Article Name	Comment
Darling wa Gaijin (ダーリンは外国人) movie (2010)	Japanese movie inspired by Sayuri Oguri's autobiographical manga series about her life with an American husband, Tony, in Japan. Not a bad movie, by rom com standards, and it has some interesting things to say about the whole gaijin experience in Japan, though nothing too confronting for its Japanese audience.
Remembering the Kanji: the Heisig Method (2011)	Review of the book "Remembering the Kanji I: a complete course on how not to forget the meaning and writing of Japanese Characters" by James Heisig. The author of this book states that you can learn to remember how to write the 2000 common use Kanji in a month. And remarkably -- he is right! It really does work! I give some examples on how the Heisig method works.
Advanced Pygmy Global Civilization Theory (2011)	Acharya S suggests that Pygmies may have had a technologically advanced global civilization thousands of years ago. There was even a Pygmy Christ. I quote from her work, and speculate about what all this means in light of her stated views on UFOs.
Jesus: Neither God Nor Man (2011)	Review of Earl Doherty's book "Jesus: Neither God Nor Man", done over four parts: 1. Review Summary (where I give my overall impression of the book. Also contains link to Doherty's response of this review) 2. Early Christian Writings (including the strange silence on a historical Jesus) 3. Paul and Paul's Jesus 4. World of Myth (Doherty's controversial views on pagan mythology)
Earl Doherty, the Jesus Myth and Second Century Christian Writings (2005)	This article looks at Earl Doherty's comments on second century Christian writings and the Jesus Myth in his book "The Jesus Puzzle". Doherty puts forward the thesis that some Second Century apologists subscribed to a Christianity that was devoid of a historical Jesus. I conclude that Doherty's analysis is flawed, and that there is no reason to conclude that those apologists didn't believe in a historical Jesus
Earl Doherty, the Jesus Myth and Second Century Christian Writings (Part 2): Follow up to Doherty's response (2005)	This article looks at Doherty's response to the first article. I find that, again, Doherty refuses to engage the literature as a whole. By focusing on the writings of those he believes didn't have a belief in a historical Christ, he doesn't take into consideration the broader writings of the Christians of this period. Doherty appears unaware that statements by his "mythicist" apologists that he deems problematic for historicists appear in the "historicist" apologists writings as well. I suggest Doherty's lack of inclusion of these statements in his analysis amounts to a one-sided presentation of the evidence.
The God Who Wasn't There: an analysis (2007)	An analysis of the historical claims made in the documentary "The God Who Wasn't There", which suggests that there was no historical Jesus. I find that Brian Flemming, the movie's creator, has managed to assemble much of the available misinformation on the topic. The article is in four parts, with Part 4 a look at various "Jesus Myth" proponents.
The God Who Wasn't There: Update: Comments from Brian Flemming and Richard Carrier (2007)	In this update, I look at some comments from Brian Flemming and Richard Carrier to my questions about "The God Who Wasn't There" movie. I also review Brian's new "FAQ" on his movie's website. I find that Flemming needs to reveal his sources to back up many of his claims.

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