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It may seem at first counterintuitive, but being a member of the Jewish clergy can be a most diverse and exciting career. The star of a Jewish clergy member can chart many courses, only some of which land him or her on the bima (worship platform). Jackie Mason interspersed [...]
Browsing Posts in Religion
BlackLight’s physics-defying promise: Cheap power from water – Jul. 2, 2008.
“For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.”
— G. K. Chesterton
It would seem that the same is true regarding our worship of fossil fuels. As fuel prices skyrocket there has been a run on alternative energy ideas. [...]
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You go to a ‘learning about the faith weekend’ or some such event expecting to be enlightened. Up to the podium steps a bearded Rabbi whose face speaks of wisdom and learning. Eagerly you wait for the inspiration you’ve been waiting for to believe. Out of those lips flow an argument which is akin to [...]
Walter Kirn on The Colbert Report (Canadian Link): http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-colbert-report/full-episodes/#clip174780
Walter Kirn on The Colbert Report (USA Link): http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/228190/may-19-2009/walter-kirn
Review of:
“Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever”
By: Walter Kirn (Doubleday)
Reviewed By: Martin C. Winer
June 28, 2009
When I picked up “Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever” by Walter Kirn (Doubleday), I expected a semi-dry [...]
Many discuss, argue and berate the contents of the big three religious texts: the Quran, The Old Testament and The New Testament. Discussions have been going on for millenia about what is contained therein. I’ve been more interested, indeed dismayed, by what is missing. These books are held to be the writ word of God [...]
