Blogging Slowdown

BY R ICH AR D CAR R IER / ON NOVEMBER 7, 2012 / 16 COMMENTS

Just FYI to everyone, tomorrow I fly out for the Skepticon conference in Missouri which I am certain will consume me the
whole weekend (it always does!), and then immediately after that I’m flying to the UK and spending ten days all over the
south of England, so I am also unlikely to find time for much else but all the things I want to do when I’m there (since I
normally don’t get to travel abroad much at all). And then immediately upon getting back it’s my birthday.

In consequence, you shouldn’t be surprised if my attendance to comment moderation and blog posting slows down beyond
normal until December. Please be patient until I’m back.

P.S. Thank you Ohioans! You went for Obama and saved us all. Now I don’t have to worry about the Supreme Court
becoming evil.

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 R O D N E Y N E L S O N • N O V E M B E R 7, 2 0 1 2 , 6 : 5 8 P M

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Now I don’t have to worry about the Supreme Court becoming evil.

For at least four years.

R E P LY

A A R O N A D A I R • N O V E M B E R 7, 2 0 1 2 , 8 : 0 9 P M

Not a born-native of the state, but I was glad to help keep Ohio blue this time around. You can thank us
Ohioans by coming by some time.

R E P LY

R IC H AR D C AR R IER • N OV EMBER 29 , 201 2, 7:25 AM

I’ve been. But would love to be by again. Just need a sponsor.

R E P LY

W I L L • N O V E M B E R 7, 2 0 1 2 , 9 : 5 9 P M

Have a great trip Richard!

R E P LY

N OH ELLBELOWU S • N OVEMBER 8, 2012, 1:05 PM

While you’re in Missouri, Dr. Carrier, make sure you donate to the Mormon-Jesus-is-a-comin’ foundation!

R E P LY
 DA VE E • N OVEMBER 13, 2012, 8:28 AM

Hi Richard, I live on the South Coast of England. Are you appearing anywhere apart from Oxford and London?

R E P LY

RICH ARD CARRIER • N OVEMBER 29 , 2012, 8:47 AM

I did not appear anywhere else. But we did briefly visit Portsmouth (too briefly, IMO; we
didn’t realize how much awesome stuff there was to do there). The rest of our time was spent
mainly in inland rural areas in Wiltshire, Dartmoor, and New Forrest.

R E P LY

JESSE N EEDH A M • N OVEMBER 13, 2012, 11:46 AM

Your presentation at skepticon was great! My gf and I talked about for hours on the way home.

R E P LY

RICH ARD CARRIER • N OVEMBER 29 , 2012, 8:49 AM

Thanks for saying. Always good to know!

R E P LY

M O J O . R H Y T H M • N O V E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 2 , 1 : 3 8 P M

I vote that when you come back, you write a think-piece on climate change. Upon searching through your old
blog and this one, I cannot find a single mention of it by you, which I find surprising, given that you are a
philosopher who cares about the issues.

It would be very interesting to hear your thoughts; climate change is one of the greatest threats that human
civilization has ever had to face, and radical measures must be taken if we are to avert disaster.

R E P LY

RICH ARD CARRIER • N OVEMBER 29 , 2012, 8:59 AM

I disagree with the “radical measures” claim. But yes, global warming is happening, and we
caused it, and it would be better if we dialed back on that.
However, earth’s biosphere has thrived at far higher temps than we will ever achieve. So no,
disaster is not in the cards. Human civilization will experience a plethora of localized disasters
until it gets with the program and takes smarter measures to deal with the effects of global
warming (which cannot now be averted by any radical plan, even were one likely ever to be
implemented, and none are), and people’s fortunes will shift (wealth will migrate from
equatorial to northern regions) and that’s going to suck for a lot of people (though be a
windfall for others). And we could greatly mitigate all of these things with smarter policies (a
plan to reduce fossil fuels and increase dependency on renewable energy and recycle
greenhouse gases from all sources and spend more, and more smartly, on water conservation
and production technologies and coastal cities and habitats, and so on), and so that’s where
we need to focus our votes.

But this has all been said already. I don’t really have much new to contribute. Others are far
more up to speed on tackling deniers and irrationalists in this area and are doing a fine job of
it. If I ever think I have something to add, I will. But so far, nothing has come up. Similarly, I
don’t tackle on my blog creationism vs. evolution very much, or church-state separation very
much, not because those aren’t important, but because they just aren’t my thing. Others on
FTB and elsewhere have that covered better than I can at present.

R E P LY

BOBWA H LER • N OVEMBER 29 , 2012, 11:50 AM

mojo and Richard,

One of the two big reasons I wrote my book about the coverup of other saviors in the New
Testament (“The Bible says ‘Saviors’ -Obadiah 1:21”) is that all true mystic Masters (John
the B and James, for example) were, and still are (Baba Gurinder Singh, RSSB) vegetarian.
This is EXTREMELY important — not just from a spiritual (karmic) standpoint, personally,
but as on its effect on climate change, and animal abuse. The contribution of animal
husbandry to global greenhouse emissions is enormous. It may not rival fossil fuel burning, but
it is major. Methane from cows is 25 times as bad as CO2. The details are easy to find, like
at Vegsource.com.

R E P LY

RICH ARD CARRIER • N OVEMBER 30, 2012, 9 :23 AM

That’s off topic here. The modern science I already address elsewhere and as to the ancient
facts, I don’t know how you know John the B “was” a vegetarian (and citing a reincarnation
claimant for that is pseudoscientific baloney). Our only source on his diet says J the B ate
bugs and bug spit, and he killed cows to wear their skin as a belt (Mt. 3:4 and Mk. 1:6).
Otherwise only a late legendary source claims James was a vegetarian. The same source that
reports loads of patent nonsense. But granted, there were Christian vegetarians (Romans
14:1-2). Their reasons were not scientific, but superstitious.
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GWEN • N OVEMBER 24, 2012, 3:38 PM

I read this headline as ‘blogging SHOWdown’ and had to look!! At any rate, I think we are all grateful to the
Ohioans who stood in those long cold lines waiting to exercise their Constitutional rights, in spite of the
roadblocks thrown in by the Republican Government of the state. I think the shenanigans only riled up the
democratic determination.

R E P LY

JA MESH OR SLEY • N OVEMBER 28, 2012, 8:32 AM

Are you attending any events, gatherings, or such the like in southern England?

R E P LY

RICH ARD CARRIER • N OVEMBER 29 , 2012, 9 :06 AM

I just did the Oxford and London gigs announced ahead of my trip. I asked if people in
southern England wanted to meet up on the latter half of my trip, but I only got a couple of
maybes, and they were too far out of out way unfortunately.

R E P LY

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