Review of Carrier's OHJ, Part 1 of 12: Sections 1 thru 3, What I liked and didn't like
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:27 am
I'm working to start my own podcast on Youtube called "Myth Adventure -- Myths old and new", or something like that. I've worked out what I am planning for my first four podcasts, which are:
(1) The myth of the myth of the Star of Bethlehem (Three kings following star to Jerusalem. Frank Zindler). Also covers what I believe as a theist and why.
(2) The myth of the myth of Mithras (Mithras, Horus, Krishna crucified. 19th Century origins. Acharya S, Bill Maher, Stephen Fry)
(3) The myth of Diabolical Mimicry (Freke and Gandy, Dr Robert M Price)
(4) The myth of the Celestial Jesus (Richard Carrier's OHJ)
The theme of the Youtube podcast is that some popular ideas about some myths are wrong. For example, there is a popular myth that there were three kings who followed a star to Jerusalem. It's an opportunity to explore where these ideas come from, discussing both the original myth and also the popular misconception. I'll be calling those popular misconceptions "myths", which isn't really a correct usage of the word. I'll talk a bit more about this in the first podcast, where I will define modern myths "as memes in story form."
The fourth Youtube podcast will be about Dr Carrier's book. I've gone through his arguments and have collected my notes on them. The draft script below and in upcoming threads will contain the results. The podcast will have six sections, outlined below. The first three are in this thread. Section 4 I will split into three separate threads. Section 5 will be one thread. Section 6 will contain a look at nearly all of Carrier's arguments that he uses in his odds calculations that support mythicism, which means an additional seven threads.
So by the end of this project, unless I lose interest, I will be starting another 11 threads on Carrier's arguments from his book. I apologise in advance for the Carrier overload! Note that I'm not in any hurry to put these up, though I want them all up before the Second Edition of OHJ is released. I do have notes for all the threads but there is a bit of work involved in writing them up.
I'll be interested in people's feedback of my draft. If there is anything unclear or wrong, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Thank you!
(1) The myth of the myth of the Star of Bethlehem (Three kings following star to Jerusalem. Frank Zindler). Also covers what I believe as a theist and why.
(2) The myth of the myth of Mithras (Mithras, Horus, Krishna crucified. 19th Century origins. Acharya S, Bill Maher, Stephen Fry)
(3) The myth of Diabolical Mimicry (Freke and Gandy, Dr Robert M Price)
(4) The myth of the Celestial Jesus (Richard Carrier's OHJ)
The theme of the Youtube podcast is that some popular ideas about some myths are wrong. For example, there is a popular myth that there were three kings who followed a star to Jerusalem. It's an opportunity to explore where these ideas come from, discussing both the original myth and also the popular misconception. I'll be calling those popular misconceptions "myths", which isn't really a correct usage of the word. I'll talk a bit more about this in the first podcast, where I will define modern myths "as memes in story form."
The fourth Youtube podcast will be about Dr Carrier's book. I've gone through his arguments and have collected my notes on them. The draft script below and in upcoming threads will contain the results. The podcast will have six sections, outlined below. The first three are in this thread. Section 4 I will split into three separate threads. Section 5 will be one thread. Section 6 will contain a look at nearly all of Carrier's arguments that he uses in his odds calculations that support mythicism, which means an additional seven threads.
So by the end of this project, unless I lose interest, I will be starting another 11 threads on Carrier's arguments from his book. I apologise in advance for the Carrier overload! Note that I'm not in any hurry to put these up, though I want them all up before the Second Edition of OHJ is released. I do have notes for all the threads but there is a bit of work involved in writing them up.
I'll be interested in people's feedback of my draft. If there is anything unclear or wrong, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Thank you!