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Tao, I probably shouldn't have posted it since it's so personal. I've made that mistake a couple of times on this board and others. About the only good that came of it was that I was able to link to my post in an e-mail to a friend of mine who is much more sympathetic to the idea of...

Breeze, I think materialist-evangelists (good phrase!) are a very interesting phenomenon. Tao isn't the first one I've run into...there seems to be one on every interfaith discussion board I've ever frequented. It's obvious that they get some kind of real satisfaction out of their...

Quahom, I agree that I shouldn't have posted what I did on the Christianity board. But I think you should understand that it's precisely the belief that "Jesus died: we're all saved" (but ONLY if you believe it) that fundamentalist proselytizers push most aggressively and insist is absolutely...

Tau, I don't know why, but nobody ever seems to take me at my word when I say, "I'm not asking you to believe this"! But I absolutely mean it, and that's why I'm making no attempt to "prove" it one way or the other. There is nothing to "prove" anyway since I have no specific memories of this...

Thanks, Avi. Yes, I was born Jewish. I have not repudiated it or become an apostate. I have defended Judaism against more anti-Semites, "Messianic" proselytizers and general garden-variety ignoranamuses than you can shake a stick at--probably at least as many as BB has. And I'm damn good at it...

Wil, I'm sorry...I should have remembered where I was posting but I got carried away. It would probably be best for everyone if I stopped posting on the Christian board. I have very strong feelings on this particular subject and it isn't easy to restrain myself. --Linda

Mods: I didn't get my previous post edited within the 20-minute editing period, and it makes no sense as written so I'm finishing it in this one. Could you please delete the previous one? BB, I agree with you Bob X is "a first-rate chap" and that his integrity is just as rock-solid as his...

BB, I agree with you Bob X is "a first-rate chap" and that his integrity is just as rock-solid as his scholarship. And you could have seen that right away just like I did when I read that exchange between the two of you following your "tilting at windmills" post from 2003. And you could have...

Wil, Then obviously I wasn't talking about you, was I? Unfortunately, there are far too many Christians who aren't nearly as open and accepting as you are, and they are precisely the ones who parade their ignorance at the highest decibel levels! It seems like the more ignorant they are...

Breeze, It has become a little less scary now that I am finally able to drag it into the light of consciousness where actual changes can take place, although you still couldn't call it a picnic. But I've noticed some changes even in the three days since I posted that note. What made it...

BB, Oh yes, I have! I bet I've been at least as horrified as you have at least as often. When I was a newbie to interfaith debate forums, I couldn't understand why some Jews disliked the expression "Judeo-Christian." Now I do. You may think that coming from a much more liberal place than you...

You misunderstand what I was trying to say. I wasn't saying YOU should believe me, nor claiming any special authority for anyone but myself. If you claimed you were writing under the influence of a maggid I wouldn't necessarily disbelieve you. But if you said it to gain credibility for an...

That's for damn sure!

Blayzn, That is a ridiculous notion, and not only ridiculous but positively crazy-making and inhuman. Not only do I not believe it, not only will I NEVER believe it, I wish you and everyone else who believes this insanity would stop believing it, or more to the point stop pretending you...

Dondi, I skimmed the beginning of the article and I think it's horrible, but that's pretty much all I'm gonna say for now. It's a biased and slanted Christian take on shamanism, channeling, etc. and no doubt Kabbalah as well. I know a little bit about so-called "Christian Kabbalah," and while...

Blayzn, If you knew what I said in the e-mail I just saved in my draft folder, you'd undestand (possibly anyway) why I'm shaking my head and smiling at this. --Linda

Blayzn, Do you really, seriously think I haven't heard this about 100 times before, along with everything else you said? Is there some reason I should believe it now when I didn't before? --Linda

Bob X, This has nothing to do with the topic, "Did Jesus exist?" But I saw your name and I want to let you know how happy I am to see you posting here again. I read your article, "torah torah torah" from 2003 a few days ago and I was VERY impressed! It's a wonderful piece of research, and it's...

Brian, Well...yeah, maybe. I'm not sure I'm ready to discuss it in depth, but then I wouldn't have posted that note if I weren't close to it, or at least closer to it than I was before. After all, nobody twisted my arm and made me do it. It was just another spur-of-the-moment impulse that I...

Blayzn, I agree that you can't argue with God, but who says that your beliefs aren't "man's rules, but God's"? MAN...that's who! And not only that, but the men and women who share your belief system don't appear to be the most intelligent OR the most decent specimens of the human race...to put...