Daily Archives: October 8, 2012

The Great Betrayal 1

I started Pat Buchanan’s The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy. Buchanan begins his book with a story about a lady who worked at a Fruit of the … Continue reading

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Three Questions about Idolatry

I started Idolatry, by Moshe Halbertal and Avishai Margalit. I decided to read this book because I had questions about idolatry.  First, why does the Hebrew Bible forbid the Israelites to represent God visually, when it arguably maintains that God … Continue reading

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