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September 2011

September 30, 2011

Who You Gonna Believe? Science Or Your Lyin’ Eyes?

First of all, L’shana Tova! Happy 5772! Which by no means should be taken to...

September 22, 2011

Ho Ho No

I accidentally ran into this strange advertisement from the Israeli Department of Immigration and Absorption. ...

September 22, 2011

And Ignoramuses Give Birth To Ignoramuses

Here’s a picture from a protest set up in Manhattan yesterday (from FailedMessiah.com). Typical of...

September 22, 2011

Another Haredi Love Note For The State Of Israel

Here’s a great example of the two-faced nature of many Israeli Haredim. In addition to...

September 20, 2011

Unemployed? It’s All Part Of God’s Plan For You

Another survey about religiosity in America has been released by Baylor University, a Baptist institution...

September 19, 2011

Haredim Fight Modesty…You Read That Correctly

Over the past few years there is a weirder than usual phenomenon that’s been developing...

September 19, 2011

Pat Robertson Doesn’t Want Any Guilt Trips

Everyone knows that Pat Robertson is a paragon of biblical righteousness. This, after all, is...

September 15, 2011

Blame It On The Rain

Given the state of the economy and job market, we should perhaps begin to ready...

September 15, 2011

Warning! This Religion Will Require A God Upgrade!

Here’s a book review I’ve been working on. The post is a little longer than...

September 13, 2011

No God? Expect Rampant Pedophilia!

During one recent Republican debate, audience members (whom I assume are not chosen off the...

September 12, 2011

Shmuley Boteach Doesn’t Understand Evolution

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is an aggressively self-promoting rabbi to the stars. Now he’s coming out...

September 12, 2011

Belated Farewell To The Jerry Lewis Telethon

When I was a little kid I held a Labor Day neighborhood carnival for the Muscular...

September 12, 2011

Thank You, Toronto!

So I took a month off and now I’m back to the blogging. It’s a...

July 2011

July 25, 2011

Thank You God For Sunoco

One of the sillier expressions of religious “piety” is the grand old American tradition of...

July 12, 2011

Disappointing Israeli Legislation

Yesterday the Israeli Knesset passed a law to shut people up. By a vote of...

July 11, 2011

Polygamy ≠ Same-Sex Marriage

The anti-gay crowd often cites the opinion that if gay marriage is legalized then polygamy...

July 10, 2011

Laudable Statement By A Republican Presidential Candidate

I’ve consumed quite a few kilobytes railing against the theocrats in the Republican Party. It...

July 08, 2011

Hitchens Comments On The Gaza Flotilla

Christopher Hitchens has an outstanding piece on Slate.com about the slowly gathering “Free Gaza Flotilla.”...

July 08, 2011

Marcus Bachmann, The Man To Whom Michele Is Submissive

Michele Bachmann, fundamentalist Christian candidate for the GOP, is aided in her run by her...

July 05, 2011

Rabbi Lior’s Arrest Is The Price Of Entangling Religion & State

For those of you who haven’t been following the latest religious follies in Israel, I...

July 01, 2011

Computer Confirms Bible’s Multiple Authors

There is a fascinating story on Haaretz.com about new computer software that has been developed...

July 01, 2011

Conservative Judaism Reacts To Gay Marriage

Now that New York has made gay marriage legal, it is instructive to judge the...

July 01, 2011

Today Is Canada Day

Happy Canada Day! I have always felt an affinity for Canada. I’ve enjoyed some wonderful...

June 2011

June 26, 2011

This Really Makes My Head Spin All The Way Around

Last week 700 people showed up at a San Angelo, Texas seminar on exorcism sponsored...

June 26, 2011

The Buses Can Run When They Have Made Havdala

Once again the forces of religious coercion in Israel are flexing their ever burgeoning muscles. ...

June 21, 2011

Welcome To The “Make Up Your Own God Game!”

Before I just declared myself an out and out atheist (having no god) and agnostic...

June 20, 2011

Wake Up! It’s Tefillin Time!

Say what you will about my critiques (sounds better than “attacks”) on the Haredim, even...

June 17, 2011

Circumcision: Not A San Francisco Treat

You may have heard that San Francisco is considering a ban on male circumcision. My...

June 16, 2011

Michelle Bachmann’s Radical Theocratic Politics

Over at The Daily Beast, Michelle Goldberg has an excellent expose about Michelle Bachmann. It...

June 16, 2011

And They’re Off! The Race To Bait American Muslims

The only thing more pathetic than listening to the Republican candidates try to top each...

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