Let us build a small mathematical model for Judaism. Though it is full of Mitzvah’s, regultaions and edicts, the mathematicians among us will notice immediately that even if those are many, there is a finite amount of them. Altogether, we shall name them ‘rules’ and call the set of rules by the letter P. Since […]

The book “And Man Created God in His Own Image” – “The Truth Is Wrong” is now also published in electronic versions, both English and Hebrew. The English Amazon/Kindle version: http://www.amazon.com/Man-Created-God-Image-ebook/dp/B004HKINX0 The Hebrew electronic version: http://mendele.co.il/?page_id=3&category=69&product_id=155 Learn how to deal with religious preachers, read how to handle difficult questions and uncertainties, while avoiding damn serious […]

The original article in Hebrew appeared here Among religious preachers, especially Orthodox Jewish ones, there are many references to the amusing discussion on the alleged vast knowledge of our holy ancestors about the exact length of the moon cycle, also known as the synodic month, which is the basis for the Jewish calendar as well […]

“Ghosts” and “souls” haven’t avoided our human characteristic described above. Here also, the believer creates in his or her mind a complete virtual picture, bearing its own rules. This is done by collecting pieces of alleged data from others. The picture includes various worlds of life after death, reward and punishment, heaven and hell, good […]

For Lebanon thou art, and unto Lebanon shalt thou return “And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord; and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God” (1 Kings, Chapter 18, Verse 24) The meaning of ‘Hezbollah’ in Arabic is “God’s party” […]

Horray!! The book “The Truth Is Wrong” is now published in Hebrew in Israel, under the name “And Man Created God In His Own Image”. You can view some background in Hebrew in here. The book is already available in all majot bookstores. Please help spread the word!!! What you can do: Send the link […]

The book “The Truth Is Wrong” is going to be published in Israel in Hebrew, under the name “And Man Created God In His Own Image”. This miracle is going to take place (if the gods don’t stop it…) after the high holidays, probably sometimes during October 2010. I expect each and everyone of you […]

“The difference between physics and metaphysics is that the metaphysicist has no laboratory.” – Robert W. Wood On a scale of 1 to 10 – how high do you rank the possibility that vampires are real? If you answered anything higher than 1, it means you still give the old vampire myth a chance. Rationally, […]

“The Messiah brought us here so we can fish kids out of the club.” This is the sad truth, as heard from a Chabad missionary activist in Jerusalem. The source (in Hebrew) can be found here. An older cartoon, taken from the book “The Souls’ Hunters” (Sophia and Dan Mahler, 1998) can be found here.

The argument can go both ways, and indeed it does, very often. What’s more, there is lots of criticism heard from religious people, of things associated with secularity. Have you heard that schools of the secular sector introduce more violence? Do you know that secular people as a whole are blamed for maintaining weaker relationships […]