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But when a modern group of Near/Middle easterners do they same they need to be destroyed. Why? Murder is wrong whether literal or myth writing. I really wonder why Semites in the near and middle East don't take out their Abrahamic brothers who murder their own. I suggest you research the 1946 bombi...

And here's some more critiques & commentary of Carrier's use of RR -

http://christthetao.blogspot.com.au/201 ... or-is.html

http://ronnblom.net/is-jesus-a-rank-raglan-hero/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2014 ... nk-raglan/

The second issue is that I think Carrier deviates from the simple way of computing probabilities from reference classes. Carriers estimate of the conditional probability is: p(~h|b) = (1 + RR heroes that exist) / ( 2 + RR heroes). I think this deviation is significant because ~h is Carriers hypothe...

we currently perceive those texts to be Paul's celestial entity first, the Gospels and other books later Who is "we" Academia. The world. Academia look sat Pauline text as based on a crucified man who died and who currently lives in heaven. NO solely as an celestial entity. Correct 1 ? An...

If I understand correctly, Carrier believes that using a reference class of "Josephus-mentioners" (or something else) and putting the Rank-Raglan data in the consideration of conditional probabilities, or doing the reverse and putting the "Rank-Raglan reference class" as the ben...

... As a side note, the probability of the first proposition (i.e. without "incarnation" ) should be considered as least as high as with "incarnation". This is because P(A,B) = P(A|B)P(B) and so P(B) >= P(AB). Accordingly, the probability that Jesus simply died, was buried and r...

Some ...think that the name of the city [of 'Nazareth'] must be connected with the name of the hill behind it, from which one of the finest prospects in Israel is obtained, and accordingly they derive it from the Hebrew notserah , i.e., one guarding or watching, thus designating the hill which over...

..I use b in the same sense Carrier defines it. Carrier spends 176 pages(!) to elaborate on what goes into b. So, what is b? But what is your impression for all the propositions taken together? As, I said it - the figure - might be (arbitrarily) 66% --but - 5) ..and that ~h includes that Jesus was ...

For general information - 5. Peter Riad says April 19, 2016 at 12:15 pm - http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/10034#comment-1059269 tim hendrix has a review of OHOJ out. Would you be responding to it? https://www.scribd.com/doc/305750452/Richard-Carrier-s-On-the-Historicity-of-Jesus#downloa...

Hi again, No, it's not related to the quotes by Zbykow that I provided. I think you seem to be operating at levels beyond the basic rules of probability, and you seem to let extraneous things cloud definition and application of reference classes. Well, I don't really see what this could refer to. C...