Toto

Price is who he is. He doesn't seem embarrassed. People should be able to discuss his theories without GDon cluttering the thread with a post on Acharya S that adds nothing to the discussion.

GakuseiDon

It's not just embarrassing to Price, I guess.

Toto, what on earth??? The topic had already moved on to Price's views of other authors. Didn't you see the actual quote I was responding to? It was this (I've highlighted what my response was related to):

I will be reporting your action.

Here are some comments from the first page of that thread:

From the OP:

"I'd rather he spent that time addressing the mainstream, which would at least give the impression that he knows what more reasonable people are saying (I'm sure that he does, but he leaves himself open to this criticism).

Does anybody feel similarly about Price's work?"

From posts following that:

But it's patently untrue to say that Price thinks his positions are mere speculation. He's fully convinced of a number of things, insofar as he thinks we can be certain of anything in ancient history...

But his enthusiasm is infectious. He gleefully romps through all kinds of kooky apocryphal material and sees it all as helping to illuminate the early centuries of our era...

The fact the Price cites Earl Doherty and Stephan Huller favourably strikes me as proof of his basic honesty and curiosity.

Toto, you are getting worse, I'm sorry to say. I can't see how Price's views on Acharya S are not as pertinent as other posts in that same thread. Can you explain why?

Toto

What is your point, GDon? Why bring up this stale old news yet again? Can you actually show the relevance? If you can, I'll put the posts back in the thread.

But I don't think so.

GakuseiDon

Toto, I think you are the best moderator I've come across, from your involvement in the threads, bringing up previous links, etc. But on the topic of mythicism, you are lost all objectivity.

I've reported your action in the Private Feedback forum and explained my reasons there, and will leave it up to them.

EarlDoherty

Oh, knock it off, Don and get off your high horse. Reporting Toto for splitting off a new thread in your endless quest to dump on Acharya? If Toto needs a witness to the fact that you are always repeating yourself and ignoring what is said in rebuttal, I'm available!

There are a few others here who also parrot themselves continually. I'd like to see you all split off into E.

Earl Doherty

jgoodguy

I agree and should be universally applied.

EarlDoherty

I disagree. Where traditional scholarship and its traditional motivations are concerned, I think we have a tremendous amount of data.

Earl Doherty

jgoodguy

What tremendous amount of data is that?

ApostateAbe

I recently received permission to post my speculations about Price, so I will give you my suspicion about the reason why Price very hastily rewrote his review of Acharya S from insultingly negative to positive (with negative points dressed up in flattering language)--he was playing politics. Acharya S is a much more powerful and popular author than Robert M. Price had anticipated, and a war with Acharya S and her legion of devoted fans in the atheist community would be disastrous for the reputation of Price and his own standing in the atheist community. Acharya S and her fans do not hold back when they play rough with words. This is only speculation, mind you. Price has never explained himself.

GakuseiDon

The Infidel Guy interviewed both Acharya S and Dr Robert Price together in 2006, just after they resolved their differences. The one hour podcast can be downloaded here:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/infidelguy...arya_price.mp3

Acharya S briefly alludes to the interview and writes here:

No, I do not believe that we are so much at odds as the past has suggested. I for one have never thought we were at odds. In fact, as it turns out, there is little doubt in my mind that our perspectives and knowledge are highly complementary.