What is “FARS?”[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: False AlTernative Reality Syndrome (FARS)… Palestinian Version.
SUNDAY REVELATION: Founding Fathers: What Would Patrick Henry Have Thought About Seattle?
A general toleration of Religion appears to me the best means of peopling our country… The free exercise of religion hath stocked the Northern part of the continent with inhabitants; and altho’ Europe hath in great measure adopted a more moderate policy, yet the profession of Protestantism is ex[...]
Today is Shabat, but it is also Ashura
Two things not to do: Do not wish a Jew “Happpy Yom Kippur” or wish a Muslim “Happy Ashura.” In a Christian country, YomKippur seems like a unique holiday .. a day of atonement with no comparable “American” holiday. The conflation of holidays here is bizarre.�[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The three properties of the Christian God are contradictory UNLESS,,,
The three properties of the Christian God are contradictory unless one imagines humans can not tell good from evil: OMNIPOTENT … can do anything OMNISCIENT … knows all OMNIBENIFICENT … always does good Of course these make sense as long as we, humans, can not determine God[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Jesus’ thumb found .. Pope declares it is a holy relic!
A miracle has occurred! Last year Rio’s iconic Christ statue lost its right thumb tip to a lightning strike. Father Joseph of the Archdiocese of Rio, the church responsible for managing the statue, said then that repairs could be made using a stock of the same stone originally used to [...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: So .. what did Adam and Eve Look Like?
Insights from DNA studies of Khoe-San … a discussion on this South African blog talks about the genetic complexity of the Ksan, the “hottentots” who were almost extinguished by the Dutch settlers of South Africa. Today we know from modern genetics that that the Khoe-San are the m[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The meaning of Easter when Radicals Disrupt Christian Religous Service
Topless German Tries to Ruin Mass Thinking about the radical meanings of Christianity …. a deity who sacrificed Himself by crucifixion, perhaps it is understandable when others use Hid ass as a platform for their own radical opinions. Of course, the conservative commentator, [...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: YAB
Yet Another Bible: one more version of the Christian Bible As a non-Christian, I am overwhelmed by the number of versions of the Christian Bible. There is the “original” in Aramaic, Greek, Latin, Coptic, New English and Shakespearean English. Then there are the VATs … versions [...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The AVE Challenge with a PRIZE!
So, I got this email last shabat. I assume it came to me because these folks have figgered out that I am a Jew! Not just a Jew but a person who wants PEACE! So, here is your challenge, can you figure out what religion these guys are selling and what it meanbs they think […][...]
HAPPY HANUKKAH: HISTORY OF THE GOD JESUS
Hmmmm … no Jewish deities in that list? Why is the list so important at Hanukkah time? After 2000 years of forced conversion, burning our books, and burning us at the stake …. Christians want to tell us he was a Jew and is OUR messiah? The worst of this is when we celebrate Hanukkah a[...]