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 MoreThe meshing of historical fact and religious myth
They do it on purpose. Religious teachers, they purposely mash up historical fact with religious stories, so you stick them together. I was never a true believer, but I did think this was part of history for some time. I accidentally confused actual history lessons with Sunday school lessons. There are many bits and nuggets of information that we take as truths because we are never informed they aren’t. I have a feeling that at least a large portion of religion teachers purposely meld...
Read MoreAll Jewish, all the time… Even if you’re an Atheist Jew
I came across this piece about 2,500 Jews spending the week between Christmas and the New Year sitting at a Limmud. Which isn’t all that exciting. Then, there’s this. Deborah Freeman describes herself as a “borderline atheist”. Are there also atheists who come to Limmud? I ask Adler and the others at the info desk. Sure, they respond and turn to the people standing in line. “Who is an atheist?” someone cheerfully call out. “I’m a borderline...
Read MoreMove Over Evolution, Texas Board of Education Has Other Enemies
Like what, you ask? History. Evolution smevolution. That’s just a piece; there’s a whole lot of recent history the Texas Board of Education would like to remove and alter. If any question remains about the religious and political motivations of certain members of the Texas Board of Education, one need only read the words of their social studies curriculum experts. Rev. Peter Marshall, for example, one of their appointed academic experts, wants to restore America, according to the...
Read MoreQuestioning the Tax Exemption Status of Liberty University
Liberty vs. democracy. Political columnist Jeff Schapiro says though they called their university Liberty, the Falwells didn’t allow much democracy. See the video here. SHARE MORE
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