Works

I am the author of UFOs, Ghosts, and a Rising God: Debunking the Resurrection of Jesus, which is now available on Amazon.

If you’d like to know about the origins of Christianity but don’t know where to start, or if you’ve heard about how Christianity can be historically proven and are wondering if that’s true, this is the book for you.

Dr. Richard C. Carrier, author of Sense and Goodness Without God, describes it as “A must-read study of the rise of myths, miracles, and legends, exposing the bulwark of fallacies on which Christian apologetics is now built.” It’s also been endorsed by John W. Loftus, Luke Muehlhauser, Russell Blackford, Adam Lee, Ed Babinksi, and David van Allen.

There is a Facebook group for those who want more information, or who want to be a part of the effort to get the word out about the book.

For people in the media and leaders of local freethought (or religious!) groups, yes, I am available for interviews, lectures, and debates on the topic of the book, and possibly related topics.

Other things I’m doing/have done: I tweet as UncredibleHallq. I tend to use it for quick thoughts that don’t deserve a blog post, as well as circulating political links I want people to read.

I contributed a chapter to The Onion and Philosophy edited by Sharon Kaye. It is now available for pre-order, and scheduled to be released October 1, 2010.

I wrote a fairly extensive critical review of William Lane Craig’s book Reasonable Faith for Internet Infidels, aka the Secular Web. I’ve also written a couple of minor articles for the Secular Web Kiosk.

I’ve written an open letter to religious believers on the problem of evil (if that link doesn’t work, try here). It’s significantly inspired by academic discussions, but written with non-academics in mind. I would sincerely like to hear believers’ responses to it.

Finally, in 2008 I wrote an essay which won my undergraduate department’s ethics prize. The title is Theoretical Ethics and Real Tyranny.