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It might be nice if here, or elsewhere on the forum, you introduced yourself and provided some information about who you are and what you believe. From what you've posted to date all I can determine is that you are not a Bible literalist, you are not fond of the Catholic church, you don't...

Father Longenecker wrote his piece as the priest of a Catholic church in South Carolina. He does not provide a date for the Pew study he used, but he specifically states that the numbers he presents are for the United States. By the way, the Catholic Herald has been a British publication with an...

So I'm clear on this, are you saying Jews were/are spiritually blind and/or spiritually ignorant?

I don’t think you understand what I wrote. I didn’t deny the horrible conditions that all too many people daily have to live through and deal with. I didn’t deny that love and justice demand that we each do our part to alleviate and correct those conditions. I simply noted that the tool on the...

But mean income is not the same thing as GDP per capita, and GDP per capita was not within the purview of the website tool.

Out of curiosity I plugged in a dollar amount for theoretical income, I’m in the US, that for a family of 2 adults and 2 children is so low that survival without help from an outside source would be virtually impossible. The website tool, however, announced how wealthy I am in comparison to most...

Every new year brings its own share of good times and bad, joys and sorrow, peace and turmoil, hope and despair…… Whatever the year brings remember you are part of a community of caring friends, ready to celebrate with you when times are good, ready to surround you with its love in moments of...

@Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine - May the upcoming secular new year be brighter for you and afford you more moments for joy.

Rule 2 of the Code of Conduct comes to mind, although @RJM and others determine its interpretation.

For those who care, other than a miniscule honorarium I have never made any money as a rabbi. All my income came from my secular employment.

I wish all who celebrate Christmas a happy holiday.

Okay, I won’t expect to see you in synagogue on Saturday.

I wasn't arguing whether or not tradition is received. I was simply pointing out an error, a basic error, in the first sentence in the Guenon material you posted.

I've not had the time to sit down and read through this passage, however it has gotten off to a rocky start from my perspective. The word קבלה does not mean tradition. It means simply something that is received. Certainly it can refer to a tradition, but it is not limited to that.

Allow me to quote myself. "It’s a great line. It’s not a bad piece of advice. The one thing it is not, however, is a good translation of the Hebrew, especially given the context of the psalm. The psalm is a battle psalm. The verse in question is a warning to the nations fighting against Israel...

Interesting, almost 2 years since I advised that the above is an incorrect translation for Psalm 46 and it gets quoted again.

@davidsheep88 Just curious who is the friend whose texts you keep posting here.

I didn't say that he would post something that he did not agree with. I simply wondered if your increased respect for @wil was based solely on the positions espoused in the piece or whether it was based, at least in part, on the writing which you, or someone else, might have thought was from him...

Are you basing that on the fact that @wil submitted the post you responded to or are you basing that on an assumption that he wrote the text of the post?

You could learn to type with your nose. More seriously, do what you need to do to heal. Take the time you need to heal. Somebody will hold down the fort until you get back.