Review of Bart Ehrman's "Did Jesus Exist"

Posted by Quixie at 7:56 PM

. Bart Ehrman is a rock star. Well … as close to a rock star as a geeky Ivy League academic with tenure can get, anyway. After a long in...

Coriolanus (the motion picture) …

Posted by Quixie at 2:06 AM

Like practically everyone else in the English-speaking world, I had to read several Shakespeare plays when I was in high school: Julius ...

an end of theism …

Posted by Quixie at 4:46 PM

. I came across this video series yesterday and I found it such a fair and honest treatment of the subject it deals with that I thought I...

baby step trepidation …

Posted by Quixie at 5:41 AM

I recently played my first church gig. That first gig later led to singing at a memorial service, after which I was invited to attend a mee...

Dan Dennett: A rebuttal to Rick Warren

Posted by Quixie at 7:51 PM

JHC still online . . . .

Posted by Quixie at 9:57 AM

I had posted these articles before, but the links were all broken. I am posting them again here. They present some of the Tübingen and Dutch...

Sam Harris at Changing Hands . . .

Posted by Quixie at 1:26 AM

I attended an appearance by Sam Harris at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe last night. He is in town to partake in a panel discussion at ...

Google To Put Dead Sea Scrolls Online

Posted by Quixie at 10:11 AM

Google To Put Dead Sea Scrolls Online This should finally allay the suspicions of those who smell a conspiracy which seeks to suppress their...

How not to worship (quote of the day) . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:37 PM

You have felt, doubtless, at least those of you who have been brought up in any habit of reverence, that every time when I in this letter h...

The Sound of Science

Posted by Quixie at 9:42 PM

the effect of death on culture . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:01 PM

  This is a lyrical well-written documentary that explores the work of Ernest Becker and its sociological implications.  

a tear in RIP (reaction/review) . . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:29 PM

. Different musics serve different functions. This is an insight to keep in mind when practicing music. Although not mutually exclusiv...

eyewitnesses times two . . .

Posted by Quixie at 2:23 AM

. Found two episodes of a Christian show called "Unbelievable?" which feature discussions between Richard Bauckham and James Cross...

radiocarbon dating works . . .

Posted by Quixie at 1:32 AM

. Recent research shows that radiocarbon dating techniques have been fine tuned, refined to a remarkably high degree of accuracy. The chron...

Submission Part I - Theo Van Gogh Tribute

Posted by Quixie at 3:33 PM

This is the short film that inspired Mohammed Bouyeri to murder Van Gogh in the early morning of 2 November 2004, in Amsterdam, in front of ...