01-24-2019, 08:41 PM
I am Jewish and belong to a Reform congregation, but I was previously an atheist struggling with the concept of God. (Maybe I'm still struggling a little.)
Because calling oneself an "atheist" often makes others wary (and weary!), I want to add that I was NOT an antitheist – which is a person who is hostile towards religion and who behaves like some sort of "evangelical atheist." (I don't much care for folks who feel entitled to harangue others about what they should or should not believe, and I don't want to be like that either.)
I don't think I can say that I have a favorite Torah translation and commentary, but Friedman's is certainly growing on me. If you read what Friedman wrote in the section on Exodus 32:8, you'll know why I "get" him and feel that his book "speaks" to me.
Because calling oneself an "atheist" often makes others wary (and weary!), I want to add that I was NOT an antitheist – which is a person who is hostile towards religion and who behaves like some sort of "evangelical atheist." (I don't much care for folks who feel entitled to harangue others about what they should or should not believe, and I don't want to be like that either.)
I don't think I can say that I have a favorite Torah translation and commentary, but Friedman's is certainly growing on me. If you read what Friedman wrote in the section on Exodus 32:8, you'll know why I "get" him and feel that his book "speaks" to me.
!לחיים