole.
January 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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On Modern #Atheism on #Acts being #pseudohistorical

Why the #nativity is fiction

And...

The flight to Egypt
#genealogies
#virginbirth story
Massacre of the innocents
Luke's census
The #Quirinius mistake

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#bible #history #mythology
Why the Nativity Stories are Fiction - Richard Carrier
YouTube video by Modern Atheism
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January 7, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Here's my appendix to my previous exposé of Schmidt, covering his appendix apologetically responding to my study on the James passage in #Josephus and the findings are the same as before.

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#historicity #interpolation #history #manuscripts
T.C. Schmidt on James in Josephus: Apologetics vs. History • Richard Carrier Blogs
After Exposing T.C. Schmidt’s Oxford Apologetics for the Testimonia Flaviana altogether (and his fellow Christians failed to rescue him), I now shall address his appendix on my case against Josephus r...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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I discuss the advances made in Obsolete Paradigm of a #Historical #Jesus) on Modern #Atheism :

Intro
Rebuttals
Extrabiblical sources?
Paul?
Gospels?
New Docetism
Why #Historians must learn #math
Brothers of Jesus?
Father?
Mother?
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#JesusMyth #mythicism
Richard Carrier: The Obsolete Paradigm of a Historical Jesus
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January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Today I revise and update an old but valuable article on the #Ontology of #Morality explaining how moral truth resides in physical systems and their relation to rational agents.

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#rationality #philosophy #ethics
The Ontology of Moral Facts • Richard Carrier Blogs
Fifteen years ago I was asked to give a lecture to Christian high school students on “the ontology of morality,” which I did using clips from movies and television shows to illustrate the physical ins...
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December 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Follow this link for the real truth:

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Read the attached quote for the context:

#Christianity #Christmas #SadTruths #JesusIsDead #DroptheGodCrapforMoralsInstead
December 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I'm now building a list of typos & updates for Obsolete Paradigm. Brief. But I will continue expanding it. Worth bookmarking, so if you catch errors or typos, you can see if they are already listed, and post a comment identifying what should be added.

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Errata for Obsolete Paradigm of a Historical Jesus • Richard Carrier Blogs
This page will be continually updated. The first section lists typos that will be fixed in a future printing. The second lists additions or changes that might be implemented in a future edition but fo...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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My #bayesian #Josephus lecture and slideshow are now available. See my original post for details:

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#history #HistoricalMethods #BayesTheorem
Public Zoom on Josephus and Bayes • Richard Carrier Blogs
This video is now publicly available. I am keeping the original announcement below. But to watch see The Knowledge Nexus. The de-animated slides are available here (but the usual advisory: the slides ...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Great lineup for next year's BAHACON. Check it out...
December 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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On how to use #AI #chatbots & why you probably shouldn't. This time I assume you're going to use them anyway, explain how to avoid their failures & follow with real-world examples. And do cite this at anyone quoting bot slop at you.

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#CriticalThinking
How to Use Pseudo-AI • Richard Carrier Blogs
Pseudo-AI is garbage and a bubble. And AI content is banned in comments on my blog. Yet people are still gullibly over-trusting AI chatbots, constantly sending me chatbot content and gushing over how ...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Live in an hour. :-)

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Beating A Dead Savior | Dr. Richard Carrier vs. Dr. Bart Ehrman
YouTube video by Godless Engineer
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December 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Today I have an example of an internet buffoon ineptly criticizing my article on Aristotle. I use it to teach what #pseudointellectualism looks like & how #Bayesian #reasoning really works on #history & how to spot posers faking-up critiques of it.

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On Being Childish vs. Paying Attention: Buffoons vs. Bayes, Aristotle Edition • Richard Carrier Blogs
A childish Philosophical Muser tried claiming there are “errors” in this month’s article on The Historicity of Aristotle. And boy, if only you saw my DMs from this bozo. You will already get an idea f...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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This Saturday I'll be lecturing on the #authenticity of the major & minor #testimoniumflavianum in #Josephus using #bayesian methods of #history as #BayesTheorem elucidates why attempts to defend these passage are illogical. Public Zoom w Q&A.

Join us!

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Public Zoom on Josephus and Bayes • Richard Carrier Blogs
This Saturday I’ll be giving a free public lecture online:  “Josephus on Jesus: How Likely Fake? A Bayesian Tutorial in Historical Reasoning.” I’ll analyze the two passages in Josephus supposedly ment...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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On Godless Engineer this Thursday to react to Tim O'Nell's disaster interview of Bart Ehrman on #jesus #mythicism where they can't follow a grammatical argument & don't know what's in my book even as they struggle to flip through it. Come share a whiskey!

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Beating A Dead Savior | Dr. Richard Carrier vs. Dr. Bart Ehrman
YouTube video by Godless Engineer
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December 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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h/t Justin Amash on Twitter, giving this 80s kid warm fuzzies over this brilliant mic dop:

Heritage in 2015: “Defend states’ rights!”

Heritage in 2025: “Kneel before Zod.”
December 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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We spend 50 minutes on why libertarian #freewill is silly & free will compatibilism is obviously correct. Great questions & we explore several angles. On the Freethinker Podcast for the Secular Web -- Check it out!

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#philosophy #compatibilism #determinism
Why There Is No Free-Will
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December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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I answer the claim #Jesus is better attested than #Aristotle by running a #bayesian analysis of the evidence for Aristotle we lack for Jesus, a reason why historians are sure Aristotle existed but shouldn't be for Jesus.

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#historicity #historical #mythicism
The Historicity of Aristotle • Richard Carrier Blogs
In my new book The Obsolete Paradigm of a Historical Jesus I show mathematically why we are so confident in the existence of most ancient persons, and why we get different results for Jesus when we ho...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Last shameless push for birthday & Christmas earnings! I discuss why my friend's series on the #evolution of world #religion is a great survey of expert literature, a must have for any library. At least try volume one, and see how useful you find it!

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My Monthly Recommendation: The Fitzgerald Series on World Religion • Richard Carrier Blogs
Every month I will write about something I recommend buying and why. Still shopping for Christmas? Want to get me a commission for my birthday? Here’s the way! I am an Amazon Associate, so if you clic...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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It's droll but genuinely true: what I always want for Christmas and my birthday are new Patreon patrons!

You can choose or even set any monthly amount. And there are perks!

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December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Now on the #feminism #debate & one silly #argument as an example of what failed #rationality looks like & how to get out of that failure-mode: the claim that #women are too physically weak to maintain a #civilization w/o men.

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#criticalthinking #feminist
If Even Hobbits Could Build Advanced Civilizations, So Could Women: How Being Bad at Reasoning Sustains Antifeminist Mythologies • Richard Carrier Blogs
I dare the manosphere to mock Tolkein! “Hobbits are stupid and should be erased from Lord of the Rings because they’re too weak to build things, so obviously they’d have actually all starved to death ...
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November 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Summarizing my thoughts about my #Debatecon6 experience, including assessment of my debates on #God & #ChristianNationalism & why I think live #debate more serves the aims of pseudo-rationality than real intellectual discourse.

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#philosophy #politics
How Pseudo-Rationality Grounds Conservative Worldviews: My Debatecon Followup • Richard Carrier Blogs
This month I was invited to two debates at Debatecon 6 in Nashville hosted by Modern Day Debate: the existence of God with Michael Jones of Inspiring Philosophy and Christian Nationalism vs. Secular H...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM