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look, i have read raphael patai. i dare say i understood it rather better than you did. i have also read baring and cashford and am quite familiar with goddess worship in its various forms, you might be quite surprised to know. however, i think your understanding of it is quite immature. you...

er.... look, i am a monotheist. G!D Is One. there's no need for "god and mrs god" - this is really basic stuff. it might look like that to you, but these things have absolutely no meaning from the PoV of the Divine. i refer you back to that weird thing you made me do with the mirror...

donnann, you're just making yourself look more ridiculous. if you don't have anything sensible to say, don't bother saying anything. b'shalom bananabrain

"eloher"? honestly, this is absolute blibberage. b'shalom bananabrain

oh, i see what you're getting at. in this anagogical case the child would actually be the *Torah*. the idea that the Torah is somehow the "child of Shekhinah" can be observed anthropologically in synagogue services anywhere, but there is *no source* for it being an *actual woman*; you're...

no. that sounds like it's straight out of dan brown, sorry, baigent and leigh, like you're confusing it with the da vinci code. that is actually about the keruvim on top of the ark themselves; they are *not* small chubby children with wings - it's a very old talmudic source for that...

nonsense. b'shalom bananabrain

i've not said anything but i'm really enjoying this thread. b'shalom bananabrain

ok - part of the answer is the same thing that led to the famous joke: Jokes it's like this: 1. "no adultery" - Torah source 2. "make a fence around the Torah" - Mishnah source 3. "avoid the practices of idolators" - Gemara source, referring to: 4. "sexual immorality was foremost...

ben, what exactly is your point here? you are, presumably, aware that jews cannot rely on christian religious texts to make theological arguments? you'd make a far better case for whatever it is you are trying to argue if you stuck to jewish texts. b'shalom bananabrain

certainly! i think these people are mad when it comes to so-called modesty. judaism is not about isolating yourself from everyone else. precisely. there's certainly a time and a place for it, but there's a difference between modesty, taste and plain old neurosis. b'shalom bananabrain

update: Brooklyn's gender-separated bus to change its policy | The Jewish Chronicle to my enormous lack of surprise, the transit authority is threatening to remove the bus operator's licence. now if only they'd try this in israel! b'shalom bananabrain

i would advise reading the following book by a tunisian politician: "islam and liberty", by mohammed charfi. it was most eye-opening and gave me hope for the future. b'shalom bananabrain

<mod>this tells us all we need to know about you, really. final warning. next time i see something like this from you, you're banned.</mod> bananabrain

jayhawker - what amica said; being surprised at her, i called her on it and she was good enough to explain what she really meant. b'shalom bananabrain

was the question - i hardly think you can include pakistan or malaysia. b'shalom bananabrain

Re: Question: Difference Between Mosaic Covenant and Patriarchal Covenant. Link to Ki do you actually have another purpose here other than to have a go at jews and judaism? because there are a number of words for that - although i would draw your attention to these three: CODE. OF. CONDUCT...

yes, i am. want to make something of it? no, it's not all. attitudes like this will get us nowhere towards a solution. ok, we know the name "palestine" was originally a roman insult towards conquered rebels (as they saw it anyway) but one cannot simply ignore basic realities about the fact...

in which case, put it in "politics and society", not here; as unpleasant and stupid as this behaviour is, one has very little to do with the other. better yet, go post it somewhere where hindus can read it and react, i'm sure bhaktajan would be delighted to tell you how it's all the fault of...

"second holocaust"? honestly, what total arsewash. i'm noticing a pattern emerging, but i'm afraid it's not one of convincing historical insight. if you haven't got anything useful to say, then perhaps you should consider not saying anything. b'shalom bananabrain