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

[[File:Richard Carrier.jpg|thumbnail|165px|right|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''' (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]]'' (see also: [[Good without God]]). He is a prominent [[Atheism|atheist]] in the [[Atheist Population|atheist community]] in the [[US]]. In 2020, Carrier reportedly indicated that the [[atheist movement]] was dead.<ref>[https://youtu.be/TtYwYTsfJ8I?t=30 What Are The Goals Of The Atheist Movement? | Chris-(CAN) | Talk Heathen], At around the 30-second point in the September 20202 video, there is a report of atheist [[Richard Carrier]] declaring the atheist movement is dead</ref> See also: [[Decline of the atheist movement]]

'''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]]'' (see also: [[Good without God]]). He is a prominent [[Atheism|atheist]] in the [[Atheist Population|atheist community]] in the [[US]]. In 2020, Carrier reportedly indicated that the [[atheist movement]] was dead.<ref>[https://youtu.be/TtYwYTsfJ8I?t=30 What Are The Goals Of The Atheist Movement? | Chris-(CAN) | Talk Heathen], At around the 30-second point in the September 2020 video, there is a report of atheist [[Richard Carrier]] declaring the atheist movement is dead</ref> See also: [[Decline of the atheist movement]]

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.