tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18662148.post115128129509189264..comments2024-02-15T23:09:04.032-05:00Comments on ShaBot ShaBlog: Bunch of FLAGSWilliam Levinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644680999111762542noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18662148.post-1152215295920911702006-07-06T14:48:00.000-05:002006-07-06T14:48:00.000-05:00I expect non-Orthodox communities are dwindling fo...I expect non-Orthodox communities are dwindling for the same reason many parts of the Christian Church are dwindling: by watering down the faith, the truth is stripped away from the practice. All that is left is a fuzzy feel-good theology and some empty rituals.<BR/> <BR/>When you strip away the truth you strip away the power; you take G-d out of the equation and worship the system. Even worse, a bastardization of the holy system He has established. The focus is on the worshipper and how we feel, not G-d and His character.<BR/><BR/>Additionally, let us not confuse truly equal rights with special rights. What or who we want to have sex with is a petty triviality, not the basis for social and political revolution, like the civil rights movement of the 60s. It is shameful to even compare the gay rights agenda with the civil rights movement. <BR/><BR/>Ez 14:6-8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18662148.post-1151499056282088842006-06-28T07:50:00.000-05:002006-06-28T07:50:00.000-05:00I feel embarrassed for the respondents to this blo...I feel embarrassed for the respondents to this blog entry. To be discriminatory is the shanda. I’m not gay, but I see them for what they are – people! It’s not my biz who they sleep with/date/love. Big F-ING deal. They’re not murdering and pillaging – just trying to live their lives in a way which feels right to them with a minimum of persecution. You’d think we as Jews would understand persecution and show compassion. And if judaism decries homosexuality, then I think that’s one more aspect of my faith that I must question. DON’T YOU???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18662148.post-1151446896739610912006-06-27T17:21:00.000-05:002006-06-27T17:21:00.000-05:00JR I'm pleased to see that you're a good sport. An...JR I'm pleased to see that you're a good sport. <BR/><BR/>Anonymous 1,4<BR/><BR/>P.S. Doree what's shaking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18662148.post-1151442919788725042006-06-27T16:15:00.000-05:002006-06-27T16:15:00.000-05:00Anon #1, there is no historical or biological corr...Anon #1, there is no historical or biological correlation between <A HREF="http://www.alternet.org/story/18437/" REL="nofollow">gayness and extinction</A>.<BR/><BR/>Anon #4, there is no shame in showing support for people seeking equal rights.Shabot 6000https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279661696034945703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18662148.post-1151428862331850272006-06-27T12:21:00.000-05:002006-06-27T12:21:00.000-05:00JR quit pandering to the gays. I realize they can ...JR quit pandering to the gays. I realize they can make or break you in the big city but don't be so open minded that your brain falls out. Accepting gay individuals is fine but celebrating them is a shanda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18662148.post-1151400841916544242006-06-27T04:34:00.000-05:002006-06-27T04:34:00.000-05:00Well, they say a picture tells a thousand words an...Well, they say a picture tells a thousand words and these ones help to illustrate an incontrovertible fact: non-Orthodox Jewish communities are dwindling through assimilation and low birth rates. The fervour with which non-Orthodox streams practice essentially non-Jewish fads is largely to blame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18662148.post-1151393965771788702006-06-27T02:39:00.000-05:002006-06-27T02:39:00.000-05:00Dear anonymous -This is your evidence for the "dea...Dear anonymous -<BR/><BR/>This is your evidence for the "dead end" of non-Orthodox life? One photograph! Wow, what intelligent analysis!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18662148.post-1151291796232482382006-06-25T22:16:00.000-05:002006-06-25T22:16:00.000-05:00Too bad the Reform couldnt get a third marcher to ...Too bad the Reform couldnt get a third marcher to help hold their sign. This is depressing to me, not that I dislike gays, but I just see it as another dead end for non-Orthodox Jewish life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com