tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post5780452573613055245..comments2023-11-03T01:13:22.719-07:00Comments on The Rabbi Is IN with Rabbi Rami: Wheel of MisfortuneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-25259841415355968682009-02-27T06:15:00.000-08:002009-02-27T06:15:00.000-08:00Great comments, and thanks to Gregoire for remindi...Great comments, and thanks to Gregoire for reminding us that some of the most glorious music, art, poetry, and philosophy have come out of religion as well.Rabbi Ramihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07549679279782491931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-57453534750477659262009-02-26T14:21:00.000-08:002009-02-26T14:21:00.000-08:00Just spent the afternoon with one of my favorite B...Just spent the afternoon with one of my favorite Benedictine sisters. Thankfully-the news from the Vatican hasn't trickled down!! <BR/><BR/>You are hilarious voice of reason. MaryMary Bea Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763428381282660719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-75492787797424947462009-02-26T09:39:00.000-08:002009-02-26T09:39:00.000-08:00Why invent a God who plays with fire and has a fix...<I>Why invent a God who plays with fire and has a fixation on torturing women with medieval instruments of terror? Who is moved to praise this Guy? And why?</I><BR/><BR/>In the beginning, some clever unemployed chap went through his neighborhood (probably in Sumeria) talking to people.<BR/><BR/>"When you die," he started, "you go to a place where you roast and burn in unimaginable torment for all eternity. I have found a way to escape this fate."<BR/><BR/>"O, please give us the secret!" <BR/><BR/>"Well," he replied with a smile, "the first thing you need to do is to follow all my orders, however ridiculous... and you need to pay me a salary besides..."<BR/><BR/><I>Given the history of religion and its current track record I cannot help but conclude that we humans have a limitless capacity for religious terror, brutality, and sadism both in this life and the next. </I><BR/><BR/>We've also got a strange desire to impress ourselves. Who doesn't love Sagrada Familia, Notre Dame, Qur'an, Talmud, the works of Tolstoy, etc. etc... <BR/><BR/>Their motivations may have been silly, but I'm grateful something motivated people to create things like this.Grégoirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13610633478542798268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-22903021312695251732009-02-26T07:19:00.000-08:002009-02-26T07:19:00.000-08:00Can I buy a vowel?Can I buy a vowel?Eruessohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685225014024766175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-28134894014585365692009-02-26T06:48:00.000-08:002009-02-26T06:48:00.000-08:00"What is it about us that we want to worship a sad..."What is it about us that we want to worship a sadistic King who takes delight in the eternal torture of his creation?"<BR/><BR/>I know this is rhetorical, but it reminded me of another line:<BR/><BR/>"What this new revelation from the Vatican tells me is that we humans are one sick species." <BR/><BR/>You have also said that we often try to understand God in our own terms and to make God more like us, than us like God. This is a perfect example of that. We hate and deny ownership of the evil within us, so we make our God hate it too. Perhaps too simplistic, but I am sticking with it. <BR/><BR/>The other idea that struck me is that lust and pride are not even "action" they are thoughts. So if we can be eternally tortured for our thoughts what can happen to us when we act on our thoughts? What is worse than eternal bone crushing torture? Perhaps listening to TV evangelists for eternity? <BR/><BR/>And what happens to women when they lust? Oh yeah, we would never do that.Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06099273924537238106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-5170274237117272212009-02-26T05:53:00.000-08:002009-02-26T05:53:00.000-08:00Dear Rabbi Rami:God help us. Where do they come up...Dear Rabbi Rami:<BR/><BR/>God help us. Where do they come up with this stuff? The Vatican scholars ought to look into topics that will actually help us today and advance us spiritually. I won't hold my breath, but it would be nice. Shalom.<BR/><BR/>Daviddtedachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515969793060325169noreply@blogger.com