The Jewish Atheist

The Jewish Atheist http://thejewishatheist.com A resource, meeting place and forum for those who want to live humanistic lives without God Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:11:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Diluting” one’s Jewishness: Max Feinberg’s Nazi eugenics http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=269 Dedicated to George Carlin I: The deconstruction of bullshit http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=268 On Christie Brinkley’s husband’s porno habit http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=266 July 4: Heartbreaking holiday for lovers of liberty http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=265 In Memoriam, George Carlin: beyond “fun” linguistics http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=264 I confess to having seen “Sex and the City” (R). http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=263 In Memoriam, Tim Russert: an opinion from outside the Beltway http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=262 The single most STUPID drug war atrocity (to date) http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=261 $5/gallon gas — can we PLEASE stop burning it for our own amusement? http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=253 D-Day, 2008 http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=84 Obama nominated; orgy of self-congratulation ensues in Affirmative Action Nation http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=260 On forgiveness, rats, and Scott McClellan http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=258 Memorial Day: not for MY freedom http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=79 Libertarianism 101: Time’s running out, America! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=257 Secular Humanistic Judaism Classic, V: The soul, the self, and why some whites can’t “bring themselves” to vote for Obama http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=256 Secular Humanistic Judaism Classic, IV: Spirituality — Real, Fake, and Humanistic http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=255 Humanistic Judaism Classic, III: God and gods http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=254 Secular Humanistic Judaism Classic, II: A scientific perspective on the ancient texts http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=63 Humanistic Judaism Classic, Part I: The case against theistic religion http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=37 New Hope for America: another libertarian in the race http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=252 On the stupidity of crowds it is not the stupidity of crowds that should guide our lives and our governments, but the wisdom of the individual, the freedom of the individual, the dignity of the individual. ]]> http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=251 What are you going to do with your crumbs? http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=250 Beginning of a dialogue with a believer http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=235 Tom and Jerry: A Secular Humanist view of Black religious demagogues http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=249 The single most hideous drug war death EVER http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=246 Farewell to Humanistic Judaism (as practiced) http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=248 On privacy and fascism http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=247 Important Passover concept: dayenu dayenu today or during this Passover, thus making your life easier and bringing yourself closer to nirvana? ]]> http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=245 Farewell to “John Adams” – but not to the promise of liberty http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=244 Earth Day, 2008: Congratulations, Danica!/Destroying the planet for our own amusement http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=243 Farewell to Ratzo: The difference between Catholics and Klingons http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=242 A truly Humanistic Passover Seder: Final draft http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=224 Ghostwriting for Ratzo: World’s leading fantasy merchant visits USA http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=241 Letter to Felix the accountant http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=239 Why politicians are NOT funny http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=238 Why do middle-aged men kill themselves? http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=237 Mixed reviews for Reverend Foley’s life so far: Good works, evil war, and God-babble (rev.) http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=231 There’s a special place in hell for Douglas Feith http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=236 Losing Paris and Albania (revised) http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=93 In memoriam, Martin Luther King, Jr.: 40 years later, Blacks still enslaved http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=200 McCain’s 100 years in Iraq versus “reintroducing America” http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=234 Bless America? Damn America? What’s God got to do with it? en masse ever face this truth? If brave civil rights workers had not stood up to the fire hoses in Selma, Alabama…Jesus or Mary would not have done it for them. Martin Luther King put himself in the line of fire, but Jesus didn’t take the bullet for him. ]]> http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=233 Watching “John Adams”: it was about LIBERTY! The Road to Serfdom). Thus we have government confiscating 1/6 of our national wealth for farm subsidies, price supports, corporate welfare, Social Security, all manner of government preferences, grants, and handouts, a $40 billion-a-year war against drug use (inflicting grievous harm on America and other nations without limit), and two actual shooting wars, with the potential of skyrocketing taxes and deficits. Foreigners own huge portions of our debt, and we continue to run up the tab. ]]> http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=232 Reply to Anthony Stanford: Religion loses another; welcome, Anthony! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=230 Happy Easter, bloody Easter http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=60 Contribution to Blogswarm against Theocracy: Religion, politics, and the Vortex of Evil http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=229 Happy anniversary to an American tragedy http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=228 Obama in Philly: Speechwriter’s analysis of an “instant classic” http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=227 Why are there prostitutes? http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=226 Heretical remark on “diversity” orthodoxy triggers high-tech lynching http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=225 Extreme makeover: notes on a truly Humanistic Passover http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=223 A Secular Humanist’s Axis of Evil http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=222 Secular humanist religion: daily practice (newly revised) http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=31 On religion, drugs, and the question of whether Moses was stoned http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=221 Oprah and Eckhart launch an O-gasm of BS The God Delusion her book of choice. If their faith is so strong, let it grapple with Dawkins’s mighty doubt. ]]> http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=220 Naps and Face-Time: bosses must wake up to the realities of humane management http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=219 Learning to listen to – and love – political BS http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=218 Another nail in the coffin of Creationism http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=217 Flip-through review of “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose,” by Ekhart Tolle http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=212 It’s official: Obama is definitely a BS artist, maybe a plagiarist http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=216 “Invasion”: Rooting for the aliens http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=215 Zionism 101: Basic Realities for Protestants http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=214 Darwin Day/How much respect do religious believers deserve? http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=213 The Missin’ Ron Paul Blues; what real change looks like http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=211 Evolution vs. Genesis — no contest http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=210 Idiocracy II: the sequel http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=209 Blogswarm Day of Shame invitation and reply: Colin Powell – Ultimate team player sells out his country http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=208 The many names of God, part two: same old, same old http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=207 The existential message of “Groundhog Day” http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=206 Political semantics: Liberal, Conservative, “change,” and other betrayals http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=205 Going to war over P; life lessons from Saddam Hussein http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=204 Mr. Huckabee, tear down that flag! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=203 The many names of God, part one: anticipation, revulsion, and prediction http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=202 Good Jews, bad manners http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=201 Vain sacrifice: John McCain and the glory of war http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=199 The next 9/11 http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=198 Hillary’s veil of tears http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=197 Paul withdrawal http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=196 Benazir Bhutto is dead. ENOUGH! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=195 Bounteous opium crop could be great news – but not today http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=194 Suggested New Year’s resolution: Live YOUR life http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=192 New Year Manifesto: The essential Jewish Atheist http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=146 On Benazir Bhutto, Will Smith, and good and evil http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=191 The real miracle of Christmas http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=190 Got ink! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=189 Happy Eid! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=188 An infinity of synapses: Music, God, and the brain http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=187 Humanistic fellowship, Festivus, and the rest of us http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=186 Pulse of liberty grows faint in so-called free country http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=185 Idiocracy 2: the sequel http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=184 Hanukkah Rededication: Self-acceptance http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=183 Latest from Willard/Mitt: “Freedom requires religion, just as religion requires freedom.” http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=182 Happy Hanukkah – sort of http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=181 Praisin’ Jesus: gospel music, religious mesmerism, and mind control http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=180 Roger and me http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=179 Intelligent design: House of fog, foundation of sand The real question is not “Which version is true?” but ”Why do they cling to their fantasies?” ]]> http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=178 In defense of crazy ideas http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=177 The babbling species: Homo loquens and Homo sapiens http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=152 Letter to the Trib: On religion in the media http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=176 An atheist’s definition of God - and why people still believe the reality created by the mind can be perceived by the mind as identical to reality produced from outside, i.e., from the sense organs. Classic examples include hallucinations, psychoses, phantom limb pain -- in fact, many psychosomatic illnesses, including chronic pain that seems to have no physiological basis. ]]> http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=7 A Thanksgiving challenge to religious believers: just go cold turkey! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=12 Muslim fanaticism and barbarism: a result of inbreeding? jihadis who will plague us until the end of human history? ]]> http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=175 Mired in folly: religion, politics and the war in Iraq http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=174 The Ron Paul candidacy: time for Americans to put up or shut up http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=173 Blog supplement to “This Week in God” ®: Praying for rain http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=172 Believing in something http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=42 Losing Iran and Pakistan http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=171 Lord Cheney http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=169 Veterans’ Day, 2007 – Not for MY freedom http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=167 Religion fails to save young men, with violent results http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=166 Smiley face of “diversity” hides discrimination and mind control. http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=165 Gangsters and real criminals http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=164 “Rendition” – a great old word acquires a sinister new connotation (and other political abuses of language) http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=161 On the Colbert candidacy (3): Keep laughing, America! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=160 On the Colbert candidacy (2): Keep laughing, America! Parade Magazine, detailing his triumphs over adversity. I didn’t read it. Then he’s on Larry King, coyly avoiding the question of whether he will run. He’s all over the place. There is nothing wrong with entertainment, but when Colbert exercises this kind of cultural influence, there’s an obligation that comes along with it. I don’t know what that would be. It’s his life, after all, and people like him and Oprah have to decide how to use their enormous power. ]]> http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=159 RELIGIO-fascism Awareness Week (Month, Year) http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=158 Obama panders to African-American churchgoers, stirs evil brew of religious and political fantasies http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=157 Torah police issue two citations against rabbinical shenanigans http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=156 Please, no more debates about God’s existence! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=150 Spiritual practice: self-acceptance http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=155 On the Colbert candidacy: Keep laughing, America! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=153 In memoriam/post-Ramadan message for Muslims http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=138 Politicians play word games while Americans die http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=154 Mormon Dreams: The dangers of delusional politicians http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=151 Secular Humanist meets all kinds of Jews: Relative religious encounters http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=149 On workiness http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=148 End marijuana prohibition NOW http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=114 Being in the office: Inhumane, infantilizing face-time ethic lives on – and on http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=147 Self-acceptance: dayenu http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=145 The man who would be Führer http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=144 Quotes from a Year of Silence http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=143 Zionism 101: Brief tutorial for the President of Iran http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=85 Capitalist Fables: Horatio Alger lives on! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=142 YOM KIPPUR: THE CHALLENGE TO HUMANISTS http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=141 More religious stunts: The blather about the binding of Isaac story http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=140 Yom Kippur atonement I: sins of others http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=139 Happy New Year! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=137 Humanism, life, death, religion, and comfort http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=136 Sept. 11, 2007 blogswarm: No war with Iran! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=135 Reply to Osama: No, YOU convert! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=134 “The Process of Awakening”: secular humanism censored yet again http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=133 Agnosticism: hypocrisy, cowardice… or just pussyfootin’ around? http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=132 Labor Day, 2007 http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=131 Let’s get spiritual! The many meanings of “spirituality” http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=15 In the interest of interfaith brotherhood http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=130 Separating the belief from the believer; more on God and government http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=129 Humanism’s Warriors http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=128 Rabbi Wine and Reverend Graham http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=127 Desperately seeking reality: second-lifers pursue third lives online http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=125 Why is Mitt Romney still a candidate for President? http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=126 A humanist’s guide to behavior at religious services: first thoughts http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=124 One-sided dialog with a believer, part 2 http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=123 What humanists believe in http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=94 Pointless? http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=122 Caligula’s boast, bad bosses, and Secular Humanism in the workplace http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=121 PDB Blogswarm contribution: anniversary of the infamous Presidential Daily Briefing http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=120 Life before death http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=119 One-sided dialog with a believer, part 1 http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=118 Giving up God http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=117 Mormon Dreams: the dangers of a delusional politician http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=77 Dayenu/carrying on http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=116 Letter to the Chicago Tribune: Where’s Sherwin? http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=115 For Sherwin: believing in something http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=113 In memoriam: Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=112 Religion really DOES poison everything http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=111 A one-sided dialogue with religious believers, Part I http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=110 Being Jewish http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=43 Withdrawal from folly: religion, politics and the war in Iraq http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=109 Ratzo shoots himself in the foot on “salvation,” badly needs PR counsel (or does he?) http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=108 Evangelical Humanism©: change in the real world http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=107 Restoring the Latin Mass — a humanist view http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=106 Muslim and Christian fundamentalists: a dangerous new alliance http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=105 Michael Moore and Me, part 2: Sicko http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=104 Support for Michael and Ashley: Blood, Margaritas, and the Great American Disconnect http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=103 Michael Moore and Me, part 1: GM and Flint http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=102 Religious people who lack religion http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=99 Blog Against Theocracy: What America means to me http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=95 Tag-erific Memery http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=97 Life and death: a humanist view http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=92 The cult of one billion: is it too late to stop them? http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=91 Evangelical secular humanism©: getting the words right http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=90 A new movement: Positive Humanists International (PHI)© http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=89 Where have you gone, Doug and Nancy? The alarming phenomenon of adult-onset Orthodoxy http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=51 The most dangerous cult in the world http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=87 Rush to folly: cultic thinking and the war in Iraq http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=88 Evolution vs. creationism - losing ground to ignorance http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=10 Blood, Margaritas, and the Great American Disconnect http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=86 Goodbye, Cindy — and thanks for caring about America http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=75 Why we fight http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=83 Blog supplement #2 to “This Week in God”® http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=82 Backsliding http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=81 “Secretly longing for Christ:” a peek into the Pope’s delusional mind http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=80 Reply to Newt: WHAT “discrimination against religious believers”?? http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=78 Falwell: Good bye and good riddance http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=76 A secular-humanist definition of “the soul” (revised) http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=57 “God is not Great”: Not Another Angry Atheist Book! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=69 In the name of God: Muslim bullies and the evolution of consciousness http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=74 Thoughts on the Obama-rama: just another politician http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=73 Election season: let the God-babble begin! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=72 Happy 10 Commandments Day! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=71 Pot for peace: Israeli-Arab “joint venture” is the best idea yet! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=70 The Quran: the courage to speak the truth http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=68 Religious news: Some get it, some don’t http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=67 Evil and insanity — man’s and God’s http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=66 God and government http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=65 The face of fanaticism – and my Muslim brother http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=64 Atheists, anger, and the moral high ground http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=62 Blog against Theocracy: Contribution to April 7-9 blogswarm http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=61 Religion as a virus http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=59 Happy Passover, everyone! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=58 The meaning of life http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=56 The blog so far http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=32 Jews in the news http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=55 Pope John XXIII: A life sainted — or wasted? http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=54 New York Times: It’s okay to believe in God — we just can’t help it http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=53 Shedding of the burden of God (newly revised) http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=39 Bloviating about “spirituality” http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=52 Religious literacy for secular humanists http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=50 This just in: New York Times says God exists http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=49 Concluding comments on “The God Delusion”: worth reading! http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=48 A second look at Richard Dawkins http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=47 Blog supplement to “This Week in God”® http://thejewishatheist.com/?p=46