tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post5475819377510882429..comments2023-11-03T01:13:22.719-07:00Comments on The Rabbi Is IN with Rabbi Rami: The Rising Tide of OrthodoxyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-52699213308917051542013-11-16T12:07:13.368-08:002013-11-16T12:07:13.368-08:00I will always consider myself a person of Jewish f...I will always consider myself a person of Jewish faith no matter the numbers. Right now I am unaffiliated with organized Judaism because I cannot find a community that is truly spiritual. I look and look but have been unsuccessful so far.Yogi35**https://www.blogger.com/profile/00528352930954704184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-34509323655990851102013-11-14T18:15:02.335-08:002013-11-14T18:15:02.335-08:00There is a type of liberal Judaism that does offer...There is a type of liberal Judaism that does offer the spirituality that people crave, and the sense of community that the Orthodox have. What I've seen in Reform Judaism is the embrace of women and gay men, which has changed the denomination, for the better,IMHO. The conservative politics of the leaders of Orthodoxy (if not most Orthodox people) will mean there will still be Jews in the other movements.I've pointed out before that I'm a man married to a male Reform rabbi.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895825111070588799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-89427555176672295012013-11-13T08:23:25.881-08:002013-11-13T08:23:25.881-08:00Are not all labels misleading?
As a "liberal...Are not all labels misleading?<br /><br />As a "liberal Baptist" minister in Lynchburg during Jerry Falwell's heyday, I found I had far more in common with a neighboring Catholic priest than with Jerry and other Baptist ministers.<br /><br />Do liberals have less faith than conservatives? Or, as you put it, a different understanding of faith?<br /><br />Having left my "Baptist" roots, I<br />have found it difficult to find a faith community more conducive to my beliefs. Perhaps some of the difficulty is the difference between faith and beliefs.<br /><br />To me, beliefs(religion)are intellectual ("head") and can be articulated objectively, while faith (spirituality) is more experiential, ineffable ("heart")and subjective. That is why I consider myself to be SBNR (Spiritual But Not Religious.)Tyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13668695582076359917noreply@blogger.com