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Hi Ben, You quoted Mark Twain as saying: Mr. Twain has in this case apparently allowed his hyperbole to obscure the facts. The Hindus, after these many centuries, are still chanting Sanskrit and singing the Rig-Veda; the Persians have morphed into Iranians; the Egyptians are converted, for...

Done. Please find it here.

Perhaps, more accurately, I should simply note that both Spinoza and Moses Mendelssohn broke with their religious tradition and learned Latin and thus entered the world of European philosophy.

We can have a go in another thread, if you wish. Walt & Mearsheimer, as I understand, are considered "Realists." They (and their school) are having a monumental tug with neo-Conservatives. I see it as yet another in a series of conflicts between McDonalds and Burger King, Coke and Pepsi: in...

Hope Sandoval (of Mazzy Star) here revisits Syd Barrett's dreamy "Goldenhair" (lyrics by James Joyce): uSH__NB93qQ&feature=endscreen Serv

You are welcome. Another interesting chapter, apart from the Wedding, in what amounts to Gardner's conspiracy theory -though an interesting theory it is- is that which describes the possible herbal, medicinal means by which Jesus was resuscitated (back to life) rather than resurrected (from the...

I know, Ben, but you also have some fine men (such as yourself) and superlative violinists, such as Itzhak Perlman. Even though, as you have expressly wished, I spar with you sometimes, I wish you all the best. If the means be just, and if you Jews as a nation and people have some as yet...

It was an oversight on my part to not add that I also hope that Schafer's book serves as a palliative in the opposite direction as well and that it reaches Christians (and others) of good will.

Then, even if I don't get passing grades from Ben Masada for properly understanding it, long live replacement theology! By the way, are you still trying to convince me that you, Bernie Madoff, (Russian Mafia boss) Semion Mogilevich and the amazing Itzhak Perlman are all, because each of you...

Yes. I had Finkelstein primarily in mind. Schafer’s subject, although controversial in its own right, is clearly different from the doctrinal divide, the nuked hot potato, being passed between the two schools of thought in American foreign policy, “neo-Conservatism” and “Realism.” That war in...

Hi Thomas, Here is some ecclesiastical humor, if you don’t mind. I rarely agree with dogmatic constitutions of the Roman Catholic Church, naturally, given my vocation as the penultimate protestant, but I must say that, to a certain extent (and without referring to the finer points of Latin or...

{tongue-in-cheek mode on} And neither have we, the offspring of Esau. At any rate, we have not been replaced pending a decision on the matter by the Hague when once our ancient grievances are presented for legal settlement. One feels pity for Isaac. It’s too bad that his scheming though...

Because, sometimes, despite one's best efforts, one feels like a specimen, trapped in the '80's, in a Ball jar with the lid on :D: HVzJ3maL5JY

Right, then. Woody Allen came to mind because of the "time travel" aspect of his recent film. Amos Elon, far more expertly, it turns out, also takes one time travelling. From his opening scene with the destitute but, as readers know, potentially great Moses Mendelssohn entering Berlin through...

I wondered how long it would be before the great, swirling whirlpool that was started by Ben Masada would catch bananabrain into the action. I am sure that you are correct. I actually withheld, out of a sense of propriety, some of Nietzsche’s more offensive statements. He is an apostle of...

I recall one Catholic writer, Hilaire Belloc, describing Islam as a Christian heresy, as a recrudescence of Arius (which idea was also expressed, in similar terms, earlier by {Cardinal} John Henry Newman). Source: Hilaire Belloc "... Mohammedanism [Islam] was a heresy: that is the essential...

Paul is the sphynx that troubles Thebes -the Nazarite who speaks in the riddles sometimes so characteristic of his sect. In that case, the question, to my mind, is: in what capacity, as its chief "Judaizer?" One thing which, to my mind, argues against the assertion that Paul worked...

Hi Amergin, In my opinion, yes, any belief can be considered Christian because the believer wants to call it Christian. However, and this ties to your opening word, to the extent that the beliefs (and, in the LDS's case, scriptures) diverge from orthodoxy, which word is admittedly something...

I understand. That is sort of my policy too. However, my sometimes nevertheless bothersome ex-Jewish now gay friend tells me that your "live and let live" attitude is not enough: he wants reparations for in excess of two thousand years of Jewish (via Laws of Moses) persecution, defamation and...

That wasn't the main idea of my post. For that matter, and heeding Nietzsche's advice in this case, I wouldn't presume to even try to understand someone as recondite, ambiguous, ambiguating, unclear and obscure as prophet Isaiah. But thanks, in any case, for the exposition of his prophecy. As...