Tag Archives: Religion
Who Is a Jew?
This article reminds me of that Margaret Cho bit where someone approaches her and says: Are you Chinese or Korean? I can never tell you Asians apart! And Cho replies: Why would you need to tell us apart? Great Britain … Continue reading
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Principles and Popularity
Last night I had a great conversation with perhaps my favorite sheeb in the world about how religions operate, in a business sense. Evidently the Pope recently announced that the Catholic church would no longer recognize female bishops, and that … Continue reading
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Good Lord
The unparalleled awesomeness of the Letters to the WSJ Editor this weekend: Debating the Really Big Questions of the Universe The combination of Richard Dawkins and Karen Armstrong as presenters of two contrary views on the existence of God (“Man … Continue reading
Out of Curiosity
More plagiarizing, via The Dish: Stanley Fish writes about the religious tradition that condemns curiosity: [The curious] have no power of self-control because they have no allegiance — to a deity, to human flourishing, to community — that might serve as … Continue reading
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Voltaire on Capitalism and Religious Tolerance
My brain is tired from its exercise tonight of razor-sharp cutting through scarcely separated layers of religion and morality. Ahem. Voltaire, you knew just what I needed to hear: Take a view of the Royal Exchange in London, a place … Continue reading
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