Finding Jesus in the stars

[Side Note: This is an updated version, the author of the press release contacted me to point out that I had misrepresented him, and he was in fact correct, so I have applied some wording changes] The Friendly Atheist has a posting about a press release revealing that Jesus has been discovered in a star … Read more

Did Jesus really exist, do we have any actual evidence?

A rather common claim often presented is that there is solid historical independently verifiable evidence that Jesus really existed, hence all the claims are true. To even make that last leap of logic is highly questionable, but let’s put that aside and ask ourselves this – outside of the bible, what references do we have? But first, … Read more

Did Jesus really exist?

Can we ever really discover the facts here? We can perhaps gain some insights by looking at how belief systems portray their founders, and what the historical documented facts really tell us. When  we look, we discover a rather consistent pattern. If we review belief systems that have recently emerged such as Mormonism or Scientology, we have … Read more