Category Archives: The god problem

Is this the god problem or something else?

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Police officers in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, broke up an exorcism for lumber held inside a Home Depot. This is one of those so-many-questions item. But one thing is certain: if you still shop in Home Depot … Continue reading →

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The god problem for women: “The rabbi said it was OK”

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Naomi

That’s how the New York Times headed its article about an Hasidic woman with ten kids who decided she wanted to be a physician. So she asked her rabbi (male) if she could, and he said OK. The article intends … Continue reading →

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How not to sell god

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Naomi

There is so much wrong with fundamentalist religious sectors. And what we’re now seeing out of conservative Catholicism is wrong…but from a fundamentalist point of view. How else to describe the perverse disincentives the Catholic Church is demonstrating by their … Continue reading →

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