Julia Neuberger
Rabbi, Chair, Member of Britian's House of Lords

Julia Neuberger

Neuberger is a trustee of the British Council, Jewish Care, and the Booker Prize Foundation, as well as founding trustee of the Walter and Liesel Schwab Charitable Trust.

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Rally for humility

This weekend, Jon Stewart is holding "a rally to restore sanity" on the mall, two months after Glenn Beck's religion-infused "Restoring Honor" rally. Beck said he was called by God to hold the rally. Now atheist groups are planning to use Stewart's event to promote "reason."  Are "reason" and "sanity" the opposite of religious belief? Is taking religion out of the political debate the answer for restoring reason? Or do we need more faith?

Reason and sanity are by no means the opposite of religious belief. The use of faith as a political weapon in the United States is, however, very worrying. In the UK, with our established church, the Church of England, religion, and faith issues, play a far smaller part in our political debate, with some rare exceptions over ethical issues around embryo research and so on.

The rise of strident atheism seems to me to be a response to the rise of strident religious certainty. There is an absence of humility in all of this, and no sense that there might be room for doubt. I think that people of faith ought to think more generously, and allow for doubt- not about their belief, but about whether what they believe God to be saying to them, or what they think their faith tells them to believe, might not be divine, but might be influenced by social factors around them, or even by their own subconscious views of what it is they would LIKE to believe. If people of faith could also be people of humility, and if the debate with the atheists could be one of reason and calm opposition, we might learn more from each other- and I believe we can always learn from people with different views from our own, even if those views seem to be diametrically opposed to ours.

By Julia Neuberger  |  October 26, 2010; 3:15 AM ET Save & Share:  Send E-mail   Facebook   Twitter   Digg   Yahoo Buzz   Del.icio.us   StumbleUpon   Technorati  
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Who Needs 'Wikileaks'!

Talking about Seeing 'Through & Through' the OBAMA's Admin & Democraps & CO. desperateness, and Englands Admin yea sayers, and Israels Admin Mossad hitrs and Frances Admins false Bin Laden Tape lalala, ALL

'Self Dealing, Self Serving FALSE UPS & False FEDEX phony games, now called a "Locker{bie" style Bomb' Plot.? OYE...!

B R E A K I N G -- N E W S:

Now The OBAMA Admins via the Corrupt Government of Yemen, who was secretly promised 50 Used American Tanks+ to PLAY [Sing]-ALONG etc..; SITUATIONALLY lie and 'BackPaddle" like:

"The suspect... Hannan al-Samawi ... 22-year-old engineering student was released on Sunday after investigators established that she was not the woman who sent the bombs via UPS and FedEx from the Yemeni capital, Sana’a. She was freed on condition that she made herself available for further questioning, as the Yemeni authorities tried to establish whether she might know or have some connection to the suspect... A government official in Sana’a said: “Another woman had used her name and ID.”"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8100329/Key-suspect-stole-students-identity-to-post-bombs.html
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Note: Despite The President of Yemen whom on Friday said, There Was NO, NO NO Fedex or UPS plains that Left For England, France nor Any America's liar rag-heads in the Gulf (Dubai, Arab Emeritus). OYE...!

Remember: This imaginary "PLOT" (Before Election) or Threat Started With Israel spreading the News or sending the Tip! MOSSAD Anybody??? See what i [WE] see?? OYE...!

OYE... It was mean for the Jewish Votes, who Makes or Breaks the American DEMO{CRAPS Party! Oye...

You've S H A A M E D America OBAMA, Polosi, Hillary, Schumer et al!
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VOTE: Death To The DEMOCRAPs Party!

VOTE: Death To The DEMOCRAP Party!

VOTE: Death To The DEMOCRAPs Party!

SUMMARY: Somebody Said: "YO CAN FOOL SOME 'of 'The-People' Some Time, Buy "NAY" All The Time! So AMERICA's incumbent Desperado's Democrap Party, State Department Etc.. created These self-planted Plots to Distract the Voters from the Real Problems.. Especially the Elderly!

Note: SMART America & Smart Government Should Never Let islamic Terror Threat game, be So Important Anymore!

The New Question is: NOt Where the Terrorists Are: But rather

WHERE Are The "ROBBER BARON"S [Real Terrorists]?? Donating to Their (Defenders) politicians Evil Campaigns!??? OYEV...!
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Note: America's Co-Conspirators In England and France are Also [Trying; Nice Try] To "Distract Euro's Members Real [Financial] Problem.

Example: Today GERMANY MEREKEL Said, NINE! NO, to IRELAND (Bill CLINTON's & CO. 2nd Home & a R.C.C. PEDOPHILE NATION). PORTUGAL (a Roman Catholic empire)& SPAIN (an R.C.C. Empire to)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/8100412/Angela-Merkel-consigns-Ireland-Portugal-and-Spain-to-their-fate.html

Pleazza Clintons, "Blow Yourselves-Up" Instead!!

Posted by: woodstock-41 | October 31, 2010 9:57 PM
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OYE: WHY DO WE, The People Need To Know About This 'Plot' that did't Kill 1 fly!???

Instead:
Where are the All those "WALL-STREET Robber Barons aka [Economic] Terrorists???? DONATING To YO Campaign?

more B R E A K I N G -- N E Ws (16/17:00 hrs) Another BIG GOV'T LIE!

Excerpt: Desperado & Patsy; DEMOCRAPs of CA. & wannabe U.S. Congress Woman Jane Harriman Covered Up and said,

"A WOMAN 'SUSPECT' being Interrogated lalala ....the cartridge... was packed w/ pentaerythritol tetranitrate or PETN, confirming what Jane Harman, a Democratic ... had told the New York Times newspaper earlier." OYE...!

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/10/2010103017926499781.html

Another Gov't Plot With Promises & BRIBERY of a Sovereign Nation [YEMEN Officials, the 4th Poorest Nation on Earth]. Talkin bout Persuasion and PROPAGANDA based on FALSE Conspiracy's (And Planted Real Chemicals) & attempting to Fool "The PEOPLE."

DEATH to the LYING DEMOCRATIC PARTY & their Accomplices!

Maybe it was the Jealous/Desperate Democrats who Caused 911? After what they hath done lately, i[WE] Wouldn't pass that thought up, so Maybe Ishlami's have/had it right. Aye?

VOTE: Hell{NO to bad Apple [DEMOCRAP] OYE...! B O O M & B U S T!

Where are the All those "WALL-STREET Robber Barons aka [Economic] Terrorists?
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NO GOV'T Has Any Business to Inform The Free Walking Public About Any Threat from Any Ishlami's From Within nor Abroad!

The JOB Of The GOVERNMENT is to Fight Them Terrorist Quietly: Just Go After Them. It's NOt like Hitler is invading or China etc..

More People in America Die of Car Accidents + Drug Overdoses + Violence Annually Then The total Amount Of Soldiers Died in Vietnam (50k) During the Entire Campaign! In 2 Weeks more People Die Hear than on 911 (3k) etc.. SAVE LIVES Here!

Where are the All those "WALL-STREET Robber Barons aka [Economic] Terrorists?
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YES, WE KNOW, "IF Ye See Something, Then Say Something".

But WE Don't Need To Hear The same ole Crapo, "Terrorist This", Levels That, Osama's Momma so n so etc.!

WE The People Don't Need to Hear about (COULD've). Plus LESS Publicity Is How Yo Eradicate more Terrorism (or inflame it; or implants such thoughts etc..).

STOP THE MEDIA/ANXIETY PROPAGANDA CARD/GAME! The Public Does Not Need To Know! It's All Bulll!

STOP USING THE MEDIA/ANXIETY PROPAGANDA CARD/GAME!

STOP USING THE MEDIA/ANXIETY PROPAGANDA CARD/GAME! DO Your Fkn-JOBS!
Don't Boast. DO silently! GO! Leave Us Citizens alone already

WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT CREATING JOBS! Not some weak Bombs News

YES, WE KNOW, "IF Ye See Something, Then Say Something".

WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT CREATING JOBS! Not False Bombs News!!

YES, WE KNOW, "IF Ye See Something, Then Say Something".

Where are the All those "WALL-STREET Robber Barons aka [Economic] Terrorists??? DONATING??

NOt Osama Bin Laden Who's Been dead since Summer 2007!???

Posted by: woodstock-41 | October 30, 2010 9:49 PM
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GOTCHA!

A Self inflicted DEATH TO the American DEMOCRATIC-PARTY aka the Jock-Oss Party!

B R E A K I N G -- N E W S: (07 hrs today.)

Excerpt: "The government of Yemen has expressed astonishment at the cargo plane bomb plots, claiming there were "NO" UPS or [Fed-Ex] cargo planes that had taken off from Yemen on Friday or any indirect or direct flights to British or American airports.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8098148/Cargo-plane-bomb-plot-Yemen-doubts-its-link-to-the-plot.html

WHO NEEDS "Wikileaks"!

iMPORTANTO:: For the same reason that Delusional (Nepotist, Usurper & "POWERCRAT" of OUR not their Constitution) via Ex-Senator Hillary Clinton, who illegally became the "Sec. of State" or Wicked-Witch Of The West, under OBAMA's/Pelosi Tutelage and once-upon a time FALSELY claimed she had to literally 'Duck' Gun Fire (imaginary Bullets flying over her/their head) while in KOSOVO or Albania airport etc..(She Should'v said That When Visiting Israel, not Kosovo) THAT

The LIAR's Of the OBAMA Regime are Goin DOWN! So are Their Foreign Leaderships CO-Partners in Crime by the 'THE BIG LIE'rs Club].

Pleazza, Don't be DENIAL to "THE PEOPLE"!

WE[i], Automatic Citizenz/Denizenz of S.pace S.hip Earth; Thank The [Qausi Secular] Government of YEMEN for Exposing them 'Satanic Versus Lovers (not only applies to iShlami's) within our [Abrahamic infested] Government! Thus Catching them in Their Own Game. YES BELIEVE [The Ishlami Govs] This time Only [but not all the time]!!

Shaame on England! Shaame on Israel! Shaame on France...

Note: Maybe France Should Take-Back their 'Statute Of Liberty'? (or [WE] should Ship it back).

GOOD BYE DEMOCRATS. You Should've Been Honest from the 'Get-Go'! aye?

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Credits "JJ"

http://onwapo.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/w-e-l-c-o-m-e/

Posted by: woodstock-41 | October 30, 2010 3:43 PM
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HOW To Catch FRANCE, Israel, England and now U.S. in a B I G -- L I E!

Psychologically spakething; Suddenly ALL Before The Elections:

First it started with a FALSE & phony, concocted 'Bin Laden message [WHO is In Fact DEAD; an they know this; message BUT YOU (voting Suckers) DON'T] now

Pleasa Look at the P A T T E R N [of Lies's] created by Governments & Their MEDIA's.: Oye

Another BIG LIE!

"Cargo plane bomb alert: explosive devices 'designed to harm US synagogues'"

BOMBS Found In Borack Obama's Home Town... la la, but Obama is Not Afraid to gout on the campaign trail.

Found Bombs at or Near Sinagogues, lalala

CIA Head Said, lalala...

Al Qaida; from YEMEN etc.. etc.. etc..

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Note: Between this Hour & by Monday There will be More BOMB, TERRORISTS stuff Fed to Unsuspecting Voters!

Maybe Prez Obama will be Assassinated by an "inside-Job" before Tuesday? Now In AMERICA (The 1 We used to know) Anything is Possible!

This Time, Shame on The U.S. Government & CO!

END the lies lies lies! yet More Lies r aComing ye/Yo ways! (not OUR way).

VOTE: GOOD RIDDANCE! BOY/Gal who Cried WOLFE!

VOTE: NO D-E-M-O-C-R-A-P-S Party!

STOP THE LiE's, REVEAL THE TRUTH!

STOP THE LiE's, EXPOSE THE TRUTH!

STOP THE LiE's, REVEAL THE TRUTH!..
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Remember: P-R-O-P-A-

BIN LADEN ids DEAD!

BEN LADEN IS DEAD!

BIN LADEN is DEAD!

BEN LADEN IS DEAD!

b>BIN LADEN is DEAD!

BEN LADEN IS DEAD!

America created Him, Now They created othew's Bin Ladens??: O' Shame on DEMOCRACY!

Vote: HELL-NO DEMOCRATS! NO To ENGLAND'S QUEENS & KINGS Yoke!

The BRITISH [r the Biggest Trouble Makers on Earth; Not JU's/Israel, Not MUSLIMS!]

VOTE: BRITISH must GO not Come here! Let Them (Includes Australia & New Zealand) Fight the New Bin Ladens & Extinguish their Lamps!

NO MORE USA!

AMERICA 1st!

ENGLAND LAST!

Posted by: woodstock-41 | October 30, 2010 12:36 AM
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""Reason and sanity are by no means the opposite of religious belief. The use of faith as a political weapon in the United States is, however, very worrying.""

You don't know the half of it, Lady.

But it's neither 'faith' *nor* 'reason,' actually.

What we need right now is like a (talking with hands) *big big big bucket* of sensible.


Could have sworn I just voted for that.

Posted by: APaganplace | October 28, 2010 4:54 PM
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THE WARS (Iraq, Afghanistan..) BEGAN w/A BIG LIE; Now IT SHOULD END W/The TRUTH (opposite MYTH)!!!!!
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OyeVazemeer! eye givolt!

Amazing, NO Grace!

As Predicted & Expected via "iNSIGHT & PATTERN RECOGNITION" abilities (power), THAT

The "Pre-Apocalyptic Run "JPOST", aka the "JERUsalem Post" [The Original & Secular 1] played into our hands and is once again 'falsley' creating artificial [intel] News or Stretching the TRUTH (opposite Myth) by attempting to COUNTER the REVEALATION (opposite Secret or Hidden Manna, aka Hidden UMMAH or Hidden Karma..) That in Fact: OSAMA BIN LADEN IS TRULY DEAD!

Pleazza see This

'France says Bin Laden tape appears authentic??? .. in a new tape, al Qaida leader threatens to kill French citizens because of their support for war in Afghanistan and new law banning burkas.

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=193123

OYEVAY(O' Lordy)! FarVoos(Why)? FarVoos "IT"?

SEcret (opposite Revelation) Note: This is the 4th Time or 5th that some Syndicate (can't Mention now) who've Responded with some 'Bin Laden's Message (not Messenger) within a 24/72 hour period!

Talkin about Counter INTELi, Pleazzza!

Note: This NOt a 'wicked-Leak' copycat (un)kinda thing.

THE WORLD WILL KNOW THE TRUTH [About the Death Of Bin Laden & how He Died with PROOF, beyond a Reasonable Doubt!!!) So Help me/i EKLAHt-i!

As a Duty; It's A SCOUTS PROMISE (of the Dispensation) Especially to me/my/OUR Dear Fellow sweet sweet AMERICAN(s) et al!

Dear Governments:

STOP THE LiE's, REVEAL THE TRUTH!

STOP THE LiE's, REVEAL THE TRUTH!

STOP THE LiE's, REVEAL THE TRUTH!.....

SHAME on 'JPOST" & CO.! WAPO needs to put its brother/Sister outfit in its place. YEA!

Posted by: woodstock-41 | October 28, 2010 12:15 PM
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye: STOP THE VOTES!

Something On "BLOOD TITHES" within our Governments, not only 'Blood Diamonds or 'Blood Mineral's.

Those ReLIGIONics within the White-House and in Congress & the Senate who slip & grease their 'Constituents?' via their their Mega-Churches moneys or a Congregation's [Tithes BLOOD-MONEY, via UNCLE-SAM tax EXEMPT Money should be ARRESTED & Tried FOR Corrupting many of Our Government Officials. And The Officials should be "Impeached" Not Censured!

The ELECTION SHOULD BE STOPPED by the CIA & FBI & the NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, or Even the PENTAGON; now!

America Needs a Serious FIX!

Note: Since AMERICANS are beating-up each other this campaign, and since Americans are Mis-trusting Of both their FEDERAL & STATE Politicians & Government; Then It is Time For ISOLATION! WHY?

How can the so-called Beacon-of-Democracy [WE are a REPUBLIC, not a Democracy by the way] be respected when Voters LOST RESPECT FOR GOVERNMENT + THEIR FORE-FATHERS"are fighting each other as the World watches in both Mistrust of America & in Laughter [NO Joke]!??
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Theory: IF The N.Y.C. BLOOMBERG Admn & His TAMMANY-Hall CRONY's Can Usurp & Wave The N.Y.State Constitution & Bend the Federal (includes Senator Hillary Clinton quiting her senate job, "INSTEAD OF CONSTITUTION"; Who Usurped the U.S. Constitution to become SEC of State??) and then audaciously accepts the MAYORs job for a 3rd-Term? (w/out VOTERS O.K.?)

THEN; IT's Time to STOP THE RACE. And Like The COMMY Scare; Bring Forth The USURPERS & NEPOTIST & ROBBER BARRONS Before OUR (not Their) COURT SYSTEM based on "RULE OF LAW" Like TERRORISTs!!
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Dear Fellow Americans; HARK!

DO NOT BE DISTRACTED by this Admins "TERRORIST" or PHOBIA Card!

This Government and their CO-Crony in High Crimes are guilty of "INSTEAD OF CONSTITUTION" & INSTEAD OF TRUTH" & OPEN GOVERNMENT!

Grasp the Underlying Great Anti-American Conspiracy! EXAMPLE:

FACT: "BIN LADEN IS DEAD"! [Since Summer of 2007]

DO-NOT Believe Lies!

VOTE: STOP The ELECTION (After a National Investigation of our incumbents & their Constituents & MEDIA NOW! ELSE

DO NOT VOTE! DO NOT SHOW-UP AT THE VOTING STATIONS/BOOTHS! IF Anything

PROTEST For a 1-Year [Mid-Term Election] DELAY//FREEZE now!
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AND besides Not Trusting most Politicians, Do NOT TRust The {rigged] NEW 'TOUCH SCREEN COMPUTERS"!

[i]m not talking about "Chads", please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_(paper)

But [WE] are talking about: DANGER//DANGER, THEFT OF GOVERNMENT, HIJACKING OUR NATION!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voting

BETTER NOT-TO-VOTE & BETTER TO BE SAFE, by DELAYING THE Midterm Elections, Instead of Being Sorry [again] Later"!

NOTE: CONSTITUTIONALLY AMERICAN's have a right To POSTPONE THIS Mid-Term Election" Under a NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT & other viable Reasons that the Electorate can fathom & ride-out!

Posted by: woodstock-41 | October 26, 2010 10:35 PM
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"The rise of strident atheism seems to me to be a response to the rise of strident religious certainty. There is an absence of humility in all of this, and no sense that there might be room for doubt. I think that people of faith ought to think more generously, and allow for doubt- not about their belief, but about whether what they believe God to be saying to them, or what they think their faith tells them to believe, might not be divine, but might be influenced by social factors around them, or even by their own subconscious views of what it is they would LIKE to believe."

This was a breath of fresh air for me, and I appreciate it so much.

I wanted to thank you for taking such obvious care not to paint the conflict as one between frothing religious zealots and frothing atheist zealots who are equally to blame for the fact that religion is indeed a tough thing to discuss. As an atheist myself, it's extremely discouraging and irritating to constantly see myself discussed as though I must tell children there's no Santa Claus just to watch them cry. Part of the reason I have such a hard time discussing religion even with moderates who want to be tolerant is that much of the time they /just can't seem to stop stereotyping me/.

I would talk to you any day. Thank you.

Posted by: Cobalt_Blue | October 26, 2010 7:30 PM
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"If people of faith could also be people of humility"
Oh, if only.

Congratulations, you are one of the VERY few theists I will tip my hat to. Thank you for your civility AND humility. We may disagree, but in our disagreement, we need not vilify one another.

Posted by: FredEvil | October 26, 2010 6:02 PM
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right on the money, julia.

Posted by: sux123 | October 26, 2010 5:08 PM
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Stewart doesn't use sanity as a antonym to unreasonableness or irrationality.

He uses it to imply that Beck and his followers are insane, as in mentally deranged. Stewart's humorous attack against Beck gets an extra lift by pandering to the hatred people hold toward the mentally ill.

Posted by: blasmaic | October 26, 2010 3:15 PM
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