Richard Carrier

There is a peculiar intellectual paralysis that often sets in when someone speaks with an air of academic authority and is introduced as having a doctorate after their name. Arguments that would, in other contexts, be immediately recognized as plainly absurd if uttered by an anonymous skeptic on the internet, suddenly become “serious scholarship” upon being delivered by someone with a formal credential.

I round off my series by reviewing Carrier’s analysis of what he calls “leading examples” of undesigned coincidences.

I review Carrier’s claim that “redaction is usually the better hypothesis.”

I continue my response by reviewing Carrier’s allegation that McGrew has fabricated some of her examples.

In this article, I will consider Carrier’s claim that undesigned coincidences can be adequately accounted for by scribal errors.

Dr. Richard Carrier is an ancient historian who is best known for championing the idea that Jesus of Nazareth is a mythical figure.