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Wee Little Book

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Jul 21, 2008 in News | 0 comments

I’ve always heard how our Founding Fathers were of a more deist persuasion rather than being a “real” Christian. Apparently, Jefferson went as far as to snip out the good parts and make his own “wee little book”, consisting of only 46 pages, that he entitled “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth”. Making good on a promise to a friend to summarize his views on Christianity, Thomas Jefferson set to work with scissors, snipping out every miracle and...

Morality Sale! All Religions Must Go!

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Aug 3, 2007 in Rants | 2 comments

Many strong theists who criticize atheism believe we all want to do away with god and religion. Religion, BIG YES. God, eh. I feel that the idea of god does not do near the harm that religion does. Religion is the problem; god is not. Agnostic theists (or deists) don’t bomb abortion clinics or innocent children on buses. (When I use the phrase “agnostic theist”, I am referring to god-believers or those who just don’t know but refuse to prescribe to any religion. Or...