About Aron Wall
I am a Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. Before that, I read Great Books at St. John's College (Santa Fe), got my physics Ph.D. from U Maryland, and did my postdocs at UC Santa Barbara, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Stanford. The views expressed on this blog are my own, and should not be attributed to any of these fine institutions.
6. How long was it between the time when the supposed supernatural events took place, and when they were first written down (in a document that has had copies of it preserved). Is it early enough to suggest the text … Continue reading →
People were getting an error message when they tried to read the previous post: Comparing Religions V: Historical Accounts I've fixed the issue now, so if you weren't able to read this post before, you can do so now! (Although … Continue reading →
In this installment of Comparing Religions, we will tackle two of my proposed questions in a single post, which has the nice side effect that it brings the post numbers and the question numbers into synch with each other. 4. … Continue reading →
Continuing my series on comparing the evidence for different religions... 3. Did the religious founder claim his message came from supernatural revelation, or is it only the reflections of some wise philosopher who didn't claim to have divine sanction for … Continue reading →
The next question on my list: 2. How does the religion relate to previous and subsequent religions? If a religious prophet claims to reveal the God who created the universe... well, since God must have existed before that guy came … Continue reading →