2009 March | The Jewmanist

Good god

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Mar 31, 2009 in Essays | 1 comment

The Council for Secular Humanism is asking the same thing I’ve been asking for a couple years now. This is how I see it, plain and simple: I use the capital G when I am referring to the specific Abrahamic God as a person’s name. I use the lowercase g when I am referring to the notion of god. Not only was I raised Jewish, I also contemplated the possibilities of Wicca and Buddhism (at separate intervals) and then after some much needed conversation with my husband (then boyfriend),...

36 Random Beliefs

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Mar 30, 2009 in Images, Links | 1 comment

A Redditer asks thirty random strangers if they believe in god.. and the few lines that follow. See all of them. This is an interesting experiment (though it means nothing) because I have yet to meet two people who believe in the same god. No matter how much they may claim its the same, it never is. SHARE...

The James Randi Educational Foundation, Banned.

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Mar 30, 2009 in Rants, Videos | 0 comments

YouTube, you suck. Vimeo is much better anyway. James Randi is a hilarious skeptic, brimming with satire and class. Removing his videos must be the lowest blow. That said, I’m not surprised. Feel free to contact Goo Tube, if that’s your thing. H/t SHARE...

Brian the Atheist

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Mar 30, 2009 in Essays, Images, Rants, Reviews | 1 comment

Brian Griffin (Family Guy) came out some weeks ago without conflict. He met a hot, but über-skanky redhead who was also an atheist. They romantically shared the last copy of The God Delusion, then she slept around with all his neighbors. In all fairness he was trying to hold out because he erroneously thought it would make the relationship more special. One of those situations where a tiny bit of communication could have helped. And no one cared. In last night’s episode, Brian came...

Stupid Florida!

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Mar 27, 2009 in News, Rants | 0 comments

Florida is my good ol’ home state, but I’m from the south. Not as in “The South” because that’s the Northern half. Confused yet? Miami is like another country than, say for example, Jacksonville. Orlando is the point where things begin to turn, right after Disney World. Apparently, a bill has been quietly filed by State Sen. Steve Wise [R-Jacksonville] can potentially change the way school teachers in Florida introduce Charles Darwin’s theory of...