Links: A couple of angles on religion

[sonia]

Being Jewish by vschanoes. A long, illuminating, personal explanation of why "Judeo-Christian" is an erasure of Judaism. This post matches my experience. Somewhere along the way, I realized that my deeply held ethical values match Jewish ethics, even though I think of myself as Jewish by heritage, not religion, and I've been wearing a Star of David necklace more often lately.

I never see “Judeo-Christian values” used to garner support for values I recognize as Jewish: “Due to our shared Judeo-Christian values and their emphasis on the importance of study and education, we must insist on full funding for public education, free for everybody, from pre-K through to college, and public libraries that are open 24/7, staffed by highly trained librarians!” Where is that call?

The Goddess of Cancer, and the Goddess of Everything Else by Scott Alexander. Lately, I've been thinking about whether there's a force for evil (as opposed to people doing evil things), and that made me go back and find this post.

Comments

[watersword]

Thanks for that link to [Bad username or unknown identity: vschanoes site=].

[sonia]

Glad it was useful!