Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

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Religion

26 Feb 2007, 15:10 p.m.

Ugly Bags of Mostly Water

"What about taking Communion moves you so much?" In one gesture it sort of sums up the craziness and beauty of human life, which is that you are a soul in a piece of meat, …

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04 Dec 2006, 23:07 p.m.

Epistemology, Utilitarianism

Sometimes I ask, "Is this true?" Sometimes I ask, "Is this useful?" But in either case I wonder whether my actions are true or useful.

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27 Oct 2006, 13:46 p.m.

Quizzified

A US woman has the last name as a pretty durn famous US theologian, and has never heard of him.

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09 Oct 2006, 23:19 p.m.

Wanted

An eruv for free speech zones.

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08 Oct 2006, 2:08 a.m.

"How do you remember a truth that will cause clinical depression?"

Are these the lessons of Auschwitz? What else must I be sure to recognize? Our moral hearts, like our physical ones, are weak and prone to disease. If we acknowledge this and determine to exercise …

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05 Oct 2006, 17:09 p.m.

Julia Sweeney Coming Back

Julia Sweeney's amazing show "Letting Go of God" is returning to Ars Nova starting Oct. 19th. It closes on Oct. 29th. I'd love to see it again.

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21 Sep 2006, 12:09 p.m.

Temple Management

Leonard and I had another wedding ceremony on Sunday; my parents were in town and wanted to see us get hitched Hindu-style. We capped off the rituals with a visit to a Ganesha-centric temple in …

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13 Aug 2006, 23:01 p.m.

Means of Production

The Poor Man says funny things about Mel Gibson and Daniel Davies causes me to enter this post in three of my four blog categories (Comedy, Religion, and Taxes). If Leonard leaves the house, I …

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13 Aug 2006, 22:12 p.m.

Reality Check

Residents of the USA: 2/3 self-identified white, around 76% self-identified Christian. In both cases, lower than I'd thought.

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05 Jul 2006, 8:22 a.m.

Barack Obama's Prayer

"A hope that we can live with one another in a way that reconciles the beliefs of each with the good of all." From a speech that I he wrote specifically for me, it seems.

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