The search for truth takes you where the evidence leads you, even if, at first, you don't want to go there.

The search for truth takes you where the evidence leads you, even if, at first, you don't want to go there.

In terms of the historical record, I should also point out that there is no account in any ancient source whatsoever about King Herod slaughtering children in or around Bethlehem, or anyplace else. No other author, biblical or otherwise, mentions this event. Is it, like John's account of Jesus' death, a detail made up by Matthew in order to make some kind of theological point?

My students sometimes ask: what is a fundamentalist? I give them a very simple definition. A fundamentalist is no fun, too much damn, and not enough mental.

There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.

Sometimes Christian apologists say there are only three options to who Jesus was: a liar, a lunatic or the Lord. But there could be a fourth option - legend.

The problem then with Jesus is that he cannot be removed from his time and transplanted into our own without simply creating him anew