Richard Carrier

The earliest Christians believed Jesus was an ancient celestial being who put on a bodysuit of flesh, died at the hands of dark forces, and then rose from the dead and ascended back into the heavens.

The assumption that Jesus existed as a historical person has occasionally been questioned in the course of the last hundred years or so....

Dr. Richard Carrier, world-renowned philosopher and historian, explains the four reasons he does not accept the Christian religion....

In this extensive sequel to Science Education in the Early Roman Empire, Dr. Richard Carrier explores the social history of scientists in the Roman era. Was science in decline or experiencing a revival under the Romans? Find out....

Not the Impossible Faith is a tour de force in that genre, dissecting and refuting the oft-repeated claim that Christianity could not have succeeded in the ancient world unless it was true....

Richard Carrier, Ph.D., philosopher, historian, blogger, has published a number of papers in the field of ancient history and biblical studies....

If God does not exist, then what does? Is there good and evil, and should we care? How do we know what's true anyway....

Throughout the Roman Empire cities held public lectures, had libraries, and teachers and professors in the sciences and the humanities, some subsidized by the state....