http://thetruthiswrong.com/indeed Because if the truth is wrong then 'The Truth Is Wrong' is right! Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:48:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Fools never die, they are merely replaced by others.” – Unknown In February 1997, the Israeli Air Force suffered its worst disaster ever. Two transport helicopters carrying troops collided in mid-air over the village of She’ar Yashuv in northern Galilee, resulting in the death of 73 soldiers. The small country mourned, ... http://thetruthiswrong.com/indeed/belief/skepticism/chapter-21a-trick-or-treat/ Many years have passed since then. The following quotes are from today’s most important Israeli Orthodox Jewish newspapers and from statements made by current ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders: “He who sues his friend in their secular court – his sin is unforgivable.” (Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, book published in 1981) “Thus, a harsh edict, ... http://thetruthiswrong.com/indeed/belief/secular/chapter-20b-requiem-for-israel/ “My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” – Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. You’ve probably heard of the term “Separation of Church and State”. What does it mean? For many it means exactly what it says: Let each and every religious person (or ... http://thetruthiswrong.com/indeed/belief/secular/chapter-20a-requiem-for-israel/ “England and America are two countries separated by a common language.” – George Bernard Shaw Religion deserves a dictionary of its own, and indeed there are already quite a few. However, they typically use a very serious approach. How about something lighter, but one that still carries the correct meaning of ... http://thetruthiswrong.com/indeed/media/book/chapter-19-you-said-what/ “In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence is no excuse. Yet we go on skating around this issue, speaking of religion in the fashionable language of “respect”.” – Salman Rushdie “Where one burns books, one will soon burn ... http://thetruthiswrong.com/indeed/media/book/chapter-18-they-burn-books-dont-they/ Circular logic of one kind or another is common in many religions. Christianity teaches us to believe in God because the Bible tells us to, and that the Bible must be correct because God wrote it. Not allowing to question and doubt is also some sort of circular defense mechanism ... http://thetruthiswrong.com/indeed/belief/logic/chapter-17b-i-think-therefore-you-are/ “'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.'” – ‘Through the Looking-Glass’, Lewis Carroll I had an argument recently with someone over the Internet. It had to do with the origins of the ... http://thetruthiswrong.com/indeed/belief/logic/chapter-17a-i-think-therefore-you-are/ In the movie “Annie Hall”, Woody Allen plays the character Alvy Singer. In one scene he is standing in line near a guy who is pontificating about the media. The screenplay goes like this: Man: It’s the influence of television. Yeah, now Marshall McLuhan deals with it in terms of it ... http://thetruthiswrong.com/indeed/belief/god/chapter-16b-the-man-in-the-middle/ Well, in the recent month or so this blog was a bit sick... It happened after the imaginary gods could not interfere. Some evil spammers took their place and did their best to publish their crap products here. I'm still struggling with these fucking php scripts and WordPress configuration, so ... http://thetruthiswrong.com/indeed/uncategorized/general-blog-news-evil-people-out-there/ “Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.” – Samuel Palmer How do we know God wants us to refrain from stealing from others? How can we be so sure the Almighty is against adultery? After all, it’s kind of difficult to pinpoint any individual meeting with him (her? them?) recently. ... http://thetruthiswrong.com/indeed/belief/god/chapter-16a-the-man-in-the-middle/