Which "his version" are you talking about? I have stated already that I am not a scholar of the Torah. So I have pretty much refrained from making any statements about it. The disagreements that I have had on this thread so far are WHAT he has claimed as opposed to whether it is true or not.
Monkeyshine and I, if there were any real disagreements, have been discussing the substance of his statements rather than what the Torah actually says. That is where you came into error.
If you advance a position and then purport to justify it then put up or shut up.
Monkeyshine and I, if there were any real disagreements, have been discussing the substance of his statements rather than what the Torah actually says
And yet you continued to parrot his version as if you didn't believe a word monkeyshine or the Jewish posters asserted. Is this your version of the "catch me if you can" argument?
This is more or less how the joke about 2 Jews having 5 opinions comes about.
So when I say this rabbi stands on his ground, I am acknowleging that he may indeed have valid points. It's subject to interpretation and opinion. Jewish scholarship is extremely difficult -- sometimes two very valid points are in seeming contradiction with each other. But we're talking about people's hard core beliefs and the redemption of the world, so devout people are going to argue these beliefs vociferously and to their last breath. I don't have words of ill will for this rabbi or his opinion. I just think he is wrong. I am no Torah scholar either, just a layman who derives immense pleasure grappling in depths of understanding found in Jewish thought.