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The Wisdom of the (Blogo)Spheres: September 2011
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The Wisdom of the (Blogo)Spheres. Tuesday, September 27, 2011. Wrong again' and Rosh Hashona thoughts. Originally posted on Baal Habos. I met another hidden Frum skeptic. But for me, Reuvein is different from all other skeptics I've encountered. Very very different. Reuvein is someone I know in real life outside the skeptic world; someone I have known for more than thirty years! Someone who is fairly close to me. No, not a relative but someone between acquaintance and good friend. Another bit of disheart...
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The Other Side: December 2008
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Sitra Achra: The Other Side. Physically living the life of a pious and devout Hasid, while intellectually thinking as an atheist, rationalist, and secular humanist. Which side is the Other? Sunday, December 21, 2008. Happy Chanukah, everyone! What a wonderful time of the year. For some. But that old fat S.O.B. refuses to put any gifts under my. I guess it's just me, then. I'm a jolly old fellow. Can't you see his long white beard? I'm sure some wall-street execs are lining up for the job as we speak.
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Knowledge Problems: May 2006
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Sunday, May 28, 2006. Where were you when I laid the earth's foundations,. Speak if you have understanding. Do you know who fixed its dimensions. Or who measured it with a line? Onto what were its bases sunk? Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. I just saw an amazingly sad and thought-provoking Anime yesterday called Haibane Renmei. It is 13 episodes and available on DVD. Naturally, the fondest wish of every Haiban...
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Knowledge Problems: April 2006
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Sunday, April 23, 2006. Is There a Crisis? A self-transcendent conception should ideally explain the following four things: (1) what the world is like, (2) what we are like, (3) why the world appears to beings like us in certain respects as it is and in certain respects as it isn't, (4) how beings like us can arrive at such a conception. Nagel, "The View from Nowhere"). Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'. We are not now that strength which in old days. One equal temper of heroic hearts,. Confused ...
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Knowledge Problems: March 2006
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Sunday, March 19, 2006. Seem to force one inexorably to communicate them to the next generation. They hijack one's rationality by playing to emotions of guilt and fear. Religious people who don't really. Believe any of the religious fairytales will still. Transmit religion to their children, either directly or through the schools in which they enroll them. This process is rarely ever disrupted by a host declaring "I will not transmit! Posted by Big-S Skeptic at Sunday, March 19, 2006. Because such a youn...
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Knowledge Problems: November 2006
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Monday, November 27, 2006. Unknowability of God In Jewish Mysticism, Part II. In this section we will examine a bit further what the classic sources have to say about the unknowable component of God, the En Sof. And then discuss what two recent kabbalistically-influenced scholars have written on the subject. Let us first just give the following quotes about En Sof. And see if we can gather from them anything substantial. Again from the Zohar, we have the following:. The depth of primordial being is calle...
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Knowledge Problems: How Is God Unknowable?
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Sunday, July 22, 2007. How Is God Unknowable? Mdash; a relationship that obtains between two entities, a knower and that which is to be known. This would appear so obvious as to not even need saying; after all, to what could a term such as "unknowable" refer if not to a state of knowledge. That would grant it a concrete and fixed meaning. And so I stress that "unknowability" is a state of knowledge. Not to belabor the point, but again, the approach here is not. For God to be knowable or unknowable in a c...
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Kiruv Awareness Network: Modern Western Morality vs Orthodox Jewish Morality
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Becoming a ba'al t'shuva (BT) is a serious matter; it involves considerable study and soul searching. Unfortunately, rampant intellectually dishonesty in Kiruv (Jewish Outreach) makes an informed decision an immense challenge. Consider this blog your due diligence! Letter to My Rabbi. A List of Some Problematic Issues. Problems with a Global Flood. Marc Shapiro on the Flood. Judaic sources towards gentiles. Gentiles, Rabbis and Texts. Explaining the Unclear by the Incomprehensible. To laugh or to cry.
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Kiruv Awareness Network: Ancient World Morality vs. Talmudic (Orthodox Jewish) World Morality: Attitudes and Laws toward the *OTHER*
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Becoming a ba'al t'shuva (BT) is a serious matter; it involves considerable study and soul searching. Unfortunately, rampant intellectually dishonesty in Kiruv (Jewish Outreach) makes an informed decision an immense challenge. Consider this blog your due diligence! Letter to My Rabbi. A List of Some Problematic Issues. Problems with a Global Flood. Marc Shapiro on the Flood. Judaic sources towards gentiles. Gentiles, Rabbis and Texts. Explaining the Unclear by the Incomprehensible. To laugh or to cry.
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Kiruv Awareness Network: Gadol Hador Archives
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Becoming a ba'al t'shuva (BT) is a serious matter; it involves considerable study and soul searching. Unfortunately, rampant intellectually dishonesty in Kiruv (Jewish Outreach) makes an informed decision an immense challenge. Consider this blog your due diligence! Letter to My Rabbi. A List of Some Problematic Issues. Problems with a Global Flood. Marc Shapiro on the Flood. Judaic sources towards gentiles. Gentiles, Rabbis and Texts. Explaining the Unclear by the Incomprehensible. To laugh or to cry.