Historically, there is probably a good case that that a Jewish baby boy, Yeshua bar Yusef, was born some time in the winter of 4 B.C. [1] He seems to have…
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“Long Live the Unity of the People of the World” Chinese poster, CA 1960s, by Qian Shengfa. Secular propaganda from an “officially” atheist country; but why do four smiling people…
I recall with much clarity when, as an eighth-grader being taught by the Sisters of St. Joseph, it was announced in class that the Jesuits were coming to town. The…
“Take your son, your only son – yes, Isaac, whom you love so much – and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on…
When it comes to religions I always try to be ecumenical—I have contempt for them all, though probably not equally. I find myself being more contemptuous of some, and a…
Many years ago I was wandering in the streets of Amsterdam—no I was not stoned on some hash that they sell right of the streets there. But I happened to…
The heavy-set Korean guy who crammed himself into the seat next to me on a commuter flight from San Diego to LAX had a ring on his pudgy finger that…
I haven’t attended Sunday mass in over four decades. Someday I will tally up what I learned by reading the Sunday papers or a book against the intellectually-wasteful hours…
Since the recent arrival and “bestseller” status of several books by Atheists (no doubt employed by the credulous as proof that the Antichrist has invaded the publishing business) there has…
The word could be translated as “the words of God,” or “the study of God.” Presumably this putative “body of knowledge” is like other –ologies. Except that there is…