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June 27, 2011
New in the Kiosk: The Cognitive Dissonance Theory of Christian Origins: A Cordial Reply to Dr. William Craig (2011) by Kris D. Komarnitsky
When it comes to the resurrection of Jesus, there is intense interest in the historicity of Jesus' discovered empty tomb and his postmortem appearances to his followers. The historian, or the interested lay person, can ask, did these two key events reported in the gospels really happen, or are they legendary embellishments on a resurrection belief that was arrived at by other means?
Updated The Date of the Nativity in Luke (1999, 2011) by Richard Carrier.
Added various small additions (mostly in notes) addressing, among other things, recent articles by Andrew Steinmann and John Rhoads.
June 7, 2011
New in the Bookstore: The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us (2011) by Victor J. Stenger.
Numerous authors have argued that it would have taken only slight changes to some of the universe's physical parameters to make life, as we know it, extremely unlikely or even impossible. But does the seemingly "fine-tuned" nature of the universe also suggest that there must be a creator god who intentionally calibrated the initial conditions of the universe to assure that life on Earth and the evolution of humanity would inevitably emerge?
June 6, 2011
New in the Kiosk: The Baffling Era of Religious Suicide-Massacres (2011) by James A. Haught
The modern Islamic "cult of death baffles most Westerners. Logical minds cannot comprehend why idealistic young men, and even a few women, volunteer to sacrifice their lives to slaughter unsuspecting, unarmed folks. It makes no sense.