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History for Atheists: Why "History for Atheists"?
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Saturday, October 24, 2015. Why "History for Atheists"? An Apologia for (Yet) Another Blog. Does the world need yet another blog? Perhaps not, but it seems I do. Back in 2009 I began Armarium Magnum. This varies from lazy repetitions of popular misconceptions, like perpetuating the myth that the medieval Church taught that the earth was flat. To full blown conglomerations of elaborate fringe theory, like the cluster of fervid and contrived pseudo history that is the Jesus Myth hypothesis. That the Galile...
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History for Atheists: The Great Myths 1: The Medieval Flat Earth
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016. The Great Myths 1: The Medieval Flat Earth. So Tyson did what a good science educator should do and gave B.o.B. and his fans a quick lesson in how we know that the earth is, in fact, not. Flat And he was doing well . until he tweeted this:. But the great STEM Lord was having none of this and proceeded to use his mighty powers of sciency scienceness to make declarations about history because, science:. Ah - the "Dark Ages"! Except, he was wrong. Inventing the Flat Earth. In which Bu...
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History for Atheists: May 2016
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016. The Great Myths 1: The Medieval Flat Earth. So Tyson did what a good science educator should do and gave B.o.B. and his fans a quick lesson in how we know that the earth is, in fact, not. Flat And he was doing well . until he tweeted this:. But the great STEM Lord was having none of this and proceeded to use his mighty powers of sciency scienceness to make declarations about history because, science:. Ah - the "Dark Ages"! Except, he was wrong. Inventing the Flat Earth. In which Bu...
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History for Atheists: December 2016
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Saturday, December 24, 2016. The Great Myths 2: Christmas, Mithras and Paganism. Well, it's Yuletide and so tis the season to be merry, to buy presents, to queue for ages in airports and to eat too much. It's also the season when New Atheists fill their social media feeds with smug memes like these:. How do they know these things about Mithras and December 25th? A few years ago also helps:. Well, perhaps a true rationalist. Merry Mithrai c M irth. We hatc hed ambitious. So the pr ank fizzled out and we w...
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History for Atheists: November 2016
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Saturday, November 19, 2016. The Dark Ages" - Popery, Periodisation and Pejoratives. When the Pope ruled England, them was called the Dark Ages! East London street orator, reported by Herbert Butterfield, 1931). Skep" and his Bungles. So a few months ago the (apparently) anonymous blogger who writes The Skeptic Zone. Speaking out against bullshit", it declares with edgy bravery) was greatly displeased when he saw the Christian apologist Victor Reppert had noticed a review I wrote. If you're a Christian a...
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History for Atheists: The Great Myths 2: Christmas, Mithras and Paganism
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Saturday, December 24, 2016. The Great Myths 2: Christmas, Mithras and Paganism. Well, it's Yuletide and so tis the season to be merry, to buy presents, to queue for ages in airports and to eat too much. It's also the season when New Atheists fill their social media feeds with smug memes like these:. How do they know these things about Mithras and December 25th? A few years ago also helps:. Well, perhaps a true rationalist. Merry Mithrai c M irth. We hatc hed ambitious. So the pr ank fizzled out and we w...
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History for Atheists: September 2016
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Thursday, September 15, 2016. Atheistically Speaking Podcast on Jesus Mythicism. Thomas Smith was kind enough to have me back on his "Atheistically Speaking" podcast for a two part discussion on Jesus Mythicism and why it's rejected by the vast majority of scholars:. Needless to say, some of his audience are not pleased, though others seem more open-minded. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What is "History for Atheists"? Seen any New Atheist Bad History lately? New Atheists love astronomer...
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History for Atheists: October 2015
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Saturday, October 24, 2015. Why "History for Atheists"? An Apologia for (Yet) Another Blog. Does the world need yet another blog? Perhaps not, but it seems I do. Back in 2009 I began Armarium Magnum. This varies from lazy repetitions of popular misconceptions, like perpetuating the myth that the medieval Church taught that the earth was flat. To full blown conglomerations of elaborate fringe theory, like the cluster of fervid and contrived pseudo history that is the Jesus Myth hypothesis. That the Galile...