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[[File:Richard Carrier.jpg|thumbnail|165px|right|Richard Carrier]]

[[File:Richard Carrier.jpg|thumbnail|165px|right|Richard Carrier]]

'''Richard Carrier''' (1969 - ), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. History, is an advocate of [[Naturalism (philosophy)|metaphysical naturalism]]. He has written a book, ''Sense and Goodness without [[God]]''. He is a prominent [[Atheism|atheist]] in the [[Atheist Population|atheist community]] in the [[US]].  

'''Richard Carrier''' (born 1969), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. History, is an advocate of [[Naturalism (philosophy)|metaphysical naturalism]]. He has written a book, ''Sense and Goodness without [[God]]''. He is a prominent [[Atheism|atheist]] in the [[Atheist Population|atheist community]] in the [[US]].  

Carrier advocates the notion that [[Jesus]] likely never existed which is an extreme minority position among historians and contrary to the historical evidence pointing to Jesus being a historical figure (The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'', a parcel of the [[propaganda]] of the atheistic, [[communism|communist]] [[Soviet Union]], is the only encyclopedia to ever advocate the Christ myth.  

Carrier advocates the notion that [[Jesus]] likely never existed which is an extreme minority position among historians and contrary to the historical evidence pointing to Jesus being a historical figure (The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'', a parcel of the [[propaganda]] of the atheistic, [[communism|communist]] [[Soviet Union]], is the only encyclopedia to ever advocate the Christ myth.  

After Richard Carrier completed his PhD in ancient history at Columbia University in 2008, he decided against attempting to find an academic post. According to Carrier, "The US economy had just collapsed, and humanities departments had put a freeze on hires,” he explains. “I had also soured on the life of a professor by then, having seen it from the inside.”<ref>[https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/researchers-turn-to-crowdfunding-for-support-outside-universities Researchers turn to crowdfunding for support outside universities]</ref>   

After Richard Carrier completed his PhD in ancient history at Columbia University in 2008, he decided against attempting to find an academic post. According to Carrier, "The US economy had just collapsed, and humanities departments had put a freeze on hires,” he explains. “I had also soured on the life of a professor by then, having seen it from the inside.”<ref>[https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/researchers-turn-to-crowdfunding-for-support-outside-universities Researchers turn to crowdfunding for support outside universities]</ref>   

Carrier is a veteran of the United States Coast Guard. <ref>Richard C. Carrier, Curriculum Vitae [http://www.richardcarrier.info/cv.pdf]</ref>

Carrier is a veteran of the United States Coast Guard.<ref>[http://www.richardcarrier.info/cv.pdf Richard C. Carrier, Curriculum Vitae]</ref>

== Richard Carrier, adultery, divorce and polyamory ==

== Richard Carrier, adultery, divorce and polyamory ==

== Sexual abuse allegations against Richard Carrier ==

== Sexual abuse allegations against Richard Carrier ==

The ''Campus Fix'' reported in July of 2016:

The ''Campus Fix'' reported in July 2016:

{{Cquote|Atheism activist Richard Carrier ...champions an “intersectional” strain of atheism that promotes social justice.

{{Cquote|Atheism activist Richard Carrier ...champions an “intersectional” strain of atheism that promotes social justice.

{{cquote|Polyamory and swinging and even the attending of orgies requires more ethical behavior and more careful attention to boundaries and consent than traditional sexual relationships do. And people who are ethical enough to be accepted in those communities are the very people who get [[Atheism plus|Atheism+]] and why it is needed.

{{cquote|Polyamory and swinging and even the attending of orgies requires more ethical behavior and more careful attention to boundaries and consent than traditional sexual relationships do. And people who are ethical enough to be accepted in those communities are the very people who get [[Atheism plus|Atheism+]] and why it is needed.

The bottom line is, we are already enthusiastically in favor of people pursuing all kinds of sexual activities, even at [[Atheist conferences|atheist events]]. Many of our most avid supports are wholeheartedly doing this. The only thing we are concerned about is that people do this ethically, that people don’t use their sex drives as an excuse to harass, harm, or cross boundaries.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/4405 Our Mythical Campaign against Sex], Richard Carrier, </ref>}}

The bottom line is, we are already enthusiastically in favor of people pursuing all kinds of sexual activities, even at [[Atheist conferences|atheist events]]. Many of our most avid supports are wholeheartedly doing this. The only thing we are concerned about is that people do this ethically, that people don’t use their sex drives as an excuse to harass, harm, or cross boundaries.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/4405 Our Mythical Campaign against Sex], Richard Carrier,</ref>}}

== Richard Carrier and the the Atheism plus movement ==

== Richard Carrier and the the Atheism plus movement ==

Richard Carrier at the launch of the [[Atheism plus]] movement wrote: "I am fully on board. I will provide any intellectual artillery they need to expand this cause and make it successful."<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/2207 The New Atheism +] by Richard Carrier</ref>  

Richard Carrier at the launch of the [[Atheism plus]] movement wrote: "I am fully on board. I will provide any intellectual artillery they need to expand this cause and make it successful."<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/2207 The New Atheism +] by Richard Carrier</ref>  

In October of 2014, the popular [[YouTube]] atheist [[Thunderf00t]] commented on how [[Jen McCreight]], the founder of the atheist [[feminism|feminist]] movement [[Atheism plus]] abandoned her movement within two weeks. Thunderfoot also commented on how Richard Carrier "the intellectual artillery" of the movement, quit promoting the movement within a month.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inqcLXNlEes Atheism+ Stream: How SJWs pushed their way into Atheism]</ref>

In October 2014, the popular [[YouTube]] atheist [[Thunderf00t]] commented on how [[Jen McCreight]], the founder of the atheist [[feminism|feminist]] movement [[Atheism plus]] abandoned her movement within two weeks. Thunderfoot also commented on how Richard Carrier "the intellectual artillery" of the movement, quit promoting the movement within a month.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inqcLXNlEes Atheism+ Stream: How SJWs pushed their way into Atheism]</ref>

== Richard Carrier and Antony Flew's Conversion to theism/deism ==

== Richard Carrier and Antony Flew's Conversion to theism/deism ==

== Richard Carrier on Scotch and drinking heavily ==

== Richard Carrier on Scotch and drinking heavily ==

See also: [[Richard Carrier on Scotch and drinking heavily]]

{{See also|Richard Carrier on Scotch and drinking heavily}}

In a blog post devoted to his favorite Scotch, Richard Carrier writes:

In a blog post devoted to his favorite Scotch, Richard Carrier writes:

== Education ==

== Education ==

Carrier has a B.A. in History, with a minor in Classical Civilization, from the University of California at Berkeley (1997), an M.A. in Ancient History from Columbia University (1998), an M.Phil. in Ancient History, from Columbia University (2000), and a Ph.D. in Ancient History from Columbia University (2008). <ref>www.infidels.org, ''Brief Biography of Richard Carrier'' [http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/bio.html]</ref>

Carrier has a B.A. in History, with a minor in Classical Civilization, from the University of California at Berkeley (1997), an M.A. in Ancient History from Columbia University (1998), an M.Phil. in Ancient History, from Columbia University (2000), and a Ph.D. in Ancient History from Columbia University (2008).<ref>[http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/bio.html http://www.infidels.org, ''Brief Biography of Richard Carrier'']</ref>

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