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 14, 2011 | Blog Topics, Links
This super-abridged Bible project is taking up most of my blogging timeslot so posts may be sparser since each book takes longer to prepare. But I shan’t miss a link dump! 20 actual scienticians’ studies on religion It’s 1 year since the Haiti earthquake. Hundreds of...
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...
