I started commenting on this study in another thread, but it was off topic. So I'm re-posting here, mainly because another poster claimed my comments were factually incorrect. Rather than continue to derail the thread, here's the study:Expert credibility in climate change â PNAS
It is a...
I was originally going to put this thread in the one-on-one debate section, because my arguments are in general addressed to one person and this is a continuation of an off-topic debate in another thread, but decided against it because other people have contributed to the debate and some might...
It seems as if not much time can pass on this forum without someone questioning the historicity of Jesus, either by simply asking whether or not he existed, or touting the mythicist hypothesis, or just copying and pasting some online list of comparisons of Jesus to gods like Attis and Mithras...
This is a question for anybody (hence where I posted it), but I would love to hear from those who follow a path like druidism, asatru, wicca, etc. I haven't really met (even when I moved in pagan circles) that many people who weren't teens who believed that their religion was really "the old...
One of the few areas of agreement between the many amateur historians (and the precious few experts) who argue that Jesus was not a historical person and the actual biblical scholars and ancient historians concerns Paul. Plenty of experts from relevant fields have argued that Paul knew next to...
I wrote this mostly to refer to in other debates. Here is Price's essay
The biggest problem with Price’s argument is that by looking over various pieces of Mark, and desperately trying to fit them all into the OT, he misses the overall narrative of the Gospel, a subject of in-depth...
For some time now, I have seen many posters respond to particular points by citing classical logical fallacies like the argument from authority or bandwagon fallacy (argumentum ad polulum). The problem is, these appeals to logical fallacies are frequently misused. Most frequently, I have seen...
Not so long ago, a thread was started here revolving around a short essay by philosopher and theologian. Craig made the argument that objective morality was not possible without god. Now, to those who have spent some time reading philosophy, this is hardly a novel ideal, and Craig is not alone...
Why do people think Jesus didnt exist? A theory
Reasons for disbelief:
Even for the religiousforums, there have been an unusual number of posts on whether or not Jesus was a historical person. Often and on during my time here I have seen the same issue crop up, die out, then sometime later...
What Is Global Warming: The theory, the evidence, the problems.
Caveat
In what I write here, I am often sacrificing technical detail for the sake of those who are not familiar with the issues. I am more than happy to respond in greater detail to those who question or desire more information on...
Some interesting statements made by Phil Jones, head of CRU, and lead proponent of AGW, in an interview with the BBC.
Q:Do you agree that from 1995 to the present there has been no statistically-significant global warming
A: Yes, but only just.
In other words, no warming for the past 15...
I have long known that many christians regard the KJV as the best version of the collection of texts known as the bible. However, it wasn't until recently that I was confronted with those who believe that the KJV is superior than the texts of the bible written in the original languages. So, I...
The Global Warming Scam by Dr. Vincent Gray
ABSTRACT
The Global Warming Scam has been perpetrated in order to support the Environmentalist belief that the earth is being harmed by the emission of greenhouse gases from the combustion of fossil fuels. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
I am starting this thread in reponse to off-topic issues brought up by my other thread on the BBCs comments concerning global warming. I have spent virtually all of my spare time in the last several days reading recent (after 2003) relevant research on land surface processes (like the Urban...
Link to article
What happened to global warming?
By Paul Hudson
Climate correspondent, BBC News
Average temperatures have not increased for over a decade
This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008...
On more than one occasion, I have entered into debates about Jesus with people who wish to see him and his mission through the lens of Rabbinic Judaism. It is true that Jesus may have been called "rabbi." Certainly the gospels record this title. However, what is often not realized is that...
I am starting this thread to begin a dialogue about what is really two seperate (but linked) topics. The two topics are:
1. The nature and date of thomas and it reliability in terms of understanding the historical jesus
2. The historical Jesus himself, what his mission, purpose(s), ideas...
I am writing this thread to address the following claim, but on a larger scale:
First, it should be noted that there is no one who argues that the gospel of Thomas as we have it was written by Jesus’ brother. There are no scholars who even defend the claim that Jesus’ brother...
This post is designed to address the claim made by AK4 that Revelations 14:11 does not end by stating that the torment described will last forever.
More than once, AK4 has accused scholars of “interpreting” rather than “translation” (although it is impossible to...
This thread is intended primarily to address Dogsgod’s claim that Jesus was purely myth. However, obviously anyone should feel free to respond/comment/debate/etc. I want to make it clear that it is not about arguing that we can’t know much about Jesus, or that Jesus wasn’t the...