by Carl Howard | Jan 31, 2011 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Super-Abridged Bible
Chapters 1-10 (Some laws, Israel start their wanderings) YHWH tells Moses to perform a census of all war-fit men (age 20 and above). The Levites are not included since they’re in charge of YHWH’s Tabernacle. The numbers are listed, each tribe has about 30k-60k...
by Carl Howard | Jan 26, 2011 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Super-Abridged Bible
I don’t normally do polemics or flat-out rants but here goes: It’s been quite a few days since I posted a new book for the super abridged Bible project. This is because Numbers is taking quite a long time. It’s not just the length, it is one of the most repetitive,...
by Carl Howard | Jan 19, 2011 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Super-Abridged Bible
Chapters 1-10 (laws of sacrifices, annointing of priests) YHWH gives the laws of sacrifices. These are repeated for each type of sacrifice but the general procedure common to most sacrifices is this: the unblemished animal/bird is brought to the Tent of Meeting. For...
by Carl Howard | Jan 4, 2011 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Super-Abridged Bible
A lot of blogs/websites/podcasts promote the idea that they are “reading the Bible so you don’t have to”. This type of thing is found in skeptical/atheist material as well as other material. I think it’s a great idea: like it or not, the Bible is one of the most...
by Carl Howard | Dec 27, 2010 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging Jewish Law
We may be very obsessed today with diet, exercise and health tips. But by no means is this new — we’ve been obsessed with it for tens of thousands of years, ever since we’ve had the language to wax poetic about the brealdown of our bodies. Religious texts are often...
by Carl Howard | Nov 30, 2010 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging Jewish Law
Est Reading Time: 3 min The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (the quick and dirty handbook to Jewish law — see previous post) begins by outlining the order of the day for an Orthodox Jew. There aren’t too many overarching themes so I’ll just list the hodge-podge of points that...
