Quantcast
Channel: mathematics – Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath
Browsing all 10 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A Mathematical Review of Proving History by Richard Carrier

Regular commenter Ian has posted a review of Richard Carrier’s recent book, focused on the use of Bayes’ Theorem. It can be found on his blog Irreducible Complexity.

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Bias and Bayes’ Theorem in History

Regular commenter Ian has posted two more entries on his blog which relate to the use of Bayes’ Theorem in assessing historical probability, in response to Richard Carrier’s advocacy of the use of...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Unfalsifiable Inerrancy

When pastor Peter LaRuffa recently said that he would believe the Bible even if it said 2+2=5, he probably thought he was standing up for Biblical inerrancy.In fact, he was undermining it, showing it...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Show Your Work

 

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Jesus is Always the Answer

No, he isn’t. 

View Article


A Mathematical Review of Proving History by Richard Carrier

Regular commenter Ian has posted a review of Richard Carrier’s recent book, focused on the use of Bayes’ Theorem. It can be found on his blog Irreducible Complexity.

View Article

Bias and Bayes’ Theorem in History

Regular commenter Ian has posted two more entries on his blog which relate to the use of Bayes’ Theorem in assessing historical probability, in response to Richard Carrier’s advocacy of the use of...

View Article

Unfalsifiable Inerrancy

When pastor Peter LaRuffa recently said that he would believe the Bible even if it said 2+2=5, he probably thought he was standing up for Biblical inerrancy. In fact, he was undermining it, showing it...

View Article


Show Your Work

 

View Article


Jesus is Always the Answer

No, he isn’t.  

View Article
Browsing all 10 articles
Browse latest View live