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Sure. Begin by talking to a Rabbi ...

That is wholly inaccurate.

Good grief! What on earth are you babbling about?

You're babbling, nothing more. It's a little sad ... :(

Oh my! Someone is walking his dogma without a popper-scooper. :eek:

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You should look up the term 'non sequitur'. Parenthetically, it is interesting (and sad) that you would seek to transform a good thread on honor killing into an anti-Jewish polemic.

You incessantly repeat this drivel and have yet shown us your application of the "theory of probability" to the existence of God. It's an act of pedantic intellectual fraud.

Care to make them? Actually, I suspect that I see far more than you and have much more of a progressive history engaging the topic. Stop embarrassing yourself.

I am a long time supporter of Women of the Wall and IRAC.

You're babbling. Pollute some other thread ...

That is the lore. There is, by the way, some accessible scholarship on the topic, including the writings of Frank Moore Cross and Mark S. Smith. Also, the term monolatrism is probably to be preferred over henotheism.

Your point?

There are streams of Judaism which view the Torah as inspired and beloved but nevertheless the fallible product of man. The same can be said for Christianity. Is literalism necessary to Islam?

Thanks Bob. I didn't see it at first, but now I think I get it. Parents have offspring who, in turn, have offspring, and eventually you have a family tree. Is that about right? (That Divos is one sharp cookie!)

No, it is so much nonsense. :rolleyes:

Really? I'd be curious to know those explanations that made kapparot other than awful for the chicken. And I remain curious as to the intent of the OP posted by a person who is computer savvy and could have easily acquired references such as this one but apparently chose not to make the effort.

I would be extremely surprised if more than the tiniest fraction of a percent or world Jewry participate in such a ritual. So the obvious question is: Why do you ask? Are you looking for a discussion or simply an opportunity to ridicule? If I were forced to render a guess, it would be that the...

Hell is a post-biblical (post-Torah) construct to deal with the problem of evil.

Perhaps I can buy you a beer at Irish Fest next August.