Dr. Richard Carrier

Dr. Richard Carrier is an American historian, author, and outspoken secular commentator whose work focuses on ancient history, philosophy, and the origins of Christianity. He is especially known for defending mythicist arguments about Jesus and for promoting Bayesian reasoning as a tool for historical analysis, which has made him a controversial and highly visible figure in debates about religion and historical method. In the online debate space, Carrier is known for dense, detail-heavy argumentation and a strongly naturalist, skeptical approach to biblical and religious claims.