The following is a list of all material written in English on this blog, sorted by year and in reverse chronological order. The list is small for now, but I’m confident it’ll grow with time. It goes without saying that in exclusively English articles your comments should only be in English (in mixed language articles, feel free to express yourselves in either language).
2017 | ||
41 ● | 26.10.2017 | Blasphemy charges against “The Hour of the Devil” |
A new attempt at censorship using the archaic greek blasphemy laws by the Ultra-Orthodox and the far-right Golden Dawn party. This time the play of Fernando Pessoa “The Hour of the Devil” was targeted for protest and lawsuit. | ||
40 ● | 18.09.2017 | The World was created in 5508 B.C. |
A comprehensive diagram showing how the age of the Earth and the Universe can be calculated using only biblical sources. | ||
39 ● | 24.02.2017 | Atheist Census: Final Tally |
My final attempt to comb through the results of the Atheist Census for Europe, after 4 full years of it being active. | ||
2016 | ||
38 ● | 26.05.2016 | Golden Dawn attempts to shut down Mythicism Conference |
An unsuccessful (and frankly ridiculous) attempt by the Golden Dawn far right party to shut down the first panhellenic mythicist conference. | ||
37 ● | 27.04.2016 | Faneros Deipnos 2016: Storm in a teacup |
When a modest internal event of the Greek Atheist Union about breaking the Easter Fast goes viral on religious circles and incites religious moral indignation. | ||
2015 | ||
36 ● | 31.08.2015 | Religion in the Greek School Life |
An in-depth analysis of the role of Orthodox Christianity in the modern Greek School System; which also goes to show why the school system is in urgent need of secularization. | ||
35 ● | 31.08.2015 | Atheist Union of Greece meets with the Minister of Education |
The historic first break of the Atheist Union of Greece into the world of politics; dubious results though. | ||
34 ● | 13.04.2015 | Easter Monday Comic Strips |
A couple of comic strips to spice up the day after Orthodox Easter 2015 (with the briefest of commentaries on greek easter customs). | ||
33 ● | 03.02.2015 | The Greeks, Orthodoxy and the Hellenic State: A historical overview |
A historical overview of the complex interaction between the Greek National Identity, the Orthodox Church and the Greek State, written for the benefit of foreigners who want a deeper look in this intriguing historical relationship. | ||
32 ● | 27.01.2015 | Post-election thoughts from Greece |
A few thoughts on the new Prime Minister of Greece and the agenda of SYRIZA for a more secular Greece, given what we’ve already seen and know from this formerly marginally influential party (hint: I ain’t holding my breath). | ||
31 ● | 01.01.2015 | The Family Tree of Christianity (REDUX) |
A new take on my old project, attempting to catalog the history of the various christian denominations. Finally complete and ready for online viewing or printing. Enjoy! | ||
2014 | ||
30 ● | 08.09.2014 | Crowd-Sourcing: The Family Tree of Christianity (redux) |
A new take on my old project, attempting to catalog the history of the various christian denominations. Can you offer any assistance? | ||
29 ● | 16.01.2014 | Atheist Census Europe: A year in results |
The profile that emerges for Europe in the data of the Atheist Census for the first year of its run. | ||
28 ● | 16.01.2014 | Atheist Census Europe: Infographic |
The infographic that accompanies the statistical analysis of the Atheist Census for Europe | ||
27 ● | 16.01.2014 | Elder Pastitsios: 10-month prison term |
Elder Pastitsios gets a 10-month prison term and the hellenic justice system is revealed in all its glory as a bastion of human rights. | ||
26 ● | 07.01.2014 | On Religious Ambiguity (by Arkas) |
Humourous views on religious matters by the Greek comic strip creator “Arkas”. | ||
2013 | ||
25 ● | 11.11.2013 | The Hellenic Supreme Court is quite an eyebrow raiser |
The Hellenic Supreme Court should really make an effort to get its tail out of the sphere of religious influence. A case for your consideration and one good enough to have you pulling your hair out for days on end. | ||
24 ● | 05.11.2013 | T’is a miracle! Greek Orthodox style #3 |
Bogus and exposed miracles from our Greek Orthodox side of the fence. The third installment: How having chicken for dinner made the Archbishop of Cyprus lose faith in miraculous relics. | ||
23 ● | 24.06.2013 | Squeezing the Jesus of the Gospels into History |
An attempt to pinpoint the timeline of the life of Jesus as it appears in the Gospel accounts, in the light of modern historical knowledge. | ||
22 ● | 14.06.2013 | The Codex Sinaiticus Online |
Online Bible study resource containing the text of the oldest Bible in existence; with translations, transcriptions and high fidelity manuscript scans. | ||
21 ● | 09.06.2013 | The Vonitsa excommunication lifted after 5 centuries |
What happens when a bunch of villagers are excommunicated for violating monastic entitlement and then the church forgets all about the incident for 500 years. Hilarity ensues. | ||
20 ● | 19.04.2013 | Greek artist acquitted of blasphemy charges |
Another case of blasphemy charges brought against a Greek artist, due to the antiquated contents of the Greek Penal Code. Dionysis Kavalieratos was accused of blasphemy for sketches he exhibited in a private venue. | ||
19 ● | 14.03.2013 | Atheist Census: Preliminary European Results |
A first look at the data collected by the Atheist Census in its first 3-month-run. | ||
2012 | ||
18 ● | 12.10.2012 | Aorati Melani: “I am here to stay” |
Aorati Melani’s experience on October 11th during the protests against the “Corpus Christi” play (mirrored post) | ||
17 ● | 12.10.2012 | “Corpus Christi” – Censorship attempts escalate |
“Corpus Christi” targeted again by religious fundementalists complemented by ultranationalists. Protest turns violent. | ||
16 ● | 05.10.2012 | “Corpus Christi” targeted yet again |
The latest chapter in the rekindling of religious censorship in Greece: A christian mob tries to shut down the “Corpus Christi” play, after last June’s arrests for blasphemy. | ||
15 ● | 25.09.2012 | Free Elder Pastitsios! |
This is what happens when the police is more than happy to oblige fundamentalist cries for censorship: 27-year-old arrested in accordance to antiquated blasphemy laws in Greece. | ||
14 ● | 27.07.2012 | T’is a miracle! Greek Orthodox style #2 |
Bogus and exposed miracles from our Greek Orthodox side of the fence. The second installment: Christian magazine and websites swallow up an account of a miracle made up by a Facebook prankster. | ||
13 ● | 10.06.2012 | Arrests over “Corpus Christi” |
Yesterday afternoon, three actors that took part in the “Corpus Christi” play, which opened in Athens last week, were arrested with the charge of blasphemy, though they were released the very same day. It is unknown who filed the charge. | ||
12 ● | 23.01.2012 | Pascal’s Wager (the whole thing) |
Given the fact that there have been plenty of analyses of the Wager in general, I’ll focus mainly on Pascal’s text itself. Though I do mention the traditional objections at the end, you can easily find more detailed analyses in that respect on the web. | ||
11 ● | 15.01.2012 | NEW PAGES: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha |
This post introduces a new series of articles on the Biblical Apocrypha and Psedepigrapha. The table of contents can be found here and the reasons I decided to write about them can be read in the post. | ||
10 ● | 15.01.2012 | Biblical Apocrypha: The life of Adam and Eve |
“The life of Adam and Eve” is a series of books written in various languages about the first couple of humans in Christian Mythology. By reading the texts it becomes readily apparent why they were never canonized, as their theology diverges significantly from the mainstream (even that of the first centuries) but there are several details that pop out as being part of Christian Mythology, even though they appear nowhere in the Bible. | ||
2011 | ||
9 ● | 15.07.2011 | On the mistranslation of the Holy Light prayer |
This article is an additional resource for the article “The ‘Holy Light’ of Jerusalem debunked”. I did a little research and here I present the prayer in its entirety (and not just the juicy parts) as it appears on the website of the Jerusalem Patriarchate in Greek and translated by them in English along with my own translation in English. | ||
8 ● | 10.07.2011 | A 91-year-old woman on death |
The 91-year-old Marìa Panagoùlia speaks her mind on the subject of death and the afterlife. It’s really impressive and, to be honest, quite moving. It takes guts and lots of clarity of spirit to say things like that at the age of 91. | ||
7 ● | 29.06.2011 | Half atheist, half theist |
A nice video clip I stole from TooManyTribbles. I present it because it is directly related to the essay “Ghost in the Machine” by Ebonmuse and specifically the subsection about “Callosal Disconnection”. | ||
6 ● | 25.06.2011 | On the entanglement of Church and State in Greece |
An article written by ass.prof. Victor Roudometof of the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Cyprus. The article, entitled “Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the Uses of the Past in Contemporary Greece”, was published in the “Religions” Journal (2011, vol.2) on May 11th, 2011. | ||
5 ● | 02.04.2011 | T’is a miracle! Greek Orthodox style |
Bogus and exposed miracles from our Greek Orthodox side of the fence. The first installment: St. Fanourios bleeds sour cherry juice. | ||
4 ● | 16.01.2011 | The Family Tree of Christianity |
This article is now obsolete. Find the new version here. |
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2010 | ||
3 ● | 05.11.2010 | Divine Creation (reductio ad absurdum) |
Before I admitted even to myself that I was an atheist, while I was still struggling with my faith, I was always troubled by the very first chapter of the Bible; God creating the World. Does this even make sense? Why would a God want to create a material World? | ||
2 ● | 19.10.2010 | The “Holy Light” of Jerusalem debunked |
What really happens every Good Saturday in Jerusalem cannot be the object of rigourous scientific study under current circumstances. That which can be approached critically is the phenomenon’s theological foundation and its (little known to the faithful) history. | ||
1 ● | 18.10.2010 | Paul’s “Unknown God” |
This testimony of Paul is quite famous. It has been used time and time again as proof of the presence of the Logos before the birth of Jesus and as proof of a prophetic anticipation of the ancient Greeks for the One and True God; the judeochristian Yahweh. But things aren’t quite as the apologists claim. |
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