University of Illinois Professor Kevin Schultz, writing in the New Republic about the "Judeo-Christian legacy," reminds us of the story of the Jewish atheist couple who sent their child to a Christian school for a better education.
The child comes home the first day full of enthusiasm for what they learned about the virgin birth, resurrection, and the Trinity.
"Nonsense," respond the shocked parents. "The G-d we don't believe in is One, not three." Similarly, Schultz claims that "theologically… 'Judeo-Christianity' doesn't make much sense," arguing that this phrase was conjured up only to serve the purposes of the Right. And the concept which he doesn't believe in, he argues, properly belongs to the Left.
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