tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post8000962293369258965..comments2024-01-26T03:40:32.465-05:00Comments on Breath of the Beast: A Jew Who Says Merry ChristmasYaacov Ben Moshehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711165551258127500noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-74509001590878790832010-06-15T06:36:18.505-05:002010-06-15T06:36:18.505-05:00nice postnice postlionelhttp://jobspert.com/jobseekers-registration-signup-resume-builder/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-22235757219767002572010-01-09T01:49:01.727-05:002010-01-09T01:49:01.727-05:00Term papers
Wish You a Very Happy Mary Christmas....<a href="http://www.flashpapers.com/" rel="nofollow">Term papers</a><br /><br />Wish You a Very Happy Mary Christmas.<br /><br />Thanks for wishing us.<br />Happy New Year, hope u had enjoy the whole occasion.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flashpapers.com/" rel="nofollow">Term papers</a>Term Papershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02145417264678061367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-6748669046256281592009-12-31T00:56:01.503-05:002009-12-31T00:56:01.503-05:00The following is at least vaguely related to Malco...The following is at least vaguely related to Malcom's pint above; but I like it so much that even if not relted, I post it here anyway in the hope you'll all like it too:<br /><br /> G.K. Chesterton [Eugenics and Other Evils, c. 1924] defines anarchy not as "no government" but as government that is insane, that has no beliefs. He writes that we can all break rules if we wish to do so exceptionally, and we can live normally with it. We can, on New Year's Eve, stay up too late. If we sleep till noon every day, that is anarchy.<br /><br />"The State, like the house-holder, is sane if it can treat such exceptions as exceptions. Such desperate remedies may not even be right; but such remedies are endurable as long as they are admittedly desperate. Such cases, of course, are the communism of food in a besieged city; the official disavowal of an arrested spy; .... Of these exceptions, some are right and some are wrong; but all of them are right in so far as they are taken as exceptions. The modern world is insane, not so much because it admits the abnormal as because it cannot recover the normal."<br /><br />I have lots to say on why that arises in the first place, but soon it's a whole nother year and a great time to begin it all over again. Hope to see you then.<br /><br />Happy New Year, folks,<br /><br />My best, Dag<br />Vancouver, Canada.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-54736023449231048262009-12-30T21:04:35.648-05:002009-12-30T21:04:35.648-05:00"The identification of dream and reality as a..."The identification of dream and reality as a matter of principle has practical results which may appear strange but can hardly be considered surprising. The critical exploration of cause and effect in history is prohibited, and consequently the rational co-ordination of means and ends in politics is impossible. Gnostic societies and their leaders will recognize dangers to their existence when they develop, but such dangers will not be met by appropriate actions in the world of reality. They will rather be met by magic operations in the dream world, such as disapproval, moral condemnation, declarations of intentions, resolutions, appeals to the opinion of mankind, branding of enemies as aggressors, outlawing of war, propaganda for world peace and world government, etc. The intellectual and moral corruption which expresses itself in the aggregate of such magic operations may pervade a society with the weird, ghostly atmosphere of a lunatic asylum, as we experience it in our time in the Western crisis. "Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478747589100326721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-91329788845536592012009-12-28T19:57:54.808-05:002009-12-28T19:57:54.808-05:00great essay Yaacov.
I must say I learn just as mu...great essay Yaacov.<br /><br />I must say I learn just as much from reading the comments and your responses Yaacov. <br /><br />You are most gracious. <br /><br />Sarah, a question. Why is saying the name of a deity forbidden? I you do not believe the deity is real there can never be any acknowledgement that said deity is a deity? (it was a rhetorical question. cheers).<br /> <br />Kind of circular isn't it. Maybe why I don't believe in any deity myself.General P. Malaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254206981855750578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-53553047902350885272009-12-25T01:46:44.429-05:002009-12-25T01:46:44.429-05:00Merry Christmas, mate, an thanks for the posts you...Merry Christmas, mate, an thanks for the posts you send. Always welcome. Looking forward to your work again in the coming year.<br /><br />My best, Dag.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-79410581766540760432009-12-16T18:04:38.950-05:002009-12-16T18:04:38.950-05:00The lady has a way with words....
http://www.ador...The lady has a way with words....<br /><br />http://www.adoringpalin.com/2009/12/sarah-palin-happy-hanukkah.htmlLarry Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653436584890594776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-59892030779395076912009-12-15T14:09:49.017-05:002009-12-15T14:09:49.017-05:00I want to take this occasion to remind SL that wit...I want to take this occasion to remind SL that without America and the integrity and courage of her founders, the Holocaust might well have reached its completion. Israel would almost certainly not have survived and whatever Jewish life might still have existed around the world might well now resemble the persecution, misery and hopelessness that pertained for most of the last two thousand years. The snide reference to “for happy little warm-and-fuzzies” should be all anyone has to know about SL. Compare that to this last section from the letter written by the Touro Synagogue to George Washington:<br /><br />“This so ample and extensive Federal Union whose basis is Philanthropy, Mutual confidence and Public Virtue, we cannot but acknowledge to be the work of the Great God, who ruleth in the Armies of Heaven, and among the Inhabitants of the Earth, doing whatever seemeth him good.<br />“For all these Blessings of civil and religious liberty which we enjoy under an equal benign administration, we desire to send up our thanks to the Ancient of Days, the great preserver of Men — beseeching him, that the Angel who conducted our forefathers through the wilderness into the promised Land, may graciously conduct you through all the difficulties and dangers of this mortal life: — And, when, like Joshua full of days and full of honour, you are gathered to your Fathers, may you be admitted into the Heavenly Paradise to partake of the water of life, and the tree of immortality.<br />Done and Signed by order of the Hebrew Congregation in NewPort, Rhode Island August 17th 1790.<br />Moses Seixas, Warden”<br /><br />No supercilious sneer in those words. Jews back than knew first hand how important the freedom and security that the American enterprise promised was and they did not take it for granted. They knew there was no entitlement, just hard won liberty. They even allowed for the idea that the righteous of any faith should have a part in Paradise. I wonder if they would be told not to mention the name Jesus Christ there? <br /><br />And what did Washington write in answer? Both of these documents can be found in their entirety here http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letter_to_Touro_Synagogue but for convenience and to prove the point, here is his conclusion:<br /><br />“May the children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid. May the father of all mercies scatter light and not darkness in our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in his own due time and way everlastingly happy.<br />G. Washington”<br /><br />Unless I miss my guess, “the Father of all Mercies” to whom President Washington referred here is the very same God that rules all worlds. The blessing he asks of that God is one in which I, as a Jew and as a human being, can and do fervently agree. The light to which he refers is the light of understanding, love and reason. I do believe that shunning the name(s) by which George Washington called the spiritual inspiration from which he drew this blessing is not just intentional ignorance but something much more injurious. It is a “darkness” in our path, a dead spot in the civil soul of this country. I wish George Washington and all other Christian Americans a very bright and unreserved “Merry Christmas”.Yaacov Ben Moshehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16711165551258127500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-80364414487975150532009-12-15T14:09:35.242-05:002009-12-15T14:09:35.242-05:00Why is it so hard for some people to admit that th...Why is it so hard for some people to admit that they are just as imperfect as the next person and that God is so much bigger than any of us that the minute we call someone else’s God foreign we set ourselves up as a false prophet? She was shocked that, in my first answering comment, I accused her of hypocrisy but what else is it? Then she winds up suggesting that I am insufficiently educated and likening my writing to vomit. This may be the most hurtful of all- I’m no E.B. White but I think I can put together the odd felicitous phrase here and there.<br /><br />She ignores what I have written and makes no real counter argument- the true give-away that she is a fundementalist. She shows me a very personal sort of contempt and attempts to place all meaningful discussion out-of-bounds on the grounds that you can’t even say the name. Its all very garden-variety bigotry, actually, and I have a hard time suffering it.<br /><br />That’s all bad enough but the real reason I get so angry with people like SL is that they have a sneering attitude of superiority even while they are slaves to doctrine and ritual. They are willing to sacrifice anything to maintain the impression that there is no flaw in their beliefs. <br /><br />SL is even willing to insult other Jews and desecrate America in the process. In her second comment she told me that in writing this essay I was, “…allowing yourself to be swallowed by the "beast" - and then to look for happy little warm-and-fuzzies about the founding father of America.” <br /><br />Continued below...Yaacov Ben Moshehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16711165551258127500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-32796015360388905072009-12-15T14:08:18.997-05:002009-12-15T14:08:18.997-05:00petrel, Larry,
I appreciate your concern for the...petrel, Larry, <br /><br />I appreciate your concern for the tone and tenor of these comments but for my part it cannot be helped. I share Larry’s perception that SL has come here with a rant that is, indeed, very similar to the ravings of Islamist fundamentalists and she had the poor judgment to direct than at me. Let’s review her first foray:<br /><br />You are completely misguided. But what is worse, you are leading others astray. You are not observant, apparently, as it is forbidden to even say the name of a foreign deity, or for us to even say kratzmach. I would hope that Jews would educate themselves thoroughly before vomiting erroneous information like this.<br /><br />The first sentence this woman has ever addressed to me in my life is that I am completely misguided, not a friendly beginning. The next is that I am corrupting others- something not to be taken lightly. The third is a pretty confused run-on job that, if I get it right, begins by impugning my authenticity as a Jew and ends by imposing her nonsensical notion that Jews may not talk about the names that other religions give to their conception of God. I admit that I may have gotten this wrong because the way she puts it (“foreign deity”), it could very well be understood that she does not believe in one God at all but that different people worship different Gods. That is the terrible trap of the religious simpleton, isn’t it? It is no accident SL used those words. She is convinced that her understanding and approach to God is the Only True One, thereby implicitly branding all other understandings and approaches as “false Gods”. <br /><br />Continue below...Yaacov Ben Moshehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16711165551258127500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-89151065456964816222009-12-15T10:30:28.692-05:002009-12-15T10:30:28.692-05:00I'm really sorry that this thread has taken su...I'm really sorry that this thread has taken such an ugly turn--it does not display the kind of thing that I think of when I think of people who seem to practice what is good about their religions.<br /><br />The thought that came to mind .... I'm trying to figure out how to say what is on my mind without giving offense.....<br /><br />If you think of the various religions that I know anything at all about as a vertical structure of some sort, reaching for the the heavens (maybe a group of towers with the objectives involved at Babel long ago).<br /><br />One tower for Christianity (or maybe a cluster of towers...let's don't go there)<br /><br />Another tower (or group, perhaps) for Islam.<br /><br />Another group (as I understand the situation) for the Jews.<br /><br />In my minds eye I see levels in the towers with a given level in each of the towers showing more homogeneity-within-level (across the space between the towers) than the towers show in the vertical (particularly in the groups-of-towers view).<br /><br />At the highest levels there are people with their eyes on the prize, focused intently on that which is higher than they are. In this, they are more like people in adjacent towers at their lever than they are people at the lower levels of their own tower.<br /><br />At the lowest levels are people with their eyes on the perceived enemies, on the procedures, on the minutia that holds them in their level and draws then down to the next lower. And it seems like there is always a "next lower".<br /><br />And the lowest levels ARE populated in each vertical structure, none are immune.<br /><br />And the saddest thing about this is that it is the lowest levels that label us. People look at me and measure me against the Westboro Baptists, I look at the recent rant (sarah leah) and so help me my first reaction was to an Islamic rant.<br /><br />There are important differences and the differences need to be observed.<br /><br />But we are an odd thing in the world, or were. We are not a theocracy. There is no proper place in the public life to discuss, much less enforce the differences.<br /><br />We have to go with that which is common when moving between towers, and deal with the differences within our own towers.<br /><br />Sarah Leah, if you don't want to wish me a "Merry Christmas", you don't have to.<br /><br />If you want to wish me a joyous (or what ever is appropriate) Hannakkah (forgive, please, my spelling, I mean well) that is OK too.<br /><br />But I deny you the right to keep me from saying "Merry Christmas" to you (as long as I am not saying it for some strange, hateful reason). <br /><br />I claim the right to wish you a joyous Hannakkah, or the best sentiment for any other of your holidays (holy days) that I think of.<br /><br /><br />(This is a re-edit of a comment I made yesterday--I realized this morning that I had butchered the editing beyond usual ham......heavy handed fashion.)<br /><br />Have a Merry Christmas, and a Joyous Hannakkah, and a Happy, Safe, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year.Larry Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653436584890594776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-15996566300026689072009-12-14T19:45:20.808-05:002009-12-14T19:45:20.808-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Larry Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653436584890594776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-74362681472055504642009-12-14T18:23:12.622-05:002009-12-14T18:23:12.622-05:00To Viking: I hope you enjoy your holiday. To Sarah...To Viking: I hope you enjoy your holiday. To Sarah Leah and Yaacov Ben Moshe, I think you are hurling really mean and unfair accusations at each other. I think that the Jewish people have too many nasty accusations leveled against each other these days by people who do not wish us well. I think it is a desecration of G-d's name the way you attack each other, and I think it would be a sanctification of His name if the two of you could say something nice to each other. Chag Sameach to both of you.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03990027640659883796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-21549803800399822292009-12-14T13:50:04.594-05:002009-12-14T13:50:04.594-05:00@Viking Since you are not Jewish and not familiar ...@Viking Since you are not Jewish and not familiar with what strict Torah Law means, I don't expect you to understand my statements to a Jewish person who even grew up in an observant home (or so he claims). It is not that I would, G-d forbid, wish you anything bad - I don't acknowledge the reference to the person you worship by speech or anything, and as we worship only one G-d (without additional representations or proxys), I can't with you a "Merry" of it, because it acknowledges it in the wrong way for us.<br /><br />I know that sounded convoluted, but without going into a major Torah/Judaism lesson, or the history of your religion, it does sound convoluted.<br /><br />Anyway, the bottom line is that for one thing, the Jewish people are supposed to be a separate people from the other nations. We aren't supposed to assimilate and blend in. This does not mean we are supposed to convert anyone, or force anyone, or anything like that But we are supposed to live according to the laws set down by the Torah (written and Oral) - for Jews.<br /><br />So, you see, although I don't wish you bad..December 25th is a day for me - not a special day, not a holiday and not a holy day. I would wish you a good day - like on any other day. I would hope that you have a good life, and good health, on any and every day of the year - including December 25.<br /><br />And now, I have some latkes to get off the stove before they burn.sarah leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741530920157663438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-53334540283551632202009-12-14T12:59:09.874-05:002009-12-14T12:59:09.874-05:00The comments on here continue to both enlighten an...The comments on here continue to both enlighten and challenge me.<br />As an observant Christian, I have no problem wishing each and every one of you a blessed Hanukkah (although my phraseology may be clumsy).<br /><br />Respecting the festivals of others in no way implies a weakening or compromising of one's own views, and indeed when it comes to religion it could be argued that this respect only strengthens them.<br /><br />When a friend or neighbour says 'merry Christmas' to you this year, I hope that you can accept the wish in the spirit in which it is intended. Thankyou.Tim Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02470464053181422637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-75781017078243080712009-12-14T12:56:14.665-05:002009-12-14T12:56:14.665-05:00BS"D I am not any hypocrite. Sometimes you ha...BS"D I am not any hypocrite. Sometimes you have to use the questionable term to get it over. I don't use it in my everyday language, nor does my family. It doesn't mean we were born in a cave and never heard that trash before.<br />You just caved in to being surrounded by the goyim your whole life. You need to go and speak with a rav. It isn't just the word - it is indicative of you allowing yourself to be swallowed by the "beast" - and then to look for happy little warm-and-fuzzies about the founding father of America have shown you the light. Well, remember, there is no light without Torah, and this - at this time of year CHANNUKAH - the topic of light over darkness is of the essence. You should be focusing on light not on little green and red ones.sarah leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741530920157663438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-27976225948129426002009-12-14T12:45:24.797-05:002009-12-14T12:45:24.797-05:00S L,
Thanks for the stunning display of hypocrisy!...S L,<br />Thanks for the stunning display of hypocrisy!<br />First you write a word you claim you are "not allowed" to say and then you accuse me of being non-observant.<br />If you are not allowed to say it then how much more of a shunda is it for you to write it as a monument to your angry attempt to humiliate a fellow Jew? I reject your attempt to judge me. <br />You appear to me to be a sad, angry, hyper-critical fundementalist who is happy to enjoy the largess of American Christians while you find nasty little ways to spot in their borscht.<br />Well, one thing you don't have to worry about- you didn't succeed in humiliating me- you were too busy with yourself.Yaacov Ben Moshehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16711165551258127500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-17739784195918532932009-12-14T07:54:58.998-05:002009-12-14T07:54:58.998-05:00You are completely misguided. But what is worse, ...You are completely misguided. But what is worse, you are leading others astray. You are not observant, apparently, as it is forbidden to even say the name of a foreign deity, or for us to even say kratzmach. I would hope that Jews would educate themselves thoroughly before vomiting erroneous information like this.sarah leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741530920157663438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-24102155636605809992009-12-07T15:16:32.302-05:002009-12-07T15:16:32.302-05:00Great post! I can definitely relate to your sentim...Great post! I can definitely relate to your sentiment. <br /><br />Good For The Jews with special guests DeLeon and comedians Morgan Murphy, Seth Herzog, and Rachel Sklar is happening at the Highline Ballroom tonight! It’s going to be a great time, hope to see you there!<br />Tonight! (December 7, 2009)<br />Concert starts @ 8PM<br />Doors open @ 6PM<br />Tickets $15.00<br /><br />Discount code: GFTJ<br /><br />The hilarious music duo Good For the Jews bring their national tour to New York for a night of unorthodox music and comedy on December 7, the minus-fifth night of Hanukkah.<br /><br />GOOD FOR THE JEWS:<br /><br />Jewish music for people who don't like Jewish music.<br /><br />No songs about dreidels.<br /><br />And no Israeli folk-dancing.<br /><br />“Good For the Jews is a hilarious musical act. Don’t miss them.” National Public Radio<br /><br />“Like Sarah Silverman and Jon Stewart, Good For the Jews is wickedly hilarious.” Village Voice<br /><br />“Good For the Jews: a Jewish Flight of the Conchords.” Denver Westword<br /><br />“Like Adam Sandler with a few additional IQ points.” The Onion<br /><br />“Good For the Jews is part of the sharp new culture presented by such talents as Jon Stewart, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Sarah Silverman.” Washington Post<br /><br />DeLEON makes “Spanish-Jewish indie rock” by infusing 15th hcentury folk music with the entrancing cadences of the ancient Sephardic tradition. They have toured with Gogol Bordello and recently completed a 20-city tour with Brazilian legends Os Mutantes.<br /><br />MORGAN MURPHY has been a writer for the TV shows Crank Yankers and Jimmy Kimmel Live. She has performed standup comedy on Premium Blend and Last Call with Carson Daly, and is currently writing for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.<br /><br />SETH HERZOG has appeared on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Chappelle’s Show, and VH1’s Best Week Ever.Beach Concertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14312014745546582555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-19365396159912660872009-12-02T12:25:12.793-05:002009-12-02T12:25:12.793-05:00I like the essay very much. I agree. I started my ...I like the essay very much. I agree. I started my journalism career as a news reporter in the mainstream media. I hated all the stories about the Holiday Trees etc. When I shop around Christmas season, and someone says Happy Holidays, I feel nothing. It's empty. It's a phrase they were told to say. But when someone says Merry Christmas, I feel great. It's warm, it's genuine, and that person obviously isn't cowed by political correctness. I actually love hearing Merry Christmas, and I hope I have a Merry Christmas (well, Dec. 25), and I don't think there's anything wrong with that, even if I don't celebrate it.<br /><br />Also, as an observant Jew (who didn't grow up at all observant or religious), I like seeing others practice their faith. I know how meaningful it can be to believe in God--any God--and how that can enrich a person's life. I agree with you, there is no reason to fear the celebration of Christmas. On the contrary, I think I actually like Christmas more than my Christian friends and co-workers! I get all the lights and cheer of the holiday but none of the family baggage!<br /><br />So, great essay. I'm always happy to read about Jews who aren't afraid of Christianity. Keep it up, and have a Chanukah sameach (and merry Christmas!).Sethmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-74477855020492765642009-11-25T23:02:05.339-05:002009-11-25T23:02:05.339-05:00[sound of applause to crescendo][sound of applause to crescendo]Larry Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653436584890594776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-64930769805987967312009-11-25T22:56:25.906-05:002009-11-25T22:56:25.906-05:00Mr Solomon,
I am not pretending anything. I clearl...Mr Solomon,<br />I am not pretending anything. I clearly stated that I do not share the religious belief behind the Christian holiday and that wishing a "Merry Christmas" to someone who does, means only that I have the respect for another human being whose behavior and principles I respect. This is not multiculturalism and it is not moral equivalence. <br /><br />I went through a long and reasonable, if impassioned, explanation of how the openness of America has made this country a refuge and a shelter for us. My grandparents never forgot that, my parents learned it from them and I have tried my best to pass it on. <br /><br />From your first comment here you have been insulting and arrogant. It is that arrogance, the idea that YOU know what real Jewish Identity is and that I have no understanding of what "the meaning of America" is, is not just offensive, it is self-important and ignorant.<br /><br />You give no intelligent argument, you offer only the patently fallacious syllogism:<br /><br />"Christmas = Celebrating the birth of Christ<br /><br />Pretending that Christmas is anything but that is a multicultural attempt to water down Christmas."<br /><br />It is not your disagreement with me that makes you an enemy of the republic on the scale of al Queda operatives and Neo-Nazis, it is the corrosive effect of your irrational rage response and the unwarranted conceit that you understand these things when you clearly have no interest in understanding.<br /><br />I told you before that your comments are not welcome here and any further comments will be deleted. This is my blog and you disgust me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478839061452636185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-37789781588380557742009-11-25T22:21:15.639-05:002009-11-25T22:21:15.639-05:00Miriam,
I am sorry that you feel that way. I would...Miriam,<br />I am sorry that you feel that way. I would suggest that you reconsider that comparisons you make. Comparing modern Christianity with the death cults and long-discarded superstitions of the past is, in my view, unfair and prejudicial. Jewish tradition, after all, has honored righteous gentiles since ancient times. Rather than judging your neighbors and fellow Westerners by labels and titles, better to judge and reward them by their deeds and the principals to which they devote themselves. You compromise nothing by wishing a righteous person the joy of his holiday and you exercise your ability to recognize righteousness wherever it exists.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478839061452636185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-29972345224323692482009-11-25T22:07:02.652-05:002009-11-25T22:07:02.652-05:00Happy Thanksgiving.
Merry Christmas.
God bless y...Happy Thanksgiving.<br /><br />Merry Christmas.<br /><br />God bless you as you celebrate your holidays, and know that I wish I knew your traditions as well as you know mineLarry Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653436584890594776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625076107995960519.post-12135343503189562242009-11-25T21:52:01.830-05:002009-11-25T21:52:01.830-05:00Christmas = Celebrating the birth of Christ
Prete...Christmas = Celebrating the birth of Christ<br /><br />Pretending that Christmas is anything but that is a multicultural attempt to water down Christmas. And I hope you aren't one of those multicultural liberals you keep writing so much about. <br /><br />And of course for disagreeing with you, I'm just like Al Queda and the Neo-Nazis. My those liberal moral equivalence lessons are coming in handy for you.Yaakov Solomonnoreply@blogger.com