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December 2013

December 10, 2013

Cultural Jewish Conversion: A New Old Idea

Steven Cohen and Kerry Olitzky are two great advocates of Jewish inclusion. Now they have...

March 2012

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...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

How Could God Have Allowed The Holocaust And Other Meaningless Questions

Back in September I wrote a response to Rabbi Alan Lurie’s HuffPost blog about how...

January 16, 2012

Why “Atheist Rabbi”?

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

January 13, 2012

Richard Dawkins Interviews Humanistic Rabbi Tamara Kolton

Once again, thank you to all of you who sent me words of encouragement. I’m...

October 2011

October 20, 2011

The Clergy Project

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

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 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...

March 2011

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 04, 2011

Miami Herald Columnist Responds To My Post

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

March 03, 2011

Atheists As Fundamentalists: A False Equation

I’m a big fan of columnist Leonard Pitts. But when he’s wrong, he’s wrong. In...

February 2011

February 23, 2011

Reply To Aish Rabbi’s “Open Letter To The Atheist Community”

Between busy-ness at work, some ill health and time with family, I have not been...

February 16, 2011

Good Pointers For Advancing The Non-Theistic Message

I’m not the type to give tips to my fellow non-theists and secular humanists. We...

February 15, 2011

Not Quite Wrestling With God

Last night I participated in a program for a local Reform temple’s youth group called...

February 10, 2011

Post-Theistic Religion©

Another non-theistic reinterpretation of religion has been published by a fellow named Bo Bennett. According...

February 08, 2011

Church Of England Declares War On New Atheism

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has given his backing to a draft report calling upon...

February 03, 2011

What Should Replace Religion? Daniel Dennett Knows!

Daniel Dennett spoke at the Canadian Humanist Convention in Montreal on October 2, 2010 about...

January 2011

January 29, 2011

The Consequences Of Not Teaching Evolution

By way of Pharyngula, many people are learning this week about a new paper published...

January 20, 2011

An Atheist Minister And Atheist Rabbi Walk Into A…

When I worked at the University of Illinois (U-C) Hillel, I had a very nice...

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 10, 2011

Just How Angry Can One Be At A Literary Creation?

CNN reported last week about Case Western University research psychologist Julie Exline’s study about anger...

December 2010

December 29, 2010

A Non-Theistic Jewish Funeral

So I just conducted a funeral. God wasn’t invited and nobody even noticed. I’ve only...

December 20, 2010

New Gallup Poll On Creationism…An Opportunity For Non-Theists

A new Gallup poll is out about Americans’ views on evolution. I could spin this...

December 18, 2010

Good Without God? Shut Your Pie Hole!

What is so horrifying to Christians about the simple message that “Millions of people are...

December 15, 2010

For South Floridians Interested In The Coalition Of Reason

If you live in the Greater Miami area and are interested in starting a branch...

December 09, 2010

Imagine

It was on this day thirty years ago that we awoke to the reality that...

December 04, 2010

This Season Celebrate Reason

Signs are going up around the country urging people to come out of the atheist...

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

Sean Faircloth, Secular Coalition For America

Last week I had the privilege of meeting and hearing Sean Faircloth, executive director of...