I have been reminded of my friends down on the other side of the world while out shopping in the northern hemisphere. Proving that the other side of the planet can be a strange strange place indeed. The first time was when I was in Germany. I remember Eggy once telling me that I should get ye...

I think that Josephus is generally reliable, though I would add more qualifiers than Jon Curry does in his recent comments on the subject. My intention in this post isn't to dismiss Josephus, but rather to illustrate some of the inconsistencies in Jon's argumentation. He writes the following about w...

Last week, I wrote a few responses to Jon Curry (here, here, and here). He's responded with more posts in his threads here and here. He complains that my criticisms are "quibbling", "boring", etc. He's added qualifiers to his arguments that he didn't include previously. He gives us what he calls a "...

This is a response to last arguments and a post to me on the An Amazing First Century thread, which is too long for me to follow using dial-up… oleg: Historians are not trying to straighten out theology. It's none of their business. But they are well equipped to study Jesus Christ as a hi...

Case studies can help companies win business. We’re in a demand-generation, deal-closing economy and good customer evidence is the laser-guided bomb of marketing. As Writer-in-chief at Articulate Marketing, I write many case studies for different technology companies, including Microsoft, Hewlett-...

In an article on New Testament authorship that I wrote last week, I noted: "Often, critics are inconsistent in their skepticism. The same critic who claims that the textual evidence for the New Testament documents is insufficient, or rejects an authorship attribution as reasonable as Mark's authorsh...

If wishing could make it true, then those low-carb, eat-all-the- bacon-and-steak-you-want diets would work. Or the 500-smoothies diet would work. Etc., etc. But in what is being called the most rigorous and far-reaching study of various diet schemes, scientists have found -- once again -- that dieti...

I’ve heard thousands of stories about the power of prayer to effect divine intervention into your life, but how come there are no cases of prayer causing God to help an amputee grow a limb? We have no evidence of it ever happening. How come God answers all sorts of prayers but never the prayer...

Over the past three years of writing for DI,  I have discussed evolution with many creationists who have posted comments at this site.  These exchanges have been good for me.  They have forced me to think harder about exactly what it is that I understand about evolution and what evidence supports...

Through a partnership with TransGaming Inc., Ubisoft is poised to bring select titles to Mac gamers (yes, we repeat: "Mac gamers") through retail and digital download channels. The two most significant offerings will be Prince of Persia and Shaun White Snowboarding, although Ubisoft will also provid...