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My Take
I find Carrier one of the more bracing voices in contemporary skepticism. A Berkeley-trained historian who built his name arguing the Christ myth theory, he refuses to treat sacred subjects as off-limits, insisting instead on the same evidentiary scrutiny we'd apply to any ancient figure. What I respect is not the conclusion but the method: a stubborn willingness to read the primary sources and keep asking whether the consensus actually holds. He's a divisive figure, and reasonable people push back hard, but I'll always have time for someone who treats inquiry as a discipline rather than a destination. That intellectual restlessness is genuinely rare.
Overview
Richard Cevantis Carrier (born December 1, 1969) is an American historian, author, and Christ myth theorist. A longtime contributor to skeptical outlets including The Secular Web and Freethought Blogs, Carrier writes about philosophy and religion in classical antiquity, examining the development of early Christianity from a skeptical perspective and addressing modern debates about religion and morality.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Richard Carrier
- Name (Japanese)
- リチャード・キャリアー
- Reading
- りちゃーど・きゃりあー
- Born
- December 1, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rooster
- Origin
- Ontario, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- historian / philosopher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of California, Berkeley
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.