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Tag Archives: atheism
An Israeli novelist gets a legal writ of divorce between Jewish ethnicity and religion, others wish to follow in those footsteps
Yoram Kaniuk, a prominent Israeli novelist, is now officially a Jew of no religion. This historic case has inspired hundreds of other Israelis to get divorced from the Jewish religion. Israel is 15-37% atheist, so this comes as no surprise. The less religious people are in the middle east, the greater the chances are for [...]
Jewish atheists are good without god
More and more atheist Jews seem to be atheists who still join in some traditions. From reform to observant Jews, the concept of god is sometimes superfluous. For an atheist, Maxim Schrogin talks about God a lot. Over lunch at a Jewish deli, he ponders the impulse to believe — does it come from within [...]
Twilight of Violence: An Interview with Steven Pinker by Sam Harris
Sam Harris has a great interview with Steven Pinker on his latest book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Harris sits down with Pinker for a discussion about the history of violence. Sam Harris asks, “Need I remind you that the ‘atheist regimes’ of the 20th century killed tens of millions [...]
Gnostic/Agnostic ↔ Theist/Atheist Graph
There have been other versions around but I made this one. Initially, I made it to go with an Examiner piece. From gnostic to agnostic, theist to atheist; there are many positions having to do with belief or possible knowledge of a belief. Gnostic and agnostic have to do with knowledge, while theist and atheist [...]
The Jewmanist Is Under Construction But Check Out My New Examiner Column
The Jewmanist is currently under construction. It appears we no longer have potential threat yet, now, a lot of changes need to be made. Please check out my new column at The Examiner: Las Vegas Atheism. I plan on writing more frequently than here. I will continue this blog but it will remain more of [...]
Is Rick Perry Trying to tell Us Something by Using the Scarlet Letter A?
Rick Perry released a new presidential ad today. Something surely stands out! See if you can spot it in the screen captures below. I know what it is! It’s the “A”, a prominent symbol for atheism. I put it next to a white one to compare to the images from the ad. It looks like it was [...]
