Tuesday, March 24, 2015

"But fundamentalists and other Bible-believers treat these texts as a package, a set of perfect and complete revelations essentially dictated by God to the authors, which is why they all too often end up pitting themselves against ethical, compassionate treatment of children."...

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The Glaring, Brazen Hypocrisy at the Heart of American Right-Wing Christianity For a faith that professes to valu...

"When abuse is perpetrated in faith communities and is rationalized with scripture and distorted theology, most victims come to understand God as the ultimate abuser. "

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HEROES IN OUR MIDST The horrors of child abuse not only extinguishes the innocence of childhood, but so often defines survivors...
Monday, March 23, 2015

"I think that anyone who moves to establish a Palestinian state today, and evacuate areas, is giving radical Islam an area from which to attack the State of Israel. This is the true reality that has been created in past years. Those that ignore it are burying their heads in the sand. The left does this, buries its head in the sand, time and again."

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Almost immediately after Benjamin Netanyahu’s dramatic electoral victory, Barack Obama and his administration announced that they were...
Friday, March 20, 2015

“I think that anyone who is going to establish a Palestinian state today and evacuate lands is giving attack grounds to radical Islam against the state of Israel.”

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The Crisis Has Exploded Today, the president of the United States told the prime minister of Israel he was reassessing Am...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

"Labeling as religious ritual an act known to be killing and maiming infants cannot make it legal. Mohels and parents who subject 8-day-old infants to the life-threatening practice of MBP could be charged — under existing statutes — with negligent homicide or manslaughter if the baby dies."

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Metzitzah And The Safety Of New York’s Children Wed, 03/18/2015 Ben Hirsch Special To The Jewish Week...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Reading the oral law today forces Jews to reconcile repellent, outdated legal views with modern morals

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Talmudic Rabbis Debated the Cost of Rape—In Terms of the Woman’s Market Value Reading the oral law today forces Jews to reconcile repell...