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Tacitus
Roman historian who mentions Jesus.
Talmud
Broad term referring to a variety of ancient Jewish commentaries on religious matters.
Tammuz
Ancient Sumerian deity, sometimes alleged to have been an influence on Christianty. For a response, see here.
Taylor, Larry
He's not a Bible scholar, he's a software engineer! Still, he wins my award for "Most Improved Skeptic."

Taylor, Robert
19th century critic of Christianity, all-around poor researcher. See comments here.
Templeton, Charles
Now-deceased, former associate of Billy Graham who turned apostate.

Textual Criticism
The artistic science of ascertaining the original text of the Bible -- or any ancient document, for that matter.

Thallus
Historian who mentions Jesus.
Thasmus.org
Skeptical site with a "How to be a Bible Apologist" item we parodize on tektoonics.com.
Theios Aner
For relevant commemnts see this article. [Off Site]
Thiering, Barbara
The Dead Sea Scrolls seem to attract odd people -- she's one of them

Thomas, Gospel of
Alleged "lost book" of the Bible favored by the Jesus Seminar

Thorn, Anton
Answers to questions for Christians.
Till, John Farrell
If you're looking for down and dirty tactics and showmanship, Till is your man. He hasn't an ounce of scholarly credit, but the minute he opens a Bible or any other book, he's an expert. Here's a year-by-year rebuttal to The Skeptical Review.

Tithing
We have a little study on that subject.
Tobin, Paul
Author of Skeptical website Rejection of Pascal's Wager. This is one of the largest Skeptical websites I have been ignoring and for very good reason. I find nothing new within my subject purview to addres from Tobin's materials. His sourcework is dismal, often making use of a bare minimum of sources (despite a lengthy bibliography of mixed quality, which does not reflect use of all those listed), many of them badly out of date. He fails to interact with serious Christian scholarship, apparently thinking Josh McDowell is at our apex. I consider Tobin not worthy of the time needed for any further reply than what we have already posted that addresses exactly the same subjects.
Todd, Nancy
Uppity member of a popular Errantist list. Addressing the "take a staff or not" allegation
Toledeth Yeshu
Fantasy life of Jesus composed in the 5th-8th century. Promulgated by the likes of Revilo P. Oliver, who the article linked below is mainly about, but we discuss the "virtues" of the Toledeth Yeshu as well.

Tongues
Tongues and the Mystery Religions of Corinth [Off Site]
Total Depravity
The T in TULIP. I agree with this petal.

Townsley, Jeramy
Professing Evangelical promulgator of the idea that homosexuality is OK. See here for comments on the question, "Was David gay?" by his reckoning (equivocal).
Treaty of Tripoli
So, what about that Article 11? See here.
"T. Rex"
Skeptic with a fondness for Internet research. Comments here.
Trial of Jesus
Trilemma
The "Lord, Liar or Lunatic" argument defended.
Trinity
Trubee, Brooks
Skeptical specialist in the "argument by outrage" and "argument by bigoted anachronism." I've put all our stuff on him over on the new tektoonics.com site.
Truthbearer.org
Website advocating Christian polygamy. See here.
Trypho
Work of Justin Martyr offering his dialogue with a skeptical Jew.
Tulbure, Solomon
Thinks that reading books in his high school library constituted serious study of the Bible.
TULIP
In this corner: John Calvin. In the other corner: Jacob Arminius. Who takes the battle? Neither one of 'em. See my summary here but don't even think of writing a response based on the summary alone. ;-)

Turner, Paige
Medical doctor/apostate who had the nerve to write a book of less than 60 pages and title it, How to Prove that Christianity is Not True. See Landing on the Wrong Paige.
Tvedtnes, John
Mormon apologist associated with FARMS. A bit of a stand-up comedian, I'm told -- though I don't think he realizes that written comedy is a different art form.

Typology
An essential concept for grasping Biblical prophecy. This item from the Christian ThinkTank is an excellent primer. See also our item here.
Tyre
City with some prophetic import.
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