tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post2620324916460427766..comments2023-05-10T08:55:47.701-07:00Comments on Richard Carrier Blogs: Experimental HistoryRichard Carrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-85249444445234398062007-08-04T01:54:00.000-07:002007-08-04T01:54:00.000-07:00RC,I was just referring to that times have changed...RC,<BR/><BR/>I was just referring to that times have changed. Christians get more pretentious the more threatened they are in pop culture. <BR/><BR/>ARUBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14479224236264150172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-61986627037452023872007-08-03T21:07:00.000-07:002007-08-03T21:07:00.000-07:00Progress on dissertation: nearly done.Stonehenge g...<B>Progress on dissertation:</B> nearly done.<BR/><BR/><B>Stonehenge guy:</B> don't know anything about that story.<BR/><BR/><B>Church camp:</B> My wife and I each had different church camp experiences (mine liberal Methodist, hers liberal Catholic), and it wasn't anywhere near as lame or insulting as that camp sounds. Like my family's Methodist church, our church camp was almost devoid of Richard Carrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-46909269994104168022007-08-03T06:47:00.000-07:002007-08-03T06:47:00.000-07:00I've responded to the attack on Lynn White here:ht...I've responded to the attack on Lynn White here:<BR/><BR/>http://bedejournal.blogspot.com/2007/08/stirrups-horse-harnesses-and-richard.html<BR/><BR/>Needless to say, Mr Carrier is being more than a little careless with the facts and tendentious with his interpretation of them.<BR/><BR/>FWIW, White never shows any awareness of Jaki that I am aware of. If he was aware, I expect he'd ignore it Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594220073836613367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-61198989426663776902007-08-01T23:33:00.000-07:002007-08-01T23:33:00.000-07:00RC,It's no wonder about that whole vacation Bible ...RC,<BR/><BR/>It's no wonder about that whole vacation Bible school thing. As far as Christians are concerned, atheists are on the rampage in pop-culture (Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, etc). We aren't immune from the universal law of reciprocation any more than they are. Its just too bad that reciprocation isn't on the same level...lol. <BR/><BR/>ARUBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14479224236264150172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-87223761181049014692007-08-01T11:56:00.000-07:002007-08-01T11:56:00.000-07:00There's a guy in England who's building a concrete...There's a guy in England who's building a concrete-block 'Stonehenge' almost single-handed, using simple but ingenious contraptions made of wood. He moves massive blocks around by using small rocks under them as pivots (I forget exactly how he does it, but he 'walks' the blocks along - amazing to watch.) He erects the upright blocks by some other neat trick using wet gravel. He raises the Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493440163559858462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-81626970077216363622007-07-30T19:38:00.000-07:002007-07-30T19:38:00.000-07:00I wonder if Lynn White had advocated something lik...I wonder if Lynn White had advocated something like the Jaki thesis of science as an outgrowth of Xian theology and Xianity as a scientific, rationalistic religion.<BR/><BR/>That aside, if you don't mind me asking, anything on the progress of your PhD thesis on proto-scientists in the early Roman Empire?Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984896453534621864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-16888953957142672182007-07-29T12:01:00.000-07:002007-07-29T12:01:00.000-07:00Yes, Tesla. Looked like a good cross between a his...<B>Yes, Tesla.</B> Looked like a good cross between a historian doing illuminating research and a scientist thinking big.<BR/><BR/><B>Sources: Many.</B><BR/><BR/>There have been numerous publications and a few books on the trireme project. The Wikipedia article I linked to on one of its ships (the <I>Olympias</I>) will set you on a trail of pop sources for it (though for some reason there is no Richard Carrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-17155741770527540612007-07-29T09:30:00.000-07:002007-07-29T09:30:00.000-07:00Great stuff. I would love to run something like Ca...Great stuff. I would love to run something like Camp Quest in the Atlanta area.<BR/><BR/>My wife and I allowed our youngest daughter to go to a Methodist Vacation Bible School. She begged us to go because all of her friends were going, and we thought it would be harmless. Worst case scenario, it would be arts and crafts centered around harmless Bible stories. Boy were we wrong.<BR/><BR/>From dayRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668093998473310563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-83117524893342410802007-07-29T08:40:00.000-07:002007-07-29T08:40:00.000-07:00Awesome post. I'm curious: what were your original...Awesome post. I'm curious: what were your original sources for this post?The Uncredible Hallqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09565179884099473943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-16557548445991418752007-07-29T08:19:00.000-07:002007-07-29T08:19:00.000-07:00Great essay. Can't wait for next year's Camp Quest...Great essay. Can't wait for next year's Camp Quest West. BTW, is that a picture of Tesla?<BR/>-DaveDavid Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04763518277065858827noreply@blogger.com