Thank you. Maybe people need to appreciate nuances and try to understand where others are coming from. I'm just as guilty as anyone in the politisphere. The level of hate being spewed out is G-dawful.
Many of the Talmudic scholars are, paradoxically, the least open-minded of the religious. Witness the Hasidim, who keep their children uneducated except for their ritual pretend debates on scripture. In Israel, they are core supporters of a war against the Palestinians they refuse to serve as soldiers in. We should learn what from them?
For someone as thoughtful as you appear to be—engaged in this high-minded conversation—I find your comment puzzling. Don’t take this the wrong way, but do you not see that your hasty and fact-free denigration of Talmudists—regarded by many, Jew and non-Jew alike, as among the most brilliant minds ever assembled—bears more than a trace of hubris?
You then leap, without context, to a dismissal of the Chassidim, their children’s education, and even the war in Gaza. I must ask you to clarify. Perhaps in doing so, you’ll help me and other readers understand why you’ve chosen, in a public forum no less, not only to ignore the author’s premise but to write something that perfectly illustrates it—a kind of myopia, a narrowing of the mind.
One wonders: in what way have you been harmed by a religious person? If so, I feel for you—and I send my wishes that you find a way to heal from whatever wound or disappointment you’ve endured.
Thank you. Maybe people need to appreciate nuances and try to understand where others are coming from. I'm just as guilty as anyone in the politisphere. The level of hate being spewed out is G-dawful.
Many of the Talmudic scholars are, paradoxically, the least open-minded of the religious. Witness the Hasidim, who keep their children uneducated except for their ritual pretend debates on scripture. In Israel, they are core supporters of a war against the Palestinians they refuse to serve as soldiers in. We should learn what from them?
Dear Will,
For someone as thoughtful as you appear to be—engaged in this high-minded conversation—I find your comment puzzling. Don’t take this the wrong way, but do you not see that your hasty and fact-free denigration of Talmudists—regarded by many, Jew and non-Jew alike, as among the most brilliant minds ever assembled—bears more than a trace of hubris?
You then leap, without context, to a dismissal of the Chassidim, their children’s education, and even the war in Gaza. I must ask you to clarify. Perhaps in doing so, you’ll help me and other readers understand why you’ve chosen, in a public forum no less, not only to ignore the author’s premise but to write something that perfectly illustrates it—a kind of myopia, a narrowing of the mind.
One wonders: in what way have you been harmed by a religious person? If so, I feel for you—and I send my wishes that you find a way to heal from whatever wound or disappointment you’ve endured.
I'm going to be removing this comment a) as this is not a forum for geopolitics and b) due to the enormity of the falsehood.