labarum
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Post by labarum on Aug 22, 2012 10:18:51 GMT
Good point. I've also noticed that when Carrier says there's a scholarly consensus on a particular issue supporting an argument he's making, the odds are about 70/30 that no such scholarly consensus actually exists, and the view in the relevant literature is overwhelmingly against the view he is citing as consensus. He quotes some scholar from the 1970s and then claims (without any evidence), that this is the new consensus, or that this was 'proved decades ago', without any evidence. Frankly, I have just gotten bored with Carrier. When this whole thing started, I thought he was a genuinely smart guy who had made some monumental blunders in foundational assumptions. Now I think he is moving from there and well on his way to being a certified crackpot. You know, the sort who send physics professors unsolicited 300-page screeds about why Einstein was wrong or the moon landings never happened or the earth does not really go around the sun but either stands still or orbits Betelgeuse in a figure eight and half the screed is in all caps. Modern technology has given those folks the ability to blog and self-publish. If they somehow tie "Jesus never existed" into their thesis enough, Frank Zindler and American Atheists will publish them (Rene Salm anyone?). When your biggest defenders are Neil Godfrey and Earl Doherty, it is a sign you are doing something wrong.
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Post by sankari on Aug 22, 2012 12:30:17 GMT
Modern technology has given those folks the ability to blog and self-publish. If they somehow tie "Jesus never existed" into their thesis enough, Frank Zindler and American Atheists will publish them (Rene Salm anyone?). When your biggest defenders are Neil Godfrey and Earl Doherty, it is a sign you are doing something wrong. On a related note, I'm thoroughly enjoying your book This Is the Sun?
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Post by labarum on Aug 23, 2012 12:35:15 GMT
On a related note, I'm thoroughly enjoying your book This Is the Sun? Thanks. For the record, I do not claim to be anything more than an amateur who enjoys demolishing the accumulated dreck of a generation of conspiracy theorists.
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Post by sankari on Aug 23, 2012 14:05:05 GMT
Thanks. For the record, I do not claim to be anything more than an amateur who enjoys demolishing the accumulated dreck of a generation of conspiracy theorists. They're the gift that keeps on giving. ;D
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