Category: Freely Inquiring

Hello, God, it’s me. I haven’t bothered with you for quite some time. I figured: What’s the use? But then it occurred to me that maybe you are real. In that case, I request something very simple from you. Can you … would you … please write up your job description? You know—what your duties …

As a typical American Jew who was born in the 1950s, most of my knowledge of Christian theology comes from having memorized every song in Jesus Christ Superstar when I was in high school. As I understand it, Christians believe that Jesus, the son of God, was born in Bethlehem in the Roman province of …