Carl Reiner was suggested by Benn from Michigan, Ariel from California, and Miriam from Burbank. And a bunch of people have suggested his son Rob, who will get his due... One day.
"Man invented God because he needed him. God is us."
Not to start an argument here, but that could in a way be Reconstructionst Judaism and the philosophies of Mordecai Kaplan, not atheism per se. I somewhat consider myself to be one (I go to a Reconstructionist synagogue on the High Holidays), so this is not meant to be a put-down of them, just a point.
"Man invented God because he needed him. God is us."
ReplyDeleteNot to start an argument here, but that could in a way be Reconstructionst Judaism and the philosophies of Mordecai Kaplan, not atheism per se. I somewhat consider myself to be one (I go to a Reconstructionist synagogue on the High Holidays), so this is not meant to be a put-down of them, just a point.
Reiner considers himself an atheist, so take it for what it is.
ReplyDeleteGreat reply to religious purists. Anyone who denies Albert Einstein and Isaac Babel their Jewishness doesn't deserve to be a Jew himself.
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