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At last – the REAL truth about Biblical Archaeology!

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Chris Jensen Romer

As it is apparently not obvious to a few people, this was an April Fool’s joke folks! Well it’s been an interesting couple of weeks in the world of CJ, which I guess is a small part of the world … Continue reading →

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Debunking A Modern Myth: the Conflict of Religion & Science – Part Two

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Chris Jensen Romer

Sir James Frazer in his monumental work The Golden Bough managed to pollute the intellectual atmosphere of the world in a way few have rivaled; he did to history what Henry Ford did to our lungs. Within months of Frazer publishing his work was torn apart by serious anthropologists, but it was popular, and went through edition after edition Continue reading →

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Debunking A Modern Myth: the Conflict of Religion & Science – Part One

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Chris Jensen Romer

A Word of Explanation On Christmas Eve 2008 having reached 7,000 posts on Professor Richard Dawkin’s forum I publicly issued the Professor with a challenge to a debate on Religion & Science. My contention was that the supposed conflict between … Continue reading →

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Not Bronze Age Myths – let’s end this misleading cliche

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Chris Jensen Romer

Time and time again I hear Jewish and Christian beliefs described as “Bronze Age myths” on supposedly rationalist sites. This is rather silly and annoying, not least because they are not Bronze Age at all! Continue reading →

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