Sooner or later, Death will come for us all. With sadness and considerable regret, I noticed that notorious Christian mythicist D. M. Murdock (also known by the pseudonym Acharya S.) recently passed away after a battle with cancer. Now to be completely honest, I've never been a big fan of her books or videos, given her very open hostility toward Christianity and Christians. Earlier this year, I wrote a rather scathing article about her book The Christ/Horus Connection and challenged the veracity of her work. Quite frankly, she and Richard Carrier formed a small minority of "experts" who question the existence of a historical Jesus. Carrier does hold a PhD, but he doesn't teach at a university. He offers online courses on his work that panders to the conspiracy theorist crowd and basically does "anything for a buck." The credentials of Ms. Murdock may be found here. My words practically dripped with sarcasm as I aggressively questioned her claim that she learned Egyptian hieroglyphics on the fly. Let's just say that I remain skeptical, but now regret my harsh words, considering they were delivered while she literally fought for her life. Now it is my custom, when I "attack" someone like Ms. Murdock for me to attempt communication with that person in order to call their attention to my criticisms. I'd rather be up front and give him or her the opportunity to respond to my criticism as a common courtesy. I can't say for sure that I emailed her a link to that article, and sincerely hope that I forgot. and that I did not cause her any distress during her … [Read more...]