Similar to my main site, but on a quarterly not monthly basis, once again, here's a roundup of the most-read items of the last three months of 2025. Not all are FROM that time period; "evergreen" items will be marked.
No 10: Did Leon Festinger commit some sort of research fraud? It looks that way. While this won't demolish the idea of cognitive dissonance, it certainly leaves some of its stronger claims on weaker ground.
No. 9 was my snarking on Bart Ehrman's retirement announcement; the retirement lecture referenced there is here, talking about "our flawed manuscripts."
No. 8? My brief, and latest, callout of r/AcademicBiblical moronity, focused on James McGrath.
No. 7? From 2022, my in-depth discussion of the great ahistoricity of the book of Acts.
No. 6 is my discussion of my Goodreads review system.
No. 5 is definitely evergreen, from 2009: "Paul, Passover, Jesus, Gnosticism."
No. 4? Did Josephus actually write the Testimonium Flavianum? Contra a crudely apologetic book, he most certainly did not; in fact, the author's effort backfired.
No. 3 was my callout of Massimo Pigliucci both for his top 10 existential questions and his use of AI to help formulate them.
No. 2, from way back in 2007: "More proof the Buddha was no Buddha."
No 1, I wrote about the non-immigration portions of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' November statement, and how it reflects convergence of lay Catholics and lay Protestants along religious lines.
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