Jumana Nagarwala, M.D.

Northville, Michigan

DOJ: Detroit ER Physician Charged With Female Genital Mutilation

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/female-genital-mutilation-detroit-physician-charged/

Alan: I am increasingly opposed to religion that represents violence as "godly" for no discernible reason other than "organized religion" knows which side its bread is buttered on and wants to keep violent, vindictive people "in its stable." 

To the extent that the residual whisperings of conscience tell these violent people that they're living on the wrong side of The Law (which is, by the way, Love), these folk are often among the most generous givers because they feel deep need for penance-conscience-salving and charitable giving is the easiest way to "make amends." 

"Just write a check!"

Metanoia? 

I don't think so! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metanoia_(theology)

Christians And "Christians" Choose Between Mercy, Love And Forgiveness, Or Retribution And Punishment

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/01/christians-and-christians-must-choose.html

The Essence of Religious Fanaticism

(Emo Philips cuts to the quick of religious mania)

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-essence-of-religious-fanaticism.html

Yeshua Excoriates Fellow Pharisees: "The Woe Passages"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/08/yeshua-excoriates-fellow-pharisees-woe.html

"Love Your Enemies. Do Good To Those Who Hate You," Luke 6: 27-42

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/02/love-your-enemies-do-good-to-those-who.html

"Do You Know What You're Doing To Me?"

Jesus of Nazareth

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/do-you-know-what-youre-doing-to-me.html

The United States Is A Singularly Cruel, Vengeful Nation. Solitary Confinement For Kids

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/05/america-is-singularly-cruel-vengeful.html

"Twelve Steps For The Recovering Pharisee (Like Me)" By John Fischer
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/12-steps-for-recovering-pharisee-like.html

All 3 Abrahamic Religions Should Be As Ashamed Of Themselves As They Are Now Self-Certain

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/all-3-abrahamic-religions-should-be-as.html

Are Highly Religious People Less Compassionate?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/reprise-are-highly-religious-people.html

"Just A Little Nicer," A Superb Installment Of TED Radio Hour On The Topic Of Compassion

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/just-little-nicer-superb-installment-of.html

Bibliolatry... And How To Live Happily Ever After

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/04/bibliolatry-and-how-to-live-happily.html

Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/any-religion-that-needs-fear-to-thrive.html

"Bad Religion: A Compendium"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/bad-religion-compendium.html

Good Religion And Bad Religion
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/bad-religion-and-good-religion.html

"Terrorism And The Other Religions"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/terrorism-and-other-religions-juan-cole.html

"Protestants and Frequent Churchgoers Most Supportive of Iraq War"

http://www.gallup.com/poll/21937/protestants-frequent-churchgoers-most-supportive-iraq-war.aspx

Indiana's "Religious Bigotry Law": The Re-Legaliztion Of Segregation

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/03/indianas-religious-bigotry-law-re.html

University Chaplain Fired For Preaching Compassion Over "American Sniper" Violence

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/03/midamerica-nazarene-universitys-mnu.html

Conservative Christians Delight In The Punishment And Pain Of Others

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/conservative-christians-delight-in.html

Abrahamic Religions Must Deal With Their Own Bronze Age Atavism And Not Just Window Dress

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/abrahamic-religions-must-deal-with.html

It Is Important To Know These Things So Religion Doesn't Do You More Harm Than Good

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/02/it-is-important-to-know-these-things-so.html

What Too Many Christians Get Wrong

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/02/what-way-too-many-christians-get-wrong.html

Jesus: Festive Tippler And Friend Of Whores, Publicans, Tax Collectors And Sundry Sinners

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/03/jesus-festive-wine-bibber-and-friend-of.html

"The Christian Paradox: How A Faithful Nations Gets Jesus Wrong"

Bill McKibben

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/06/bill-mckibben-christian-paradox-how.html

"Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy," A Glimpse Of True Christianity
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/amish-grace-how-forgiveness-transcended.html

Biblical Literalism And The Cultivation Of Hatred

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/biblical-literalism-and-cultivation-of.html

"Why The Bible Belt Is Delusional"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/02/why-bible-belt-is-delusional.html

Conservative Christians And Global Warming

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/04/conservative-christians-and-global.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Religion

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on-religion.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Christianity

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on.html

Compendium Of Pax Posts: "The Seven Deadly Sins"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/03/compendium-of-pax-posts-on-seven-deadly.html

"God Enjoys The 10 Plagues Way Too Much"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/god-enjoys-10-plagues-way-too-much.html

ISIS And The Inquisition: The Shadow Side Of Religion. Why Does Belief Do This?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/isis-and-inquisition-shadow-side-of.html

"What ISIS Really Wants" And How The Patriarch Abraham Appears To Be The Instigator

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants-and-how.html

Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking "The Faithful" In God's Image

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/christianitys-bedrock-commitment-to.html

Seldom Sermonized Bible Quotes

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/seldom-sermonized-bible-verses.html

Time For Catholicism To "Shelve" Traditions And Texts That Represent God As A Terrorist
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/time-to-expunge-catholicism-of.html

"Trial By Ordeal: The Bloody Old Testamental Roots Of Modern Justice"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/trial-by-ordeal-bloodthirsty-roots-of.html

"Trial By Ordeal: Alive And Well Into The 17th Century"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/trial-by-ordeal-alive-and-well-in-17th.html

Biblical Literalism: Not Only Impossible But Destructive Of Meaning And Souls

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/biblical-literalism-not-only-impossible.html

What's Wrong With The Abrahamic Religions: Absolutism, Scriptural Inerrancy, Bloodlust

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/07/whats-wrong-with-abrahamic-religions.html

Pastor John Piper "discusses the vexing problem of God ordering the mass killing of every Canaanite man, woman, and child."

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/peterenns/2012/07/john-piper-on-why-its-right-for-god-to-slaughter-women-and-children-anytime-he-pleases-and-why-i-have-some-major-problems-with-that/

Mistakes In Scripture: When The Bible Gets The Bible Wrong

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/05/mistakes-in-scripture-when-bible-gets.html

"Is The Bible More Violent Than The Quran?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/is-bible-more-violent-than-quran-npr.html

Worst Bible Passages

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/worst-bible-passages.html

UNC-CH Professor Bart D. Ehrman:

Biblical Exegete And Former Christian Evangelical

The Bible and Textual Analysis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_D._Ehrman

Religion and Perfectionism

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/religion-and-perfectionism.html

"Good Romans" Considered Jesus' Torture Necessary For Imperial Safety
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/when-jesus-was-tortured-good-romans.html

Americans, Especially Catholics, Approve Of Inquisitorial Torture

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/americans-especially-catholics-approve.html

Traditional Catholics Are Determined To Condemn "Infidels" Despite Jesus' Unequivocal Teaching

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/02/traditional-catholics-and-other.html

The Thinking Housewife And The Vilification Of Pope Francis by Catholic Traditionalists

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-thinking-housewife-and-vilification.html

"Pope Francis Links"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/pope-francis-links.html

Pope Francis: Quotations On Finance, Economics, Capitalism And Inequality

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/pope-francis-on-finance-economics.html

More Catholic Than The Pope: The Radical Catholic Traditionalist Movement

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-radical-traditionalist-catholic.html

What Catholic Traditionalists -- And Other Christian Conservatives -- "Don't Get"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/02/what-catholic-traditionalists-and-other.html

The Age-Old Normalization Of Warfare Through Stupidity, Ego And Religion

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-age-old-normalization-of-warfare.html

Jesus Rails Against Human Traditions Of "Our Great Leaders Who Lived Long Ago" 

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/jesus-rails-againt-human-traditions-of.html

The Gospels With The Words Of Jesus In Red

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-gospels-with-words-of-jesus-in-red.html

Everything Jesus And The Apostles Had To Say About "The Rich" And "The Poor"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/10/everything-jesus-and-apostles-had-to_13.html