Tag Archives: Judaism
Why not Islam?
Scrolling through my Facebook feed I came across an argument that at its heart, was about the burden of proof. A Christian argued that the Bible was the proof for his beliefs, which is nothing new obviously. It occurred to me though, in that moment, that if the revealed Word of God as contained in […]
Christianity as Reality or Philosophy
Not all conversations are worth having. While sharing our thoughts is basically the only way we have of connecting with each other, most of the encounters in our daily lives are banal and trivial, the exchange forgotten moments after conclusion. There are many weighty matters worthy of a robust discussion available to us, but one […]
Making it up as you go Along
Dedicated readers will know that my primary objective when I write on the topic of religion is to argue, hopefully persuasively, that the underlying premise is untrue. I understand that people like the sense of belonging to a community, that the idea of a continued life of some kind after our physical death has some […]
Unwittingly deistic
I know so many people who are atheists but don’t know it, and are shocked to even hear it suggested. A theist, which is the opposite of an atheist, is a very specific breed of believer. A theist believes in a specific God, a kind of personal God that they can know, and who can […]
Why Ben Affleck (and others) are wrong.
In a recent appearance on Bill Maher’s HBO show, with guests Sam Harris and Ben Affleck among others, Affleck became visibly agitated when discussing Maher’s very vocal and public criticism of Islam. The issue is that Affleck, like many others, suffers from an affliction in which people’s religions are given automatic respect, as if it […]
The Religious Killing Fields
I would like to request that all those who continue to spout the meaningless platitudes that religions cause no harm, or that the faithful should be left unchallenged as they are free to believe as they choose, immediately remove their heads from their posteriors. The current and ongoing slaughter of human beings in the cradle […]
Biblical Bigotry
The Chick-Fil-A hullabaloo is just the latest public display of human bigotry. Our seeming inability to accept each other as we are, but instead to demean, to segregate and to diminish each other, once again has a public face. It isn’t surprising to me that yet again, the bigots use the Bible to hide behind, […]
What the Hanukkah?
Christmas gets all the press in the United States, perhaps understandably so since Christians are the predominant religious affiliation for Americans, and it has also developed a decidedly secular feel over the years, what with Santa Claus and office Christmas parties and so forth. Judaism is a minority religion in the US and let’s face […]
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