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Get a stripped-down copy of this page. Baal Ancient pagan deity, sometimes sourced for the pagan Christ-myth idea; see here. Bacchus Greek god of wine, source of pagan copycat charges. Articles Did the figure of Dionysus (Bacchus) influence Christianity? Badawi, Jamal Muslim apologist. See responses here. [Off Site] Bahai See here. [Off Site] Another good source here and another recommended one here. Baigent, Michael Review of The Jesus Papers Review of Racing Towards Armageddon in December 2009 E-Block Balder Alleged pagan copycat Christ. See here. Bandoli.no Pagan copycat site with no new arguments. See parody on my other site, tektoonics.com. Baptism Articles Is baptism necessary for salvation? -- part of a broad article that also touches on the general faith-works relationship question. Links at the end explain how various other Bible-oriented/Christian groups misunderstand the doctrine. Can baptism be done only one way? -- not a hard stance, just food for thought to make up your own mind Infant baptism -- reader recommend Barabbas Is the account of Barabbas and the Passover custom realistic? -- also addresses some of the funnier ideas about this fellow, like his name meaning "son of the father"; part of a larger piece on the trial of Jesus Barker, Dan Ex-minister, author of Losing Faith in Faith. Articles Answers to alleged Bible contradictions from Barker's "anti-tract"A full-scale rebuttal to relevant portions of Losing Faith in Faith Review of Losing Faith in Faith by David Powell Barker's Bible Quiz -- if you have this in front of you, here's an answer key on the Ten Commandments on the Beatitudes Barker's Blunders -- response to, "Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?" by David Wood Freedom from Barker On Godless [Order November 2008 back issue] Bass, Diana Butler Review of People's History of Christianity in May-June 2009 E-Block. Bauer Hypothesis A foundational theory of wild diversity on early Christianity, now seen mutated into the "trajectories" paradigm. Articles Diverse Unification? Reply to James Still [Off Site] with relevant information; see also here Beddru of Japan One of a list of alleged "saviors" from Kersey Graves' work. See here. Bell, Rob Preacher of emergent persuasion. Comments on Velvet Elvis. Review of Love Wins. [Off Site, PDF] ben-Jochanan, Yosef Part of a coterie of revisionist historians whose ideas are based in race. Articles General Critique Books to Read Before Color Prejudice by Frank Snowden [Buy this book from Amazon.com] Blacks in Antiquity by Frank Snowden [Buy this book from Amazon.com] Black Athena Revisited by Mary Lefkowitz [Buy this book from Amazon.com] Not Out of Africa by Mary Lefkowitz [Buy this book from Amazon.com] ben Tziyyon, Mordochai Jewish anti-missionary. See analysis/comments here. ben Yehoshua, Hayyim Popular Christ-myther. See analysis/comments here. Bercot, David Well-intentioned but nevertheless error-prone Christian writer. Some comments here. Beggren, Jason Dialogue on his excellent book, 10 Things I Hate About Christianity. [Order January-February 2010 back issue] Berry, Robby Articles OT Historicity vs. Berry's 5-fold challenge [Off site] Response to "Fabulous Prophecies of the Messiah": Answers to Some Questions [Off site] Bevere, John Reviews of Under Cover in November and December 2009 E-Blocks with special concern for Bevere's belief that God speaks to him Beversluis, John Hub for 4-part critique of C. S. Lewis and the Search for Rational Religion on the Tekton Ticker blog Bible Codes For extensive material, see here. [Off Site] Books to Read Cracking The Bible Code by Jeffrey Satinover -- Buy this book from Amazon.com There is an interesting item about scientific foreknowledge in the Bible, by one of our readers, here. "Bible Wheel" Unqualifying apologetics mechanism. Comments here. Bidstrup, Scott Skeptic. Articles Answers to Bidstrup's list of alleged Bible errors Response to Bidstrup's critique of Strobel's Case for Christ Comments on Bidstrup's essay on Historical Origins Bonocore, Mark Catholic apologist; comments on Question for a Sola Scriptura believer. Book of Jashar Alleged lost book of the Bible. Articles The OT "Lost Books" -- part of a larger article on the OT canon. Book of the Wars of Jehovah Alleged "lost book" of the Bible. Articles The OT "Lost Books" -- part of a larger article on the OT canon. Borg, Marcus Jesus Seminar ally Marcus Borg offers a sanitized Jesus for the age. Articles The Case Against the god of Marcus Borg and the "Jesus Seminar" by Arthur Daniels, Jr. Borsheim, Ragnar See Bandoli.no above. Brain, Marshall Founder of site once called, "Why Does God Hate Amputees" and now retitled "Why Won't God Heal Amputees". Comments here and a parody on my other site, tektoonics.com. See also a reader blog here. Branham, William See here. [Off Site] Brown, Rebecca See here. [Off Site] Browne, Sylvia Exploring Sylvia Browne's Levels of Creation by Nick P. Bucaille, Maurice Muslim apologist. See responses here. [Off Site] Buckner, James Atheist with a list of questions. Answer key here. Buddha Articles Was Buddha a source for the life of Jesus? [Off Site] Our own articles on copycat claims here and here. Christian Apologetics Index resource page on Buddhism Bultmann, Rudolf Founder of modern form criticism of the Bible. Articles General critique Burgon, John W. Prominent critic of textual-critical methods from the late 1800s, often used by Majority Text advocates. Some comments here. Burke, Tony On Heresy Hunting in the Modern Age [Order November 2008 back issue] Bushby, Tony Author of The Bible Fraud. Comments here. Butz, Jeffrey Review of The Brother of Jesus Buzzard, Anthony Review of The Doctrine of the Trinity: Christianity's Self-Inflicted Wound Robert Hommel on Buzzard and John 1:1