Research Notes and Protocols (Bibliography of Skepticism in the Ancient World) (1998) Richard Carrier (copyright 1999)   What I Have Done In compiling my bibliography, I employed the following resources, which are mainly (though not exclusively) electronic databases: The Database of Classical Bibliography (and the ensuing issues of L’Année Philologique), The Guide to Historical Literature, […]

Why I Don’t Buy the Resurrection Story (6th ed., 2006) Richard Carrier   The Rubicon Analogy   James Holding claims that we have as much evidence that Jesus rose from his grave as we have that Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon (“Julie’s River Run: On Comparing the Rubicon to the Resurrection“). There are numerous errors […]

Why I Don’t Buy the Resurrection Story (6th ed., 2006) Richard Carrier Main Argument What follows is a half-hour lecture I have given on several public occasions, first at Yale on 26 October 2000 at the request of the Yale College Humanists and Secularists. It was followed by a Q & A session of nearly two hours. […]

Why I Don’t Buy the Resurrection Story (6th ed., 2006) Richard Carrier   Introduction   What is the purpose of this collection of essays? Many things could be said which cast doubt on the story of the Resurrection of Jesus by God, but there are three above all that are most decisive in leading me […]

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Why I Don’t Buy the Resurrection Story (6th ed., 2006) Richard Carrier   Rebutting Lesser Arguments   Many devout believers will take issue with what I have said so far in the essays listed in the table above. So far, they have yet to give any good reason to actually come to a different conclusion. […]

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Why I Don’t Buy the Resurrection Story (6th ed., 2006) Richard Carrier   General Case for Spiritual Resurrection: Evidence Against Resurrection of the Flesh   I do not believe Jesus survived. Still, the fact that we can cast some doubt on it (see Probability of Survival vs. Miracle) proves that an apparent “resurrection” was not […]

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