I just discovered that this very old web page (2003) doesn't live anywhere in my new website ecosystem. It's an orphan of my old website. Consequently, I'm posting it here so it does. Sorry that this appeared on Twitter, but that's automated. Anyway, I've been asked...
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H2 Serves the Public with More Ancient Astronaut Racism
All who have read The Portent, the sequel to my novel, The Facade, know that one of the research threads in the sequel is the inherently racist nature of ancient astronaut theory -- that is, it articulates the idea that the white European race (and even more narrowly...
Were the Ancient Gnostics Great Intellectuals?
Here's one New Testament scholar (Larry Hurtado, recently retired, Univ. of Edinburgh) who laughs at the idea. I'd agree with him (and I like reading western esotericism). If you think they're intellectual elites, you've been watching too much on the Fantasy Channel...
Mythical Canon Fodder on Bible Secrets Revealed
Hope you caught the pun. Except for football, I don't watch TV, so I sadly (!) missed this latest round of Bible secrets nonsense. I let others suffer in my place, like the author of "Bible Secrets Revealed?: A Response to the New History Channel Series (Part 3)." The...
How Cable TV Shows Like the History Channel Doctor What You Watch
Hat tip to Jason Colavito for the link. I can identify with "A Skeptic's Brief Conversation with a TV Producer" given my own 2003 experience with one of the History Channel's production companies (it's the reason I have twice turned down a request to be in Ancient...
David Hatcher Childress: A Survey of His Self- Contradictions
I wanted to draw readers' attention to this post by Jason Colavito. It documents the "confusion" of Hatcher-Childress on whether he believes in ancient aliens or not. Is it confusion, or opportunism?
Ancient Aliens Debunked: The Official Trailer
I'm guessing all PaleoBabble readers know about the Ancient Aliens series put out by the Fantasy Channel (still though of by many as the History Channel). I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be interviewed later this summer for the documentary film response, Ancient...
A Case of Credential Envy?
I just read a short but telling post by Jason Colavito on the blog that bears his name entitled, "The Dubious Authorial Accomplishments of Gorgio Tsoukalos." Gorgio is the star of the cinematic tribute to non sequitur thinking known as Ancient Aliens. Jason examines...
Seriously: The Dogon and Sirius?
You don't have to watch too many Fantasy Channel (formerly known as the History Channel) specials on ancient astronauts before you'll be told about the primitive African Dogon of Mali and their "advanced astronomical knowledge" -- bestowed, of course, by...
Fantasy Channel Special on Ancient Astronauts
Well, I guess some of you may have caught last night's Fantasy Channel (what I used to refer to as the History Channel) special promoting the ancient astronaut idea. I didn't watch it since there's nothing new here except better special effects and CGI to help shovel...