The Rise of Secular Judaism Is Becoming More Apparent
Lately, there has been talk of secular studies coming into view at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. Sociologist Phil Zuckerman will head the new secular studies department. While it’s coming into view more lately, it’s nothing new. Nearly 50 years ago, Time magazine, in a report about Jewish opposition to “religious practices” in public schools, described a rise in Jewish secularism that disturbed some leaders of the American Jewish community. Jewish support for a...
Read MoreWhen I die…
When I die, I don’t want to be buried; it’s just a waste of space. I’d rather it be a playground for children or research facility. When I die, I will become one with the Earth. Dirt and star stuff. When I die, it won’t be any different to me than before I was born. I’ll be no more. I don’t want anyone to visit a lonely grave site with soon-to-be-dying flowers. I want to be visited in memories. Death always looms. We must accept this to appreciate every...
Read MoreAdvice Fundie on the Jews
I always had issues with the phrase “the chosen people”. It wreaks of bigotry to me, stating that we are better for no other reason than we are us. I understand where this comes from but I cannot embrace it, by any means. I don’t think any group is better than any other group by the mere description of what they are. That stated, theists who are certain everyone who doesn’t believe in their version of religion will go to hell (a place they “know” exists) can...
Read MoreAtheistic Judaism is more popular than it seems
It’s weird. A very strange concept. I was raised with the notion that being Jewish doesn’t mean you take the idea of god literally. My dad was basically an atheist but wouldn’t admit it. He was also an apologist and didn’t understand why I was an “atheist”. He once said something along the lines of “Being Jewish has nothing to do with belief in God or meeting grandma in Heaven when you die.” He wouldn’t discuss religion with me much further....
Read MoreAyaan Hirsi Ali, No Cognitive Dissonance (Wallpaper)
One more wallpaper I created: The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. it is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more. Ayaan Hirsi Ali I already have a few more others on...
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