All in favor HiTech is not a “Nutjob...” Big “I.”
(Man, I was staying off the Jew-Christian threads today.... guess I got bored with no work to do....)
EinNYC, et al, the nature of Christians is to spread their good news. It’s one thing to call each other wrong, another thing to spread our good word.
So I’ve mainly (lately) posted shiurim (”classes” in Hebrew, mostly audio) but it’s a long upload time—to our brains. No quick rebuttal of this one’s proof-text and that one’s rebuttal. One has to plug in and listen for a while. I always recommend to listen while doing dishes... Mrs. Phinneous is cooking for Shabbos now so, well, I’ll do my part. Wash and learn...
STAY WITH ME (especially Jews)
Yidden give a listen, Gentiles, give it a try: this is Rabbi Tovia Singer’s class on Matthew and Paul. Look past the humor and even the explicit charges against Christian use of TaNaCh (”Old...) and you find a pure love of Jewish scripture. It grounds the Jew. You must listen.
Now, the Orthodox Jews on FR know (big tip of the cards Gentiles... get ready) that we do not study NaCh (Prophets and Writings, the latter books of the Bible) NEARLY as much as is warranted. Rabbi Singer gives the inspiration to get back to the Books. He sounds like Seinfeld so pretend it’s Must See TV.
Yidden do not pass go, neither shalt thee collect $200 until you make the time and listen to this. If you are Jewish, have passion to debate religion, and are on this thread, listen to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKW9g85S-no
I was thinking about you last night. We both agree there is a happier side to heaven than most “religious” people are willing to let on. Even a happiness that doesn’t seem to make sense to the worldly.
The details is where we differ.
If someone is going to go off on “evangelization” as “insecure” then they automatically have put Chassidim in the same box that they have put Christians. The baby and bath water get tossed out together, no matter which is which. There’s a reason beyond the trappings that Christmas is considered so merry in much of the globe. The claim is a special presence of the Lord. The Lord turns our water into wine. The Lord removes our confusion about what is heavenly.