Orthodox Jews Shun Other Jews for Reporting Child Abuse
Some Orthodox Jews have been shunning others for reporting Jewish child molesters. This is one of those gut-curdling stories. From The New York Times: The first shock came when Mordechai Jungreis learned that his mentally disabled teenage son was being molested in a Jewish ritual bathhouse in Brooklyn. The second came after Mr. Jungreis complained, and the man accused of the abuse was arrested. Old friends started walking stonily past him and his family on the streets of Williamsburg. Their...
Read MoreCarl Sagan, Exquisite World (Wallpaper)
Using the same quote from a previous Carl Sagan image, I made this wallpaper. Also 2880 x 1800 pixels. The world is so exquisite, with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better, it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look Death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides. Carl Sagan SHARE...
Read MoreCarl Sagan, Exquisite World
I also made this one. The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides. Carl Sagan EDIT: I made a wallpaper with this quote. SHARE...
Read MoreSome say that believing in a god has an evolutionary benefit. I disagree.
I read this article yesterday at NPR regarding the evolutionary advantages of belief in a god(s) and the supernatural. While I understand the argument, I do not agree. Jesse Bering’s mother died of cancer on a Sunday, in her own bed, at 9 o’clock at night. Bering and his siblings closed her door and went downstairs, hoping they might somehow get some sleep. It was a long, hard night, but around 7 a.m., something happened: The wind chimes outside his mother’s window started to...
Read MorePalestinian family evicted from their home of 70 years by Israeli settlers
Peace in this region seems to be but a myth. Israeli settlers took over a Palestinian home in the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City today, evicting about 45 members of an extended family which has occupied the building for more than 70 years. The settlers claimed to have documentation to prove they had purchased the building from the owners. The Palestinian tenants, who have been fighting attempts to evict them for many years, were challenging the takeover in court. … According...
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