This text appeared on FB so I hit translate: כי בחרתי בו, בכדי שהוא יכוון את ילדיו ובני ביתו אחריו לשמור את דרך יהוה על ידי עשייתו הנכונה והצודקת, כדי שיביא לאברהם את אשר הבטיח לו. ” So, w[...]
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SUNDAY REVELATIONS: When logic undermines belief
Major Threat to Religion? Clergy People Coming Out as Atheists by Greta Christina on AlterNet What happens when a clergy person — a minister, a priest, a rabbi, an imam — realizes he doesn’t believe in God? And what happens when he says it out loud? What happens when they fi[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Arguing With Blasphemers
Science denial is a problem like that faced by blasphemy. Doubting God, doubting his threeness, even doubting his frenemy the devil .. all these were very disruptive in a Christendom .dependent on common acceptance of reality. Einstein’s story is a more temperate one ,, at least if you remembe[...]
Radical Republicans
Senator Mark Kirk‘s statements denying climate change were not only confusing, but also historically and scientifically inaccurate. We were glad to se…e him come out and clarify his views on climate change today, but we want him to take the next step. It’s time for Senator Kirk to [...]
Proof Evolution is False
9 Scientific Facts Prove the “Theory of Evolution” is False – Life did not start with a bolt of lightning striking a pond of water as claimed by the main stream scientists. Kids are taught that life can evolve given enough time. This is a false statement without any scientif[...]
Jeb Bush, Running on the evolution ticket!
So Jeb Bush is running as the only person Republican who believes in evolution. “Yeah, but I don’t think it should actually be part of the curriculum, to be honest with you,” Bush said. “And people have different points of view and they can be discussed at school, but it does not need to [...]
Global Warming: The US Set for a Return of the Dustbowl .. and Worse!
NASA has published an article that global climate change is going to produce unimaginably bad, long lasting droughts. “Unprecedented drought conditions” — the worst in more than 1,000 years — are likely to come to the Southwest and Central Plains after 2050′ “[...]
The Founders Speak Against Blasphemy
Do we Need Modern Blasphemy Laws? Before the era of science, what we call the enlightenment, all kingdoms had blasphemy laws. These laws were deemed to be necessary to maintain order ..after all if everyone did not agree that Jesus was God and George was King by divine right, how could society be [...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Modern Blasphemy
Could there by a God? Yes. For a Jew who accepts Torah, then there is a God. because , as Maimonides taught, our Jewish beliefs come from revelation .. the Torah. But, Maimonides taught that given its age, human error, and parlous transmission,the Torah needs t be open to ongoing interpretation.[...]