What Easter Means to this Girl
Easter has many meaning to many people. Raised as a Jew, for me it’s about chocolate eggs, marshmallow chicks, and matzah. :P I do think of Passover around this time, but I never kept it. Even when I tried, someone would pull something else out of somewhere that I shouldn’t have been eating or drinking. Oy vey! Anyway, here’s that Easter comic....
Read MoreIn the Search for an Alternative to God, Humanist Rabbi Greg Epstein Offers Some Input
The subtitle “The Ordained Rabbi Leading Harvard’s Humanist Chaplaincy Says He Isn’t Out To Poach Souls for Atheism” did make me go WTF?! Poach souls? People will always make bizarre comparisons. That aside, Humanist Rabbi Greg Epstein has a realistic approach. “I don’t see us competing, because there’s so many options around here,” said Epstein, a dapper, charismatic, 34-year-old with a shaved head and stubble. “But I think this provides an option that is sorely...
Read MoreConference with Mikey Weinstein of Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Yesterday, I attended the Military Religious Freedom Foundation conference. It was graciously hosted by John Whiteside and featured Mikey Weinstein (above) from the MRFF. Simply stated, it was a great presentation. And guessed who showed up? Penn Jillette and his wife (not pictured). 96% of the MRFF members are of a Christian religion (including Catholicism). 4% is “other”. Other meaning Atheists, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, etc. Most of their members are Christian but are being...
Read MoreAs a woman, I have a soft spot for the non-Abrahamic religions.
Not that I don’t find them silly, but I don’t find them offensive. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam don’t regard women as equal to men. There are reform varieties that some will argue for, but let’s just go with what’s actually written in these books. Wicca (or Neo-Paganism), for instance, is empowering for women in a sense. I thought about Wicca many years ago but couldn’t get into it. Though, I’ve known many who could and did. The Abrahamic religions...
Read MoreThomas Jefferson; Half Fools, Half Hypocrites (poster)
Here’s one using one of the United States’ founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson. Buy and view this poster. Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effects of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. Thomas...
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