http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict Sat, 19 May 2012 18:30:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm/comment-page-1#comment-112996 Miriam Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:59:54 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm#comment-112996 Israel would not abolish other religions, as long as they are at piece with Judaism. It looks like most Muslim people don't contribute very much to Israel, and unfortunately there is a lot of Muslim terrorists there. Jews were oppressed by all other religions for so long, they have right to kick hostile non-Jewish people out of their country. You can't argue that Jews lived in Israel, were kicked out of their land, now they can kick Muslims or anybody else the same way. Israel would not abolish other religions,
as long as they are at piece with Judaism.
It looks like most Muslim people don’t contribute very much to Israel, and unfortunately there is a lot of Muslim terrorists there. Jews were oppressed by all other religions for so long, they have right to kick hostile non-Jewish people out of their country. You can’t argue that Jews lived in Israel, were kicked out of their land, now they can kick Muslims or anybody else the same way.

]]> http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm/comment-page-1#comment-73338 Danny the Admin Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:27:25 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm#comment-73338 I, too, think that any person who honestly tries to interpret Judaism and act according to it is a good Jew. That disqualifies reformists who merely dress their atheism in religious garb. I, too, think that any person who honestly tries to interpret Judaism and act according to it is a good Jew. That disqualifies reformists who merely dress their atheism in religious garb.

]]> http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm/comment-page-1#comment-73278 Dave Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:27:07 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm#comment-73278 Danny- You're absolutely right. We Jews have very little in common, apart from our religion. I am Sephardic, and quite frankly I've never quite understood Ashkenazi culture, but if we talk about the Essence of Jewish theology and mitzvot, I fully understand my Ashkenazi co-religionists. You're also absolutely right that the only thing about Jewishness is the religion. I am not Orthodox, but I am certainly to the right of Conservatives, but I still believe that if a Jew or Jewess stops doing at least some minimal form of Jewish observance, after 2 or 3 generations, it's going to disappear. And not only the religion disappears, even the so-called Jewish culture will disappear. That so-called Jewish culture is basically what we picked from the Europeans or the Arabs or whichever regions we lived in. Frequent Torah study is essential. I've started studying the Torah in the last year, and I find it's very good. I don't think one has to study with a rabbi, just read it, and there are internet commentaries out there for every theological viewpoint/ faction. Danny- You’re absolutely right. We Jews have very little in common, apart from our religion. I am Sephardic, and quite frankly I’ve never quite understood Ashkenazi culture, but if we talk about the Essence of Jewish theology and mitzvot, I fully understand my Ashkenazi co-religionists.
You’re also absolutely right that the only thing about Jewishness is the religion. I am not Orthodox, but I am certainly to the right of Conservatives, but I still believe that if a Jew or Jewess stops doing at least some minimal form of Jewish observance, after 2 or 3 generations, it’s going to disappear. And not only the religion disappears, even the so-called Jewish culture will disappear. That so-called Jewish culture is basically what we picked from the Europeans or the Arabs or whichever regions we lived in. Frequent Torah study is essential. I’ve started studying the Torah in the last year, and I find it’s very good. I don’t think one has to study with a rabbi, just read it, and there are internet commentaries out there for every theological viewpoint/ faction.

]]> http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm/comment-page-1#comment-72972 Joseph Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:36:53 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm#comment-72972 Ray -- Those Freudian slips just keep coming, don't they? Ray — Those Freudian slips just keep coming, don’t they?

]]> http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm/comment-page-1#comment-72971 Ray Bright Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:19:04 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm#comment-72971 Joseph, Danny, It kind-of breaks the threat, but I will try an experiment answer you in the Forum. Would like to have the ability to place message as "reply" in the threat. So see you in the Forum. Joseph, Danny,
It kind-of breaks the threat, but I will try an experiment answer you in the Forum.
Would like to have the ability to place message as “reply” in the threat.
So see you in the Forum.

]]> http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm/comment-page-1#comment-72957 chaim Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:26:56 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm#comment-72957 To Danny: Shepardi and Ashekenazi jews share a common history, just rabbis took care of masking it properly, in order to make judaism more fit for the local taste. Which are the main differences? Ask your rabbi.. To Danny: Shepardi and Ashekenazi jews share a common history, just rabbis took care of masking it properly, in order to make judaism more fit for the local taste. Which are the main differences?
Ask your rabbi..

]]> http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm/comment-page-1#comment-72952 Danny the Admin Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:20:56 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm#comment-72952 Ray, what is there to Jewishness other than the religion? Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews lack common history, culture, anything Ray, what is there to Jewishness other than the religion?
Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews lack common history, culture, anything

]]> http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm/comment-page-1#comment-72951 Joseph Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:10:54 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm#comment-72951 Well, Ray, luckily you live in the US, so you will not have to be thrown out of Israel when the Temple and the Law are reestablished in the land God gave the Jews. I refuse to get drawn again into your racial definition that you are too cowardly to admit is racial. Everyone who has read your posts understands it very well. Adolph would have killed you for your race. The Muslim fanatics will kill you for your race, if they get a chance. And you could not even die bravely declaring your race, but just your damned amorphous secular "cultural" superiority, while you curse the God of your fathers. Lord help me, but I understand why Moses would have had you stoned. == You understand absolutely NOTHING about the Japanese, so you need to quit citing them as an example of godless vegan supermen, as well. If the Emperor had not loved his people more than his own divinity, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM, even the modern, American and European educated secularists, WOULD HAVE GLADLY DIED defending the home islands from invasion. Even after TWO nuclear bomb strikes, THEY DID NOT WANT TO SURRENDER -- because the land and the Emperor were HOLY! Not because of some damned "cultural" superiority complex. The Emperor denied his divinity to save his people. Many of the elite committed seppuku rather than live in such a world, devoid of the HOLY! Now, the Japanese people are in crisis because they do not reproduce. They play video games, eat outrageously expensive sushi and buy robot love dolls instead of marrying. That is Japan where Shinto has been allowed to atrophy. The race is literally dying. == You know even less about the Hindus, or you could not even contemplate a phrase that includes both "narrow adherence" and "Hindu". There are more sects of Hinduism than could even be counted. == Finally, the world is NOT on an inevitable path towards a secular utopia. Man is a ruthless, cruel, and murderous animal as much today as 5,000 years ago. We are on the edge of nuclear destruction. People like you, literally spitting on God, are sure as hell not helping our chances for survival. Well, Ray, luckily you live in the US, so you will not have to be thrown out of Israel when the Temple and the Law are reestablished in the land God gave the Jews. I refuse to get drawn again into your racial definition that you are too cowardly to admit is racial. Everyone who has read your posts understands it very well. Adolph would have killed you for your race. The Muslim fanatics will kill you for your race, if they get a chance. And you could not even die bravely declaring your race, but just your damned amorphous secular “cultural” superiority, while you curse the God of your fathers. Lord help me, but I understand why Moses would have had you stoned.
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You understand absolutely NOTHING about the Japanese, so you need to quit citing them as an example of godless vegan supermen, as well. If the Emperor had not loved his people more than his own divinity, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM, even the modern, American and European educated secularists, WOULD HAVE GLADLY DIED defending the home islands from invasion. Even after TWO nuclear bomb strikes, THEY DID NOT WANT TO SURRENDER — because the land and the Emperor were HOLY! Not because of some damned “cultural” superiority complex. The Emperor denied his divinity to save his people. Many of the elite committed seppuku rather than live in such a world, devoid of the HOLY! Now, the Japanese people are in crisis because they do not reproduce. They play video games, eat outrageously expensive sushi and buy robot love dolls instead of marrying. That is Japan where Shinto has been allowed to atrophy. The race is literally dying.
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You know even less about the Hindus, or you could not even contemplate a phrase that includes both “narrow adherence” and “Hindu”. There are more sects of Hinduism than could even be counted.
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Finally, the world is NOT on an inevitable path towards a secular utopia. Man is a ruthless, cruel, and murderous animal as much today as 5,000 years ago. We are on the edge of nuclear destruction. People like you, literally spitting on God, are sure as hell not helping our chances for survival.

]]> http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm/comment-page-1#comment-72939 Ray Bright Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:59:18 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm#comment-72939 There is much more to being Jewish than following some old book. Jewish national uniqueness is as powerful as any national culture on this planet. It is worth preserving. Jewish nation's culture (and I mean culture is a very fundamental sense)is extremely rich. It is a gift to hole humanity. It should be preserved even when all forms of belief in God are dead. It would be a huge loss to humanity if Japan or India suddenly disappeared, it would be and equally great loss if the numerically much smaller Jewish nation disappeared. Japanese and Indian uniqueness will survive the death of the narrow adherence to the Shinto and Hindu, likewise Jews can survive the death of dogmatic Beliefs in the Jewish God. There is much more to being Jewish than following some old book. Jewish national uniqueness is as powerful as any national culture on this planet. It is worth preserving. Jewish nation’s culture (and I mean culture is a very fundamental sense)is extremely rich. It is a gift to hole humanity. It should be preserved even when all forms of belief in God are dead.
It would be a huge loss to humanity if Japan or India suddenly disappeared, it would be and equally great loss if the numerically much smaller Jewish nation disappeared. Japanese and Indian uniqueness will survive the death of the narrow adherence to the Shinto and Hindu, likewise Jews can survive the death of dogmatic Beliefs in the Jewish God.

]]> http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm/comment-page-1#comment-72937 Ray Bright Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:57:55 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-jewish.htm#comment-72937 Obadiah, What's "moderate" about your Judaism? === Non-religious Jews, also need a country. Even if they wanted to assimilate, there is antisemitism practically everywhere. Besides non-religious Jews may feel love for their nation and for the land of their ancestors. Most of your writing is full of excellent and unusual insights which are equally valuable to religious and non-religious Jews, if they care for Israel to survive. At the same time you are jeopardizing your message by allienating the secular Jews. They too need to understand that the only way for Israel to survive is by adopting the Machiavellian measures which your proposed. Additionally they need to understand that this is not only the most rational but also the most compassionate approach. ==== Obadiah,
What’s “moderate” about your Judaism?
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Non-religious Jews, also need a country. Even if they wanted to assimilate, there is antisemitism practically everywhere. Besides non-religious Jews may feel love for their nation and for the land of their ancestors.
Most of your writing is full of excellent and unusual insights which are equally valuable to religious and non-religious Jews, if they care for Israel to survive. At the same time you are jeopardizing your message by allienating the secular Jews. They too need to understand that the only way for Israel to survive is by adopting the Machiavellian measures which your proposed. Additionally they need to understand that this is not only the most rational but also the most compassionate approach.
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