{"id":422,"date":"2012-01-17T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2012\/01\/tuesday-link-a-palooza.html"},"modified":"2012-01-17T13:27:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T13:27:00","slug":"tuesday-link-a-palooza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2012\/01\/tuesday-link-a-palooza.html","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Link-A-Palooza"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>It\u2019s Tuesday, the most disrespected day of the week. \u00a0Too far from the weekend and still feeling more like Monday.<\/p>\n<p>But to brighten it up, I received some great links to share.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/coinlaundryblog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/by-default.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here\u2019s one from my friend and great new blogger, Coin Laundry, who gave me a shout out and left some very nice comments here.<!--more--><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ScentedNectar video blogs on her own YouTube channel and sent me this link to her latest.\u00a0 She describes her first defianc \u201cactivism\u201d as a very young child in a traditional synagogue.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_profilepage&amp;v=7TyqcIt0T-g\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">She touched a Torah scroll!<\/a>\u00a0 I feel like there a song in there just waiting to be composed.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I\u2019m now reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Universe-Nothing-There-Something-Rather\/dp\/145162445X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1326805897&amp;sr=8-1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Prof. Lawrence Krauss\u2019s book, \u201cA Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 He decided to write the book after seeing the incredible response to his YouTube video which has well over one million views and counting.<\/p>\n<div>It is a science-y book that purposely seeks to deal a body blow to theistic thinking.\u00a0 Grabbing a line from the late Carl Saga, Krauss says, \u201cForget Jesus, the stars died so you could be born.\u201d\u00a0 Luckily for the mathematically challenged, formulas are expressed in every day language, making this a highly accessible work.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here is the YouTube video that inspired the book:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Tuesday, the most disrespected day of the week. \u00a0Too far from the weekend and still feeling more like Monday. 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