The religious conservative criticize same-sex marriage, saying it violates the biblical definition of marriage. They are wrong, and here’s why.
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Bible
Imagine if Barack Obama took a copy of the Bible and cut out his favorite passages with scissors, glued them onto paper and said, “there, that’s a better version.”
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Men are the central characters in most Bible stories. But for one author, it’s all about the ladies.
An interview with Eva Etzioni-Halevy.
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His column “Blogging the Bible” on Slate.com was the precursor to his new book about his Bible reading adventure called Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible. “Every single word of the Bible” doesn’t include the New Testament of course. As a Jew, he is exempt.
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“A person should drink on Purim until the point where they can’t tell the difference between ‘Blessed is Mordechai’ and ‘Cursed is Haman.’”
No, this quote isn’t instruction for a Jewish frat-party game, it’s taken directly from Talmud.
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David Plotz, Slate.com editor and author of the brilliant “Blogging the Bible”, has a new book out called “Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible.”
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Those who don’t want to bogged down with a thick, leather-bound tome with microscopic print have plenty of other options. Here are 10 such niche alternatives to the thing we call the Bible.
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The first in a 4 part series, here we will examine some of the major prophets of religion, and the romantic relationships that may or may not have shaped the evolution of their respective faith.
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I posted a short personal essay the other day, explaining my belief that evolution and belief in a creator are not mutually exclusive. I was very impressed at the debate that ensued in the comments. It was relatively free of personal attacks, name calling, and general stupidity. These were very intelligent, informed, thoughtful and somewhat long-winded comments
You can read all 4500 words of comments here, but I’m sure you have better things to do. Therefore I have edited the comments down to about 2500 words for you reading pleasure.
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Darwin has long been a champion to Atheists. Why can’t he be a champion to believers as well?
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“Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,” said Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount in Matthew. The Jewish Talmud, in Shabbat 31a, says, “What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man.” Muslim Prophet Muhammad said, “That which you want for yourself, seek for mankind.” Siddartha Gautama (Buddha) [...]
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