tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post3748771284881342667..comments2024-03-29T01:21:09.549-04:00Comments on YGB - יג"ב: בין ישראל לאומותYosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-69624466973640971282019-05-29T18:40:42.752-04:002019-05-29T18:40:42.752-04:00As a convert, this all looks like a non-issue. Wha...As a convert, this all looks like a non-issue. Whatever any text says, I do not see how HaShem could command me to believe that I used to hate am Yisrael, while by experience I can tell that I certainly didn't.Avinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-83759567494239675842019-02-21T00:24:27.044-05:002019-02-21T00:24:27.044-05:00My understanding of the Meiri is that mere civiliz...My understanding of the Meiri is that mere civilized behaviour is not enough - it needs to be backed by a moral ethical belief system. If so, I'm unsure that the existence of ethical atheists would affect anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-44174835395614041492019-02-10T19:40:15.973-05:002019-02-10T19:40:15.973-05:00Continue as at present.Continue as at present.Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-88665262980702088982019-02-10T14:22:41.782-05:002019-02-10T14:22:41.782-05:00RYGB, answer the question.RYGB, answer the question.Der Bochurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-89702356768740629722018-12-28T07:47:39.761-05:002018-12-28T07:47:39.761-05:00Obviously you are, to an unusual extant. I was ans...Obviously you are, to an unusual extant. I was answering to Der Bochur.Avinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-66568330265388513722018-12-28T00:08:57.212-05:002018-12-28T00:08:57.212-05:00I am trying...I am trying...Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-80052322191882743992018-12-27T03:03:13.796-05:002018-12-27T03:03:13.796-05:00This is what R' Schiller was saying in the quo...This is what R' Schiller was saying in the quoted interview. Lucky that you can avoid it, some of us just cannot. The topic attracting so little interest might stem from the fact that those who have the sources and knowledge to explore it efficiently don't care, and the people for whom the issue is central lack the training to put things together and explore it in a Jewish way.Avinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-71201531871060028372018-12-10T19:39:36.811-05:002018-12-10T19:39:36.811-05:00What if a Medinat Halacha is set up in Israel tomo...What if a Medinat Halacha is set up in Israel tomorrow (guided by say Kahanist parties) and Moshiach hasn't yet come. What do you do then?Der Bochurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-73976060651240618942018-12-10T15:51:16.679-05:002018-12-10T15:51:16.679-05:00או שכן או שלא. הלכתא למשיחא.או שכן או שלא. הלכתא למשיחא.Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-16588709576199540272018-12-10T09:53:21.007-05:002018-12-10T09:53:21.007-05:00I meant in Eretz Yisroel.
I assume we would in Ere...I meant in Eretz Yisroel.<br />I assume we would in Eretz Yisroel.<br />What I said only applies there, sorry for not making that clear from the startDer Bochurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-33382976347482077292018-12-10T01:53:15.162-05:002018-12-10T01:53:15.162-05:00They don't have to accept anything of the sort...They don't have to accept anything of the sort. Especially in our day and age. They can legislate any system of dinim they like. These parameters apply to us when we have a sanhedrin and judge them, or impose our system on them - and there is no necessity to assume that we would.Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-13536631411365577752018-12-10T01:51:26.037-05:002018-12-10T01:51:26.037-05:00No wonder you have so many issues. You haven't...No wonder you have so many issues. You haven't read Viktor Frankl!!! ;-)Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-88101305702823507592018-12-09T12:51:40.763-05:002018-12-09T12:51:40.763-05:00Of course they must also accept that they need no ...Of course they must also accept that they need no hasroah,only require 1 witness and 1 judge both of whom can be ANYONE and that they may be executed for any violation<br />רב הונא ורב יהודה וכולהו תלמידי דרב אמרי על שבע מצות בן נח נהרג גלי רחמנא בחדא והוא הדין לכולהו <br />אשכח ר' יעקב בר אחא דהוה כתיב בספר אגדתא דבי רב בן נח נהרג בדיין א' ובעד אחד שלא בהתראה מפי איש ולא מפי אשה ואפילו קרוב משום<br />as opposed to all the due proccess for a Jew. How is this supposed to be fair? In other words equality under the law doesn't seem to exist whatsoever (Gezeilah and Ever min Hachai are not capital crimes for Jews)Der Bochurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-74117805979430901792018-12-08T22:01:56.211-05:002018-12-08T22:01:56.211-05:00Don't have the money. I'll see if the libr...Don't have the money. I'll see if the library has it.Der Bochurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-63439910929554452272018-12-07T01:26:17.423-05:002018-12-07T01:26:17.423-05:00That was not the question. But... have you read ye...That was not the question. But... have you read yet "Man's Search for Meaning?"Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-87519308856344209072018-12-07T00:36:14.395-05:002018-12-07T00:36:14.395-05:00OK, so even IF I granted you're right have you...OK, so even IF I granted you're right have you demonstrated that such meaning actually exists and isn't a figment of our imaginations. The answer is NO.Der Bochurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-60439903887216460292018-12-07T00:18:07.532-05:002018-12-07T00:18:07.532-05:00https://www.richarddawkins.net/2013/04/why-identif...https://www.richarddawkins.net/2013/04/why-identify-as-atheist-and-not-nihilist/Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-88148213031732405892018-12-07T00:13:08.356-05:002018-12-07T00:13:08.356-05:00If there is no ultimate purpose, then nihilism is ...If there is no ultimate purpose, then nihilism is the only philosophy that makes sense. Work, family, etc. are deceptive meanings, as they are only meaningful as expedient.Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-74770982953704647382018-12-07T00:10:54.365-05:002018-12-07T00:10:54.365-05:00"Gas chambers are the natural and logical out..."Gas chambers are the natural and logical outcome of nihilistic atheism. A non-nihilist atheist is a contradiction in terms. Ergo, the prevalence of non-nihilists is indicative of a deeper non-atheism."<br /><br />May I ask how Atheism=Nihilism exactly? How does atheism prevent someone from having meaning in his life because of his work,family etc?Der Bochurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-22525421647026228212018-12-06T22:26:35.790-05:002018-12-06T22:26:35.790-05:00See https://compassioninpolitics.wordpress.com/201...See https://compassioninpolitics.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/victor-frankl-on-nihilism-materialist-scientism-and-atheism/<br /><br />Gas chambers are the natural and logical outcome of nihilistic atheism. A non-nihilist atheist is a contradiction in terms. Ergo, the prevalence of non-nihilists is indicative of a deeper non-atheism.Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-58782623640886563252018-12-06T20:39:31.733-05:002018-12-06T20:39:31.733-05:00About "No Atheist in a foxhole" since 20...About "No Atheist in a foxhole" since 2013 Atheists have outnumbered Southern Baptists in the US Military for further refutation see "Notable counter-examples" in the relevant Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_no_atheists_in_foxholes#Notable_counterexamples<br />I'm curious by what means you would test this more than the statement that "deep down the Yidden don't reject the divinity of Yoshke." (To give just one example of turning that on its head)Der Bochurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-50957700278674941322018-12-06T13:16:17.034-05:002018-12-06T13:16:17.034-05:00I think deep down they don't reject the existe...I think deep down they don't reject the existence of God. "No atheist in a foxhole."Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-70866892357865334102018-12-06T13:06:00.890-05:002018-12-06T13:06:00.890-05:00The simplest explanation is that they have rudimen...The simplest explanation is that they have rudimentary respect for, and application of, Sheva Mitzvos Bnei Noah, although not necessarily to the extent that we would like to see deployed.Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-51543116527510470412018-12-04T22:58:54.186-05:002018-12-04T22:58:54.186-05:00Fair enough. Since Anonymous and Der Bochur rerais...Fair enough. Since Anonymous and Der Bochur reraised it, let's start with your definition of darchei hadasos, who it includes, and why.Meir Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-83564817960559414332018-12-04T21:21:15.314-05:002018-12-04T21:21:15.314-05:00I've begun resorting to trying to not think ab...I've begun resorting to trying to not think about these things. It's painful enough as is no need to amplify if avoidable.Der Bochurnoreply@blogger.com