“Nix algebra, deaths, and vampires” was the message I received in comments on my previous essay. I am omitting the algebra from this essay. In
Can Bayes’ theorem debunk tales of vampires or books of the Bible, such as the Lucan book of Acts, identifying it as mythology as evidenced
The question addressed in this essay is: Does an analysis based on Bayes’ theorem nudge an agnostic toward belief? It is the second of two
But is it possible that probability brings certainty? —Blaise Pascal, “Pensees,” 496 This is the third article in a series on faith, probability and
Dr. Raphael Lataster is a university lecturer in religious studies and a strong advocate of Bayesian reasoning. His work’s central theme is the inauthenticity of
Almost 70 years ago a famous but now somewhat forgotten debate took place on BBC radio between Bertrand Russell and Rev. C. J. Copleston,
In his book, Proving History, Bayes’ Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus, atheist activist Richard Carrier contends that reports in Christian scripture can
Raphael Lataster is a teaching fellow in the studies of religion at the University of Sydney. Lataster and Trent Horn, a Catholic apologist, debated one
