Apologies for Calling Armstrong "Disingenuous"***
Dave Armstrong very kindly retracted some of the rhetorical flourishes in one of his recent pieces. We are both surely victim to such, and it is something I must shy away from. He
Jonathan MS Pearce
I Find It Very Difficult to Lie
I thought that I had written this article before. And perhaps I have but I can't find in my archives or it didn't transfer over from the Skeptic Ink
Debunking the Exodus VI: The Moses Birth Myth Is Nuts and Draws from other Myths.
Unfortunately, over the extensive series concerning the availability of pitch as a waterproofing caulk in the Nile River area of Egypt during the New Kingdom era, we have failed to see the crap
Exodus Sidebar: Pitch - You Wouldn't Let It Lie!
https://youtu.be/0vECGh9hY68?t=20 Ah, dag nam it. You wouldn't let it lie, Armstrong. You wouldn't let it lie! ;) Okay, I'll spare you all the
Anointing of Jesus: Fact or Fiction?
In the closing stages of writing my latest book, The Resurrection: A Critical Examination of the Easter Story [UK], I had a few test readers. One was David Austin, down in Australia, who
Exodus Sidebar: The Final Pitch Battle
As part of my debunking the Exodus series, I've been involved in a prolonged debate with Dave Armstrong, in particular, regarding…pretty much everything I have stated. Let me give you
Exodus Sidebar: Sargon and Moses - the Final Word...?
There has been a back and forth between myself and Catholic apologist (with a bent for biblical literalism) Dave Armstrong on the subject of the Exodus account from the Bible, and specifically recently
What Is the Evidence for Jesus?
I am presently grappling with Jesus mythicism. I am, at present, a historicist in terms of whether Jesus existed or not. My evaluation is somewhat intuitive, believing to the confidence of about two-thirds
What's More Likely: Snake or Stake?
A recent comment by WCB on a thread today reminded me of the Exodus claim of Moses' staff: The Staff of Moses is a staff mentioned in the Bible and Quran as
Exodus Sidebar: More on Moses and Sargon
I think that Dave Armstrong believes that the purpose of my existence is merely to answer his articles that he writes against me. I hate to burst his bubble, but I have other
Who Was Nicodemus?
In the closing stages of writing my latest book, The Resurrection: A Critical Examination of the Easter Story [UK], I had a few test readers. One was David Austin, down in Australia, who
Exodus Sidebar: Refuting Armstrong's "Refutation" on Pitch (but Oddly Not Sargon...)
Oh David, David, David. David "I love science as much as any atheist" Armstrong likes to see himself as the white knight, tackling my "screeds" articles and refuting them.