Free Will to Believe in G_d – Atheists Revenge
After asking to a group of atheists, “Assuming with live in a world with free will, what amount of evidence would be enough for you to believe in G_d?” one of them decided to...
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Free Will to Believe in G_d
The Question To Atheists Atheists fascinate me. In my most secular days, I was an agnostic because even if you are right that there is no Creator, you can’t know that. I recently found...
Shabbat.com – Find a Place for Shabbos
What is Shabbos (Shabbat)? Torah observant Jews spend 1/7 of their lives disconnected from active manipulation of the physical world. Not only do we avoid all electronic devices, but we also avoid building structures,...
Meaning of Words – My Conversation with an Athiest Scoffer
Character Traits of the Arguing Athiest Recently, I stumbled upon a message group filed with mostly formerly Torah observant Jews. I am a formerly atheist leaning Jew (I called myself agnostic only because I thought you...
Women of the Wall: Part II – Jews for Kant
Historian View of Judaism as Fossil In the past, I wrote about why Torah observant Jews give no credence to groups like ‘Women of the Wall’. This is an addendum to that post, as...
Siyum HaShas: Media Covers 90,000 Jews at Giant’s Stadium
(Click on the Pictures for Larger Images) What is a “Siyum HaShas” (Completion of the Entire Talmud)? Started in 1923 in Poland, Rav Meir Shapiro began the practice of a daily learning schedule of...
Women in Judaism, Part II: Woman ≠ Man (so I learned)
This post is a continuation of “Women in Judaism, PART I: Woman = Man (so I was taught)” – read that first. A Logical Framework to the Discussion Let me preface by saying I’m...
Women in Judaism, Part I: Woman = Man (so I was taught)
“Feminist beginnings”, or “Orthodox Judaism’s Oppression” I grew up in a very liberal home, and went to secular public schools with almost all leftist teachers where we learned that traditional values discriminated against women,...
Insular vs. Involved in Secular Society
Looking From the Outside, In From the outside world, Orthodox Jews tend to look sort of . . . monolithic. This tends to be the case about anything one has limited knowledge about. For...
Trophy Wives: Men Never Change – Flood to PR China, It’s All the Same
New Rich Matchmaking in China The New York Times provides more fodder for discussion in today’s article on new matchmaking services in China: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/business/in-a-changing-china-new-matchmaking-markets.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 The catch is, that in China, these services can cost...