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''See also:'' [[Atheism and morality]] and [[Good without God]]
''See also:'' [[Atheism and morality]] and [[Good without God]]
[[File:Richard Carrier.jpg|thumbnail|165px|right|[[Richard Carrier]] ]]
[[Richard Carrier]] (author of ''Sense and Goodness without God'') published an online course "Counter-Apologetics: Learning the Best Ways to Refute Arguments for God."<ref>Carrier, Richard, [http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/6603 November Course on Counter-Apologetics], [[Freethought blogs]</ref>
[[Richard Carrier]] (author of ''Sense and Goodness without God'') published an online course "Counter-Apologetics: Learning the Best Ways to Refute Arguments for God."<ref>Carrier, Richard, [http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/6603 November Course on Counter-Apologetics], [[Freethought blogs]</ref>
Carrier advocates the notion that [[Jesus Christ]] 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 Christ]] 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.
See also: [[Historicity of Jesus]]).<ref>[http://www.tektonics.org/uz/vector01.php A Response to "Why I Don't Buy the Resurrection Story"] by [[JP Holding]]</ref><ref>[http://www.tektonics.org/ezine/carrierindex.html The Incredible Sinking Carrier or, The Impossible Faith Vindicated] by JP Holding</ref><ref>[http://www.bede.org.uk/price1.htm Scholarly opinions on the Jesus Myth]
See also: [[Historicity of Jesus]]).<ref>[http://www.tektonics.org/uz/vector01.php A Response to "Why I Don't Buy the Resurrection Story"] by [[JP Holding]]</ref><ref>[http://www.tektonics.org/ezine/carrierindex.html The Incredible Sinking Carrier or, The Impossible Faith Vindicated] by JP Holding</ref><ref>[http://www.bede.org.uk/price1.htm Scholarly opinions on the Jesus Myth] by Christopher Price</ref>
by Christopher Price</ref>
At the launch of the [[Atheism plus]] movement Carrier 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>
== Decline of atheist movement and failed attempts to rebrand atheism ==
== Decline of atheist movement and failed attempts to rebrand atheism ==