I Am Not BIPOC or LGBTQIA2S+ . . . or Judeo-Christian
2022-03-07 – This weekend I read a defense of the acronym BIPOC. This term is not new, but I was surprised by the usage, so I looked it up. It […]
Tag Archives: Religion
If You Want to Proselytize Me, First Try to Understand Me
2021-12-27 – I do not understand proselytizing. But I do understand persuasion. I have been the target of two distinct efforts at proselytizing recently. Neither of them has been persuasive. […]
For the Sin of Hard-Heartedness
2020-09-18 – Tonight begins the Days of Awe: the 10 days from Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) through Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). It is a time during which we […]
Is QAnon Repackaged Antisemitism?
2020-08-14 – Like many people, I my understanding of the right-wing nut-job conspiracy movement called QAnon has been limited. But you’ve probably heard some of their fanatical rants without the […]
#Pocalypso | When Antico Became a Terrorist Group
2020-07-09 – You’ve probably heard of Antifa. According to Trump, Antifa is a terrorist group—even though it isn’t a group. But you can’t be too careful. And maybe it is […]
#Pocalypso | Anti-Darwinism and Herd Immunity? What?
2020-05-12 – I had to shake my head when I realized that some of the people who are saying that herd immunity will “save” us are the same people who […]
#Pocalypso | A Strange Package in the Mail
2020-05-05 – Got a strange package in the mail yesterday: a book called The Case for Christ and a package of toilet paper. It was a surprise, because it was […]
#Pocalypso | The Good Rabbi and the Bad Rabbi
2020-04-28 – I had two rabbis back when I was in the yeshiva. One was a gaon, a genius at parsing the words of the Talmud and inspiring because of […]
#Pocalypso | Today is TGIF – Yesterday Was TGIT
2020-04-24 – Thank God It’s Friday! And yesterday was Thank God It’s Thursday. This is not some apocalyptic realization that we owe some deity thanks for every day. This is […]
#Pocalypso | March Winds Bring April Winds?
2020-04-13 – OMG is it windy this morning? I was hoping to go on a bike ride today that was more on a normal route. I knew it was forecast […]
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