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Price - Since reading The Case Against the Case for Christ I have become enthralled with your work and read many of your other books. I value the great amount of research you have undertaken to provide your readers with informed viewpoints. Furthermore, I appreciate your respectful approach toward Christians and their beliefs in your writings and when being interviewed. Roger Hawke An Australian living in China Wow, this is a beautiful piece of writing of yours I just came across this morning: "... [O]ne cannot possess the beauty of a landscape. And one soon forgets the self, lost in wonder. Presented from possessing, the ego withers away for the moment, and the beauty shines unobstructed. Self no longer stands in its way, blocking the view" (The Reason-Driven Life, p. 141). My compliments! I trust it helps you to know that you have fans. The hundred-thousand year old relationship-management structures of my brain have accepted you as something of a virtual wise uncle after having listened to you hold forth for dozens of hours on fascinating topics and even answer a few direct questions. So, let’s continue to sit in the (virtual) den and chat while the rest of the family cleans up the thanksgiving mess and laughs about how young Theo soaks up all that arcane stuff from weird uncle Bob. Theophobius Wow! Your talk rocked the house. I have received a multitude of emails expressing uproarious approval with your talk. Your generosity with your time and your personality helped make this event a much greater success than any of us could have imagined. We would love to have you back for Skepticon III if you’d be willing. JH I love listening to you mop up the floor with your opponents in debates and I really enjoyed your part on The God Who Wasn’t There. I sure wish I had your command of biblical knowledge so I could put people in their place. I also listen to the Bible Geek episodes on the Infidel Guy over and over again. Keep up the good work. Curt Underwood Columbus, OH "Hi Bob, When I started to listen to your Point of Inquiry podcast, I must admit that I was inclined to turn it off. It is not an area that I normally pay much attention to. But I let it run for a minute or two, and alas, I was hooked. You did an amazing job and I could not stop listening. When I got to my parking space, I had to sit for 10 minutes to finish the show. Now I can’t wait for the next one. Great job. [?] Bob I love your work on Bible Mythology. I think what you are doing is meaningful; there are few critical scholars of your stature willing to speak their minds in the midst of the Sanhedrin! If it weren’t for people like you, many of us would still be squirming as worms before the high priests of piety, being led as zombies to the sacrificial altars of credulity. There are many here among us, and we are coming... with tough questions. Stephen Wright Just wanted to thank you for writing Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable is the Gospel Tradition?, The Reason-Driven Life: What Am I Here on Earth For? and Inerrant the Wind: The Evangelical Crisis of Biblical Authority. You have played a key role in my search for truth. Sazib Mahmud Bhuivan I am an extreme fan and student of your books and philosophy wherein Jesus Christ is concerned. Now I did have a disagreement in a paltalk chatroom with folks who do not know or believe such thing as a "Christian Atheist" can exist. They, as it where, are denying your existence and think such a stance is oxymoronic. I do not, though. Antoine Mason commented on Facebook wall post: I have really appreciated Dr. Price’s voice in all of these debates. I’m am an avid student of both Bart Ehrman and the Westar/Jesus Seminar crew, and have truly enjoyed the debates between the various camps, and have always appreciated Dr. Price’s willingness to go his own way, where the evidence leads him. He doesn’t seem to think he has to always line up behind one "side" or the other. Rex Burks I wonder if it will ever be possible to compile all of your writings and radio programs? I haven’t been keeping up since the early days when I tried to read whatever new article or book you were working on. You read so widely and have heard so many different interpretations and arguments and discovered so many interesting connections between things, it’s like your brain is constantly crunching info, rotating it in 3D, noticing parallels and analogies. I also see that a collection of your fiction has appeared. Brummbar" When I first heard about the Bible Geek from friends listening to Reggie Finley’s Infidel Guy, I winced inwardly and thought "Oh brother, another smug atheist debunking biblical inerrancy with tired quips about who Cain married and how we know what Jesus said when he was alone..." I could not have been more wrong. Thank you for making biblical study fun again - interesting and alive. Thank you for combining respect for the cultural impact and richness of scripture with unblinking, principled skepticism and integrity. Thank you for all you have taught me. George Heingartner Bob, as a reader, and someone who has had the pleasure of your company at one conference, I know you are a great teacher and a great writer who has done much for the betterment of mankind. Rodrigo Neely-Recuero I just wanted to thank you again for your work. Your books have been life changing for me. Thank you! David Scull Hearing an interview with Dr. Price back in like 2005 or 2006 was my first step out of the quasi-spiritual/theist life for me. Pradeep Satyaprakash I earned my BA in Philosophy from Westminster College in Salt Lake City at the age of 56. Had I but had your book The Reason Driven Life sooner! Your tabula rasa comments made me think that we are, as you said, a product of time, space and genetics. We do stand before the canvas of our lives adding and subtracting from the art of our lives accompanied by the music of the spheres. All of your books are a must for me. [?] I wanted to let you know how much I admire your line of thinking. I, too, am an atheist who studies religion. I have listened to a few of your debates and I’ve also seen you in The God Who Wasn’t There. Thank you for weighing in on theology and religious studies. [?] Do you do private consulting? I am developing a serious case of cognitive dissonance over what I am reading in the Bible as compared to my Christian faith and need to come to some sort of resolution before I go absolutely nuts. I understand you are not a mental health counselor, etc. But you have the kind of mental grace, wisdom, and respect for the religious impulse that I think would help me more than anything merely theological or psychological. Theophobius I am 100 pages into Inerrant the Wind and finding it to be one of the best books I’ve ever read! Certainly the best on the subject!! Highly recommended!!! [?] I just heard your Point of Inquiry talk on Pop Mysticism and found it interesting. I thought I’d drop a note thanking you for the interesting presentation, and particularly for the effort to get skeptics to realize there is a...