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November 2015

November 10, 2015

Greta Christina’s “More Atheists Who Aren’t Dawkins or Harris: Jeffrey L. Falick”

Sorry there haven't been new posts here for a few weeks. Here's a short one...actually...

May 2015

May 27, 2015

A God That Could Be Real but Isn’t

I just started reading Jerry Coyne’s new book, Faith vs. Fact and I’m finding it...

December 2013

December 10, 2013

Atheist Jew? Apparently This Is Not A Thing You Can Be

Rabbi Eric Yoffie’s derision of secular Jews and Judaism is receiving a boost from a...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

The Outcast Of Beauregard Parish

When a rabbi decides that she or he is a nontheist there is a warm,...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

The New York Times Asks: Is Atheism A Religion?

In the New York Times’ latest installment of “Room for Debate,” writers discuss the question,...

June 2012

June 01, 2012

Reform Judaism Leads To Atheism

Mark Zuckerberg’s supposed break with Judaism has inspired a chest-beating column by Rabbi Dana Evan...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

Meet Professor Boghossian

Courtesy of a friend and the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (and I...

April 2012

April 16, 2012

Does Judaism Need God? Do Jews?

New York’s “The Jewish Week” has an article about Jews and God that presents a...

March 2012

March 27, 2012

It’s Lurie Versus Falick!

While Jerry Coyne has been “crossing swords” with Rabbi Alan Lurie on his site, the...

March 23, 2012

Lurie, Einstein And Me

I certainly did not expect to hear from Alan Lurie about my recent post, “Lurie...

March 23, 2012

De Botton’s Religion For Atheists – A Review

Most humanists and other non-theists share a world view in most respects. Overblown as it...

March 19, 2012

Lurie Redux…Now With Einsteinian Proofs!

I have twice addressed Rabbi Alan Lurie’s HuffPost articles and their assertions about God. You...

February 2012

February 22, 2012

Visit Coin Laundry – Even If You Already Own A Washing Machine

Coin Laundry is a new blog that I have recommended in the past. One of...

January 2012

January 17, 2012

Tuesday Link-A-Palooza

It’s Tuesday, the most disrespected day of the week. Too far from the weekend and...

January 16, 2012

Why “Atheist Rabbi”?

In the wake of the attack on my blog, I thought it might be a...

January 14, 2012

My Open Letter To Jacob Stein, “The Jewish Philosopher”

SCREEN SHOT FROM JACOB STEIN'S CALL FOR EXECUTION OF GAYS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A few days ago...

January 13, 2012

Reasonable Religion

Am I anti-religious? Many atheists are proudly so. They see all religion as dangerous and...

January 08, 2012

Israel’s Great Secular Hope

There is breaking news from Israel that I have been awaiting for a very, very...

December 2011

December 22, 2011

Hitchens, Wolpe And The Dear Leader

I miss Christopher Hitchens. Rabbi David Wolpe, in his really lousy book, Why Faith Matters,...

November 2011

November 10, 2011

Some Thoughts About Islam (And The Israeli-Arab Conflict)

These days, it seems that most critiques of the Islamic world come from American and...

October 2011

October 20, 2011

The Clergy Project

For a few months now I have been a member of an online group called...

October 06, 2011

Indoctrination Is Not Thinking For Yourself

Over at Religion Dispatches, Paul Wallace has taken notice of Richard Dawkins’ idea for a...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Blessed Art Thou, Mr. Deity

I am a long-time fan of the Mr. Deity YouTube series. If you aren’t familiar...

September 13, 2011

No God? Expect Rampant Pedophilia!

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

May 2011

May 26, 2011

What’s Gnu?

A while back I made my first and only contribution to Urban Dictionary with my...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

Aish Rabbi’s “Odd Relationship” With Atheism

The last time that Aish Rabbi Adam Jacobs wrote about atheism, a subject about which...

March 14, 2011

Angry, Angry Atheists

I don’t care if it is on HuffPost, I’m not going to ignore the latest...

March 10, 2011

The Afterlife

There’s a new religion debate online featuring Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Rabbi David Wolpe and...

March 07, 2011

Aish Rabbi Is Both Wrong And A Liar

Now I know why Rabbi Adam Jacobs was too busy to answer my e-mail. He...

March 04, 2011

Miami Herald Columnist Responds To My Post

Confirming my suspicion that he is a true gentleman, Leonard Pitts actually responded to my...