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Jesus And Mo And Rabbi Yoffie

Last updated on: February 25, 2011 at 5:56 pm   by Jeffrey L. Falick

Jesus And Mo And Rabbi Yoffie 2011-02-25T17:56:00-05:00 Jeffrey L. Falick

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In my response to Eric Yoffie’s HuffPost piece, which was just chock-full of silliness, I actually left out two of his more absurd statements:

We know that what we believe about God may be wrong, but we prefer the possibility of false belief to no belief at all.

And then there was his conclusion:

But start somewhere. The search for God is frustrating and difficult, and it is never done. But with God, our lives have meaning and purpose; without God, we are reduced to being no more than a tiny speck in a vast universe.

I’m not the only one who took on his column.  Check out today’s edition of “Jesus and Mo,” with a guest appearance by the other Mo, Moses, spoofing the good rabbi:

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