Category Archives: Biblical Criticism

The Passion of the Christ: Torture, Anti-Semitism, and Ideological Fantasy

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Nathan Dickey

During the filming of Mel Gibson’s 2004 movie The Passion of the Christ, the actor portraying the character of Jesus (Jim Caviezel) was struck by lightning twice, in two separate incidents and in two separate places. Apparently the filmmakers, most … Continue reading →

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Spirit of Paranoia: A Critical Analysis of “Zeitgeist” (Part I)

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Nathan Dickey

The discussions on the origins of Christianity in Zeitgeist may sound very compelling to those “village atheists” who make a hobby of searching for that elusive single argument that destroys Christianity as a credible belief system in one fell swoop. … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Trilemmas

Posted on May 28, 2014 by otheus

Guest post by Otheus Foreword A famous biologist [1] once observed that an amalgamation of ideas functions like an organism within an environment, such as an invasive species on an island or as a virus inside a host [2]. From … Continue reading →

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