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Bart Ehrman on Mythicism, Once More
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Bart Ehrman on Mythicism, Once More • Hume's Apprentice

Bart Ehrman recently appeared on Tim O’Neill’s podcast to speak about mythicism, especially Richard Carrier’s book on the topic. Around…

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December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM

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Evidence Against Jerusalem in Persian Times Producing the Hebrew Bible
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Evidence Against Jerusalem in Persian Times Producing the Hebrew Bible - Vridar

The following (and previous) post can be used as part of an argument for the Hellenistic origin of the Hebrew Bible.In the previous post I bracketed off the main paper in a reader that might not be im...

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December 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM

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Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language
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Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language

Google Translate isn’t going to help here.

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November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM

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The Ten Lost Tribes: A Myth to Delegitimize the Samarians
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The Ten Lost Tribes: A Myth to Delegitimize the Samarians - TheTorah.com

The book of Kings recounts how all Ten Tribes were exiled by the Assyrians and replaced by foreigners, and Ezra–Nehemiah rejects them as non-Israelites. Yet other biblical and Second Temple texts, alo...

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August 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM

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I remember when this happened.

July 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM

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5,000-Year-Old Matrilineal Society Discovered in China: DNA Unveils Ancient Female-Led Clans
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5,000-Year-Old Matrilineal Society Discovered in China: DNA Unveils Ancient Female-Led Clans - Arkeonews

In a remarkable study, scientists have uncovered genetic evidence of a rare matrilineal society in Neolithic China, where women determined lineage,

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July 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea

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It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.

July 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM

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David Ho

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Motherfucking wind farms…

July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM

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Ancient 'female-centered' society thrived 9,000 years ago in proto-city in Turkey
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Ancient 'female-centered' society thrived 9,000 years ago in proto-city in Turkey

Genetic analysis of skeletons buried in a Neolithic proto-city in Turkey reveals that female lineages were important in early agricultural societies.

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June 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM

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6,000-year-old “Venus of Kołobrzeg” confirmed as rare Neolithic discovery in northern Poland archaeologymag.com/2025/06/6000...

6,000-year-old “Venus of Kołobrzeg” confirmed as rare Neolithic discovery in northern Poland

A 6,000-year-old Venus figurine discovered in Poland sheds light on Neolithic art and fertility symbolism in Northern Europe.

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June 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM

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The Proto-Indo Europeans and Indo-European Cannabis Cult www.cannabisculture.com/content/2021...

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June 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM

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Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory grist.org/extreme-heat...

Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory

The heat bearing down on central Alaska "could feel like 110" in a state where the sun shines 20 hours a day.

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June 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM

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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Cave
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Cave

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June 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM

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This Ancient Israelite Altar Burned Cannabis
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This Ancient Israelite Altar Burned Cannabis

YouTube video by ReligionForBreakfast

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June 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM

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A fungi that can ‘eat you from the inside out’ could spread as the world heats up www.cnn.com/2025/05/24/c...

A fungi that can ‘eat you from the inside out’ could spread as the world heats up | CNN

Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet heats up, new research predicts —and the world is not prepared.

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May 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM

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Medieval tale of Merlin and King Arthur found hiding as a book cover www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/s...

Medieval tale of Merlin and King Arthur found hiding as a book cover | CNN

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another book, according to experts at the Cambridge University Library in England. T...

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May 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM

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Jay 🦋

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I think about this comic at least once a week

- I want things to be different
- *smashes everything*
- oh no

May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM

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"The moon landing must be fake because we haven't put a man on Mars yet", says the people who support Trump cutting NASA's budget in half.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson on the NASA Budget Cuts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGow...