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Posted on 12/06/2004 10:17:19 PM PST by alogonquin
At least for the sake of earthly benefit, would that it were so... but I get a hunch that Mohammed, Anton LeVey, and several others haven't been tuning in to quite the same "ethical principles"
Yeah, they have to make it sound as "inclusive" as possible.
A Lubie project?
Who's taking odds on the first group to protest them?
Jiffy Lube?
I don't think PETA will be there. They're not planning any ritual slaughter demos that I'm aware of. ;-) Although there is a model kosher kitchen. Think PETA will go after it?
I understand there is a traditional Jewish belief that if a charity project is done visibly in someone's name, that the someone will be specially blessed by God for it.
"Mitzva l'farsem osei mitzvah" - there is a mitzvah to publicize the names of those who do mitzvot. Is that what you're referring to?
Ha, ha, ha!...
There is a sect of highly Orthodox Jews, known as the Lubavitchers. Sometimes called Lubies by nickname (it's not derogatory, other Orthodox Jews use the name). Crown Heights is one of their centers. That they wear their faith on their sleeve would be an understatement. The folks that ask to put huge menorahs up in towns that have Christmas trees (and I say more power to them, and spit in the ACLU's eye for their relentless pursuit of the naked public square).
I am quite impressed by this, if the museum lives up to its description. The Christian evangelistic theme parks should do as well.
Not sure, I am a fundamentalist Christian goy-boy and don't have that much of a background in the Jewish world. I do remember that when I paid a visit to an Orthodox cloister in the Chicago area (? there probably is a better word, ghetto is too demeaning) I visited a religious service held in a room that had a portable Torah-ark. That thing had a humongous sign on it (in English!) stating that it had been donated by a Mr. and Mrs. Jewishname (don't remember actual name). Struck me as a BIT unsubtle....
No, it does seem that the world's great religions do share similar moral principles -- it's a question of who the moral principles apply to, though. Islam makes a clear distinction between believers and unbelievers, between "us" and "them." Christianity, at least on paper, doesn't.
I've heard about a certain Jewish carpenter fellow who warned against that sort of mentality and behavior a couple of thousand years ago.
If Mohammed would just quit foaming at the mouth long enough to articulate any of them.
The Nazarene carpenter did say that his disciples would be known by their love for one another. This doesn't mean that the rest of the world is to be execrated (that's contrary to the spirit of evangelism). But there's something special that goes on between believers, or at least is supposed to. This is what (yes I know I will get flamed for this :-) the souls of the Jews are looking for. A charismatic rabbi, is not ultimate fulfillment (any more than would be Jim Bakker, or Billy Graham, or the Pope, or...). The Son of God, is.
Only Snags call us Lubies.
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I understand there is a traditional Jewish belief that if a charity project is done visibly in someone's name, that the someone will be specially blessed by God for it."
More of this the concept of Jewish charity. According to Jewish law and tradition, the highest form of charity is charity done anonymously, with neither the recipient knowing who the donor is or the donor knowing who the recipient is.
I toured this museum while it was under construction. It was clear it would be terrific.
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