by Carl Howard | Nov 21, 2008 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Ethics, Race, Society
Racism is often attributed solely to the political right. Sure, there’s a lot of right-wing racists. But there’s a lot of racism on the left too. Yes it’s usually more subtle. But I wouldn’t assume that the left has a much lower percentage of racists than the right....
by Carl Howard | Oct 10, 2008 | Blog Topics, Ethics, Philosophy, Sex
Necrophilia should be legalised because we don’t have enough organ donors. I’m serious, bear with me. Organ donation rates are abysmal in countries that require people to opt in. Most choose the default (not opting in). Not even from laziness but because people have...
by Carl Howard | Sep 30, 2008 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging the Bible
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal,...
by Carl Howard | Sep 22, 2008 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism
You’re at home, enjoying a hot drink on a winter’s day. You have a dog resting beside you on the floor, staring nobly into the fire. A large clump of snow (if you don’t live in a country with snow, pretend) falls from the roof making a sharp thud. What happens next?...
by Carl Howard | Sep 18, 2008 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging Jewish Law, Blogging the Bible
I went to a Jewish school. Sometimes in prayers, to alleviate the dreariness, I’d tell a friend Bible stories to laugh about. I called the segment “the rabbis don’t want you to know”, based on the comic genius someone (I can’t remember the name) who had an act called...
by Carl Howard | Sep 15, 2008 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging the Bible
In Christianity the name for the Hebrew Bible is Old Testament, in Judaism one of the names is Tanach. Many think these are interchangeable, but they’re very different concepts. Names Let’s start with the obvious. Old Testament presumes there’s a New Testament that’s...
