If Richard Carrier‘s ideas about Bayesian history and about Jesus are right, then he is destined to revolutionize the scholarly work of history, not to mention the history of early Christianity. If his ideas are not right, then he’s someone who doesn’t like Christianity selling fringe history to other people who don’t like Christianity. Which is it? Now you can see for yourself with this app. It’s a lot cheaper than his books. Ask yourself whether this app is the work of a revolutionary genius soon to be recognized as the world’s most consequential historian. Or does it look like the work of someone trying to make money from people who don’t like Christianity? With this app, you can see for yourself.

It’s a good start. I would like to like this app more than I do. Hopefully, future updates will add some of the features that I think are missing. Firstly, the app is designed with only mobile phones in mind. On an iPad, it only appears in portrait orientation as if the tablet were big iPhone. Although its layout and workflow are logical and efficient, most of the entries only scratch the surface of the topics they are related to. The app would benefit greatly from hypertext links to Dr. Carrier’s blog, Wikipedia, and/or other Internet sources. It is also sorely in need of a search function.

If you are a student of Mythicism and you know Dr. Carrier’s arguments, the current state of this app may seem pretty basic. But if you’ve never been exposed to the Mythicist hypothesis, this is mind-blowing stuff. And it’s only going to get better. Dr. Carrier has promised that this is only the beginning. The app will be continuously updated and improved. If you have questions about Christianity, or are looking for better tools for Rational argument, this is a really good place to start. Spread the Apostasy.

This seems to pretty much be a mouthpiece for Richard Carrier’s views. That’s not bad since he is a wealth of knowledge and it’s contained here. The problem I have is that the grammar that is used is not very good and it’s sometimes confusing to follow. Almost like someone trying to cram a bunch of thoughts into an abbreviated text message. I know my grammar is not perfect, but I am not a Doctor.