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March 2011

March 23, 2011

Twin Religious Fanatics Of Different Mothers

Lately I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the relationship between conservative...

January 2011

January 12, 2011

Sam Harris vs. Rabbi David Wolpe

Yesterday I listened to a debate between Sam Harris and Rabbi David Wolpe. It’s not...

January 02, 2011

Senior Rabbis’ Wives: Stay Away From Non-Jews

While American Jews were busy with our assimilationist practice of celebrating the new year, some...

December 2010

December 31, 2010

Biblical Rape Laws Explained

While checking out some new sites, I discovered a blog called I Love Charts. There’s...

December 29, 2010

Torah And Deception In The Land Of Israel

Yesterday’s New York Times had a piece about the problem of voluntary Haredi unemployment in...

December 27, 2010

Bishop: A Choice Between Life Of Woman Or Fetus? Both Should Die

Thomas J. Olmsted is the bishop of Phoenix. Today he stripped that town’s oldest Catholic...

December 16, 2010

Are Monotheist Faiths Inherently Violent?

Undercover Kofer, a blogger whom I greatly admire and would love to meet some day,...

December 16, 2010

Sadness And Fear For Sudanese Deported From Israel

I can still remember how proud I was as a kid when Israel took in...

December 12, 2010

The Many Deceptions Of Aish Ha-Torah

I have yet to write about a Jewish organization that, as diplomats say, I hold...

November 2010

November 26, 2010

“Does The Universe Have A Purpose?”

I watched Rabbi David Wolpe debate Christopher Hitchens a while back and even though Hitchens...

November 17, 2010

Today’s Bible Lesson: Kill More People

When people speak about “biblical values,” they are usually doing so for one of two...

November 16, 2010

More Thoughts On Being Good Without God

Not too long ago I wrote about the American Humanist Association’s new ad campaign promoting...

November 14, 2010

Straight Pride

In the wake of the bullying that led to the spate of teen suicides, many...

November 07, 2010

Pope Preaches More Immorality

Pope Ratzi’s in Spain where two hundred gays and lesbians greeted his arrival with a...

November 02, 2010

Mocking Teen Suicide Victims

So another Halloween has come and gone and with it the perennial “Hell Houses” that...

November 01, 2010

Authority Un-Challenged

On his recent trip to England, Pope Ratzi gave a speech in which he tried...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

New Books!

There are two books that I’m now starting and so excited to review. The first...

October 24, 2010

Religion Is Hurting Gay Youth

In the wake of the spate of suicides of young gay people, The Public Religion...

October 21, 2010

Anglican Clergy Need Protection From Women Bishops

When I’m attacked for saying that religion is a terrible source of morality, I just...

October 21, 2010

Sam Harris: Religion Is A Terrible Source For Morality

Sam Harris is everywhere these days promoting his new book,The Moral Landscape. He was interviewed...

October 18, 2010

Morality, Apes, And Religion

Frans de Waal is a primatologist who has written about the moral instincts in our...

October 17, 2010

“Maybe It’s A Mitzva” For Gay Kids To Kill Themselves

Here is a horrifying story of Orthodox homophobia as told in the New York Jewish...

October 14, 2010

Harris Vs. Oppenheimer

Much like the post I wrote about Rabbi Yoffie, the debate between Sam Harris and...

October 14, 2010

Online Debate Fun!

In case you’ve missed it, Sam Harris and Mark Oppenheimer are engaged in an online moderated...

October 13, 2010

The Futility Of Biblical Morality

With the rash of gay teen suicides, there have been many nice religious people writing...

October 11, 2010

Maybe They Would Be Happy With More Dead Gay Teens

If you’re not in the mood for anger, then you probably shouldn’t read this. The...

October 06, 2010

Update On Jersey Jewish Paper’s Same-Sex Announcement

UPDATE: Jewish Daily Report is reporting that the pressure placed on the New Jersey Jewish...

October 06, 2010

Orthodox Homophobia Causes Pain – But For Whom?

When the New Jersey Jewish Standard ran a same-sex wedding announcement, its editors were unprepared...

October 05, 2010

Sam Harris’ New Book Challenges Religion As A Source Of Morality

Marilynne Robinson has written a somewhat critical review of Sam Harris’ new book, The Moral...

September 2010

September 30, 2010

Catholic Homophobia Is Immoral

I don’t know why I keep reading the religion page of HuffPo. Maybe because I’m...