The B-Files: A Hoax of a “Bible”, Part 1
Tony Bushby begins his book The Christ Scandal with a fascinating story. He recalls the gift of a rather unique Bible: the gift of the first English language translation of the Vulgate published in...
Monthly Archive: March 2015
Questioning Sam Gipp’s Answers: Bible Manuscripts
The next question Sam Gipp tackles is the following: Where do Bible manuscripts come from? Gipp’s answer is here. My response is below. Sam Gipp next addresses the question of the origin of manuscripts...
Bart Ehrman vs. Richard Carrier on Jesus Mythicism
A few years back, there was a controversy over Bart Ehrman’s books Did Jesus Exist? wherein the well known critic of Christianity rebuffed the Jesus mythicist movement as, well, a bit nutty. Many of...
Paul and the Existence of Jesus 16: Abandonment of the Gospel (Galatians 1:6-10)
I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing...
Apologetics Resources on Mythicism: Deeper Waters
Nick Peters has an excellent apologetics website over at Deeper Waters that includes podcasts, book reviews, and articles. A number of his posts tackle Jesus Mythicism and he recently debated mythicist Ken Humphreys (also...
Questioning Sam Gipp’s Answers: Other Languages
Sam Gipp next address the following question: Don’t we need perfect Bibles in other languages? Sam Gipp’s answer can be found here. My response is below.
The B-Files: Introduction
I had originally began work on a series concerning the conspiracy theorist Tony Bushby in late January but then stopped because I became aware he had written some books (in particular, The Christ Scandal)...
Paul and the Existence of Jesus 15: Salutation (Galatians 1:1-5)
Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), and all the brethren who are with...
New Testament Papyri: P12
P12 is a fragment of the Epistle to the Hebrews dated to the third century containing only Hebrews 1.1. It has been classified as of the Alexandrian textual type but its fragmentary nature makes...
The Spirit of Zeitgeist Lives On
It seems to matter little that the silliness of Zeitgeist has been debunked by now thousands of times. It matters little that every relevant scholar on religion has said the whole thing is a...
Questioning Sam Gipp’s Answers: Manuscript Evidence
Sam Gipp next address the following question: Don’t the best manuscripts support new Bible versions? Gipp’s answer is given here. My response is below. The next item on Sam Gipp’s agenda is the manuscript...
Response to a Defense of Zeitgeist: Virgin Isis
The final item in D. M. Murdock’s list of ten “myths” about the religion section of the film Zeitgeist concerns whether Isis was a virgin. Murdock writes: In early myths, Isis “impregnates” herself using...
Response to a Defense of Zeitgeist: Christmas
In the next item from her list of ten “myths” about the religion section of the film Zeitgeist, D. M. Murdock tackles Christmas. Here is the problem: Zeitgeist claimed that the December 25 date...
Labarum Bookstore
If you look at the header bar above this post, you will find an entry “Labarum Bookstore.” This will open my Amazon store for this site and it will specialize in apologetics books. Currently,...
Apologetics Resources on Mythicism: Stephen J. Bedard
Stephen J. Bedard was facing down Jesus mythicism long before the mythicist cause had become a fad among the “New Atheists.” His work debunking Tom Harpur’s The Pagan Christ and his numerous blog posts...
Paul and the Existence of Jesus 14: Introduction to Galatians
Beginning with this post, we examine Paul’s letter to the Galatians and whether it supports the theory that Paul did not believe in a physical Jesus. As with most assertions by Jesus mythicists, those...
