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For the
May meeting, FIG invites Rabbi Robert Barr to discuss the
Answers in Genesis Creation Museum. Last year on Memorial
Day, FIG sponsored the Rally for Reason Speak-Out to
organize community and Freethought leaders against the
troubling claims made by the museum. Now, one year later,
Rabbi Barr will share his thoughts and provide an update on
the museum. Earlier this year, Rabbi Barr visited the museum
with a liberal minister and a reporter from German Public
Radio. Rabbi Barr's presentation will share his thoughts
from his tour and provide FIG members a brief overview of
the museum with photographs. Then he will discuss the issues
the Creation Musuem raises and present challenges to their
claims.
Robert
B. Barr is the founding Rabbi of Congregation Beth Adam.
Internationally known for its original liturgy, which
celebrates Judaism from a humanistic perspective, the
congregation was established in 1980. Raised in Greater
Detroit, Barr attended Oakland University (in Rochester, MI)
where he received his BA in Philosophy and Psychology. He
came to Cincinnati following a year living in Israel. Rabbi
Barr was ordained and received his MAHL from Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Currently, he is
serving as the President of the Greater Cincinnati Board of
Rabbis. Barr also lectures regularly on business ethics and
speaks frequently on liberal religious thought. His writings
have appeared in books, journals and on websites. Rabbi Barr
records a weekly audio blog that can be heard at <www.bethadam.org>
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