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I'm gla...HI Deannie,<BR/>Just saw your remark...thanks. I'm glad that it's helpful..<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>JoyceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-23240678786779955712008-10-27T23:02:00.000-04:002008-10-27T23:02:00.000-04:00Hi Joyce,I really enjoyed your post! I always und...Hi Joyce,<BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed your post! I always understand my Christian faith much better after reading your posts. I know there is a lot of symbolism that I miss by not understanding the Hebrew roots of it.<BR/><BR/>In Hi,<BR/><BR/>DeannieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-65949057758994722102008-10-27T20:04:00.000-04:002008-10-27T20:04:00.000-04:00Thank-you YG. I was able to begin reading the art...Thank-you YG. I was able to begin reading the article today. It's a long one, huh? -RudiRudihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790452739588756078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-39525666800518532072008-10-27T15:21:00.000-04:002008-10-27T15:21:00.000-04:00To Joyce @ 1:11 PMRe: "From the Jews I have spoken...To Joyce @ 1:11 PM<BR/><BR/>Re: "From the Jews I have spoken to who are more knowledgeable than myself, Kabbalah is a form of Jewish mysticism, and as such is not good. One friend told me "it is so mystical we can't understand it". <BR/><BR/><BR/>Even singer, Madonna's soon-to-be-ex-husband, Guy Ritchie is quoted as saying, "I don't really understand [it]. I don't think it's a religon as far as I'm aware."<BR/><BR/>Supposedly, her obsession with Kabbalah was just one of the many factors that contributed to the end of their marriage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-27859499884419928822008-10-27T06:11:00.000-04:002008-10-27T06:11:00.000-04:00Rudi,Hi there.I checked the original link and it w...Rudi,<BR/><BR/>Hi there.<BR/><BR/>I checked the original link and it works for me. Here it is again:<BR/><BR/>http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/05/12/030512fa_fact<BR/><BR/>or <BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/3e5epc<BR/><BR/>The link that led me there in the first place was:<BR/><BR/>http://www.metafilter.com/25635/Neoconservative-Kabbalism<BR/><BR/>If you click on the words "Strong Ties" it takes you to the New Yorker article.<BR/><BR/>Hope that helps.Young Grasshopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152027597398742486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-28613863604260238332008-10-27T01:55:00.000-04:002008-10-27T01:55:00.000-04:00By the way Dorothy, here are some of your own comm...By the way Dorothy, here are some of your own comments from the Israel forum so evidently you have some problems with kabbalah too:<BR/><BR/>Dorothy<BR/>Senior Member<BR/><BR/> <BR/>Join Date: Apr 2007<BR/>Location: Chicago area<BR/>Posts: 423<BR/>Jerusalem Academy<BR/>The New Age movement is very involved in determining the plans for peace in the Middle East. <BR/><BR/>At http://www.freiberg.blogspot.com/ Bjorn translated a book from German written by a cult founder. The book is a mish mash of occult, pagan, Kabbalah, Jewish, Christian and New Age ideas. The interpretation of the information is the kind usually found where antisemitic material is sold. The cult leader is Heinrich Elijahu Benedikt and the main group is in Germany. However there are branches in other places including Israel. Bjorn has attempted a page by page translation of the cult's book so that anyone can see what their beliefs are. Bjorn's first language isn't English, so the reading doesn't flow smoothly.<BR/><BR/>From Bjorn's blog:<BR/>HEB has powerful connections. <BR/>" HEB is the author of the Jerusalem Peace Academy, with connections with the UN since Oslo 1992. (link to be provided), offering a deceptive Peace Plan to all participants.<BR/><BR/><BR/>- He is the German debuty of the Club of Budapest of New Ager Ervin Laszlo, connected with Michael Gorbatchev, the Club of Rome, the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC, Bishop Tutu), Crans Montana Forum and such having influence on Politicians, Decision Makers of Business and Media, NGOs. <BR/><BR/><BR/>-H.E.B. is half German and half Jewish, using a lot of Jewish Mystic (Kabbalah) and Catharism, thus changing Biblical meaning to its complete opposite: after HEB everybody has to redeem him/herself alone, for after HEB the great sacrifice deed and blood of Jesus Christ was not enough, HEB is preaching redemption by good deeds after a long evolutionary path and awakening the „godly sparks” inside of everybody through a great initiation by the help of the ancient mysteries of Atlantis, Chaldea and Egypt."<BR/><BR/>Why should this concern you? Because the Jerusalem Peace Academy is partnered with names of prominance in the Israeli Jewish community. They may or may not know what is taught in his cult groups. <BR/><BR/>http://www.jerusalem-academy.org/pageID_3174303.html Some of the sponsors are:<BR/><BR/>Associate partners: Daniel Kropf, Italian-Israeli entrepreneur and founder of "Education for Life"; Prof. Jaakov Bar-Siman-Tov, Head of Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies; Prof. Haggai Kuperminz, University of Haifa; Bernd von Bismarck, Human Potential & Organizational Development; Marshall B. Rosenberg, author of NVC; Prof. Nikolaus von Kaisenberg, Alanus University, Shulamit Elson, "Soulsongs"; <BR/><BR/>Members of the Advisory Board: Prof. Shlomo Hasson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Prof. Dan Bar-On, BGU Beer Sheba; Prof Sami Adwan, Univ. of Bethlehem; PRIME; Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Dean of Cardozo Academy;<BR/><BR/>Council for Jewish affairs, politics, education and change: <BR/><BR/>Rabbi Eichler, Spokesman of the Admor of Belz;<BR/><BR/>Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Dean of Cardozo Academy;<BR/><BR/>Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Founder-Director of Merkaz Steinsaltz;<BR/><BR/>Rabbi David Zeller<BR/><BR/><BR/>This is the Academy's 209 page peace plan:<BR/>http://www.jerusalem-academy.org/med...-_COMPLETE.PDF<BR/><BR/>If you know anyone on this list, please contact them and let them know of the cult book's translation.<BR/><BR/>Now if more Jews had the nerve to fight the New Age movement, such prominent rabbis wouldn't be linking themselves to an occult/pagan New Age cult leader. It's a shame for the community that Christians have to do our work for us.<BR/><BR/>____________________________________________<BR/>Good post, but don't feel bad that Christians are doing the work for the Jews...and I doubt it would make any difference with these rabbis..There are plenty of Christians linking to the New Age and all the Christian blogging hasn't done a thing to stop that. . People are deceived because they don't believe in the Words of the one who came to bring us life.. When their eyes are opened to the truth, they no longer want the counterfeit. <BR/><BR/>We will all have to chose ultimately which tree we eat from, the Tree of Life or the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. <BR/><BR/>As for me, I chose life.<BR/><BR/>Joyce<BR/><BR/>JoyceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-78340113026318028592008-10-27T01:48:00.000-04:002008-10-27T01:48:00.000-04:00Dorothy, First of all, my view was not a "Christia...Dorothy, <BR/>First of all, my view was not a "Christian" view, but from Jews themselves. Secondly, unlike you perhaps, I believe Orthodox Jews can be deceived. too, just like anyone else. One of the people I spoke to was a Orthodox Jew, a Sabra trained by Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbis. This person has seen supernatural happenings as a result of the practice of Kabbalah. On the other hand I know people who have engaged with animism, the variety practiced in Africa, who have experienced the same thing.<BR/><BR/>Bad fruit is bad fruit. Mystically repeating a Psalm over and over again a certain number of times to get a desired effect is sorcery, not prayer. It's interesting to note some of the same Jews I know who practice Kabbalah believe they are protected by wearing the "evil eye" or the hand of Fatima, or a red thread on their wrist.. These are Orthodox Jews, not Jewish believers in Yeshua. There are believers in Yeshua who start to get dangerously close to dabbling in Kabbalah too because they are enamored with Judaism. <BR/><BR/>I am not enamored with Judaism. I love the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and His Torah, and the Living Torah. I would not hold up Orthodox Judaism as a model of perfection, because there is much that is done in the Orthodox faith that is extra-Biblical and that would include Kabbalah, even though they will claim that Kabbalah is based on the Bible. Having said that, we can also get wisdom from rabbinic literature and I would submit to those on this blog that they cannot really understand Yeshua in His context if they don't know anything about the Judaism of the Second Temple period. Lots of things He says are hebraisms, because He was a Jew of His day and speaks from the Tanakh all the time. In fact, He reveals Himself in the Tanakh. Yeshua was also highly critical of the religious leaders of His day, because they had made their rules more important than the Word of God. Being very bold about saying this was one of the things that really ticked these leaders off. In fact these very same leaders were responsible for handing Him over to the Romans to crucify. So much for their halakha....Many of the Jews recognized He was the Messiah and followed Him. Most of His disciples died for their faith in Him, were imprisoned beaten etc. <BR/><BR/>We cannot prove all of the Oral Law was given to Moses at Sinai...I don't believe that what is practiced today is from Mt. Sinai. The whole synagogue system really developed more fully because of the destruction of the Temple and the inability to carry out the commands to Moses to sacrifice animals in the appointed place, Jerusalem. Of course, we believers in Yeshua know that Yeshua <BR/>died and shed His blood, and cleansed our sins one time for all, and opened the way to the throne room in heaven. God allowed the destruction of the Temple, knowing that Yeshua became the Lamb of Pessach, sacrifice of Yom Kippur. His death fulfilled all the righteous requirements to permit us access to God, which only the Cohen HaGadol had prior to this. <BR/><BR/> <BR/>There probably are parts of oral tradition that were accurately handed down, but it is impossible for anyone to prove that all of the oral traditions were accurately preserved and recorded and that all of the halakha is "God-breathed".. <BR/><BR/><BR/>For this reason we have the expression 2 rabbis/5 opinions when it comes to how to live out Torah. For this reason we have different branches of Judaism, just like there is in Christianity or even within the Messianic movement.<BR/><BR/>By the way, just fyi, there are a group of rabbis in Israel that believe in Yeshua and are studying the Apostles writings. They are in in the yeshivas, and have not as yet come out in public with this information. They are not "Christians", they are Orthodox rabbis. This is not widely known, but I thought it would be encouraging for the readers of this blog to know that in our generation God is revealing Yeshua to many Jews, those who are listening to His voice. I had the privilege of meeting one of these on a recent trip to Israel and it was really a joy to see what Abba is doing in these last days. <BR/><BR/>Dorothy, the Torah says that blood sacrifice is required for the remission of sins. Jews can do all the mitzvah they want but without the shedding of blood there is NO forgiveness of sin...It's not me who says that. Torah says that, so you can believe all the tradition you want but if it contradicts Torah, there is a big problem. God is merciful and would not leave His people without a means of being purified from their sins, which is why He Himself came to die for His people, for Israel.. Kabbalah, Slabbalah...These people can have all the knowledge they want, without BLOOD there is NO forgiveness for sin!!! Read your Torah carefully and you will see that I am right. <BR/><BR/>I will repeat what I said, mysticism is the glue that will hold together the one world religion. Heinrich Eliyahu Benedikt, the Jew who is trying to deceive many understands this well, and it would be wise for all of us to stay away from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and eat from the Tree of Life, Yeshua the living Torah...<BR/><BR/>Christianity may have made lots of mistakes when they threw out Torah...but there's a lot of history behind that...which I won't go into here. One thing that Christianity got right, which is the most important thing is that Yeshua came to tabernacle with us. God incarnate came to dwell with us, and then He died for us. Like Abraham, Abba took His Son to the mountain and was willing that He should die so that the many would be justified.. As Abraham said so accurately "God will provide the sacrifice" and indeed He did. It was Himself. <BR/><BR/>He did not stay in the tomb however, He became the first fruit of the resurrection, that all would believe in Him would not perish but have life and have it abundantly. We are saved by faith, not by secret hidden knowledge. Kabbalah is the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, Yeshua is the Tree of Life.. All who eat from this tree will not die! <BR/><BR/>When Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden fruit, God already knew how He would save them...He said, that the seed of the woman would crush the head of the serpent. Yeshua came to defeat Satan and his offspring, so we have to decide are we the descendants of God or are we the descendants of the devil. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Shalom,<BR/>joyceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-3621053921099218632008-10-26T21:26:00.000-04:002008-10-26T21:26:00.000-04:00Young Grasshopper- I'd like to read the New Yorker...Young Grasshopper- I'd like to read the New Yorker article but I'm not having success finding it with the link you gave or searches on the site. Can you help? Thanks! -RudiRudihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790452739588756078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-28727040354669991802008-10-26T18:55:00.000-04:002008-10-26T18:55:00.000-04:00RESPONSE TO JOYCEI think you are confusing the mod...RESPONSE TO JOYCE<BR/>I think you are confusing the modern Christian idea of Kabbalah with what the Kabbalah is, as Orthodox Jews see it. While you may be in a position to judge it from a Christian point of view, I don't think you understand how it has developed in the Jewish culture. <BR/><BR/>While I am concerned that the literature connected with Kabbalah was influenced by the Gnostics in southern France hundrds of years ago, there is another aspect to it as it has developed as a study in the Jewish community.<BR/><BR/>The search for knowledge always goes on whether in the area of medicine, philosophy, biology, physics or other areas. Religion is no exception. For example, archeology adds to the information found in the Bible. In Judaism there are explanations of extensions of what is in the Bible and the how it carries over into modern life, for instance what does the Bible say about stem cell research. Know that Gershom Sholom's view of Kabbalah is seen by Orthodox Jews as a just what it is, a view by a secular Jew of a serious religious idea. Sholom is not the final word on anything.<BR/><BR/>Kabbalah has nothing to do with morality, and for that the Bible is the final word. http://www.jewfaq.org/kabbalah.htm<BR/>Kabbalah is an attempt to logically explore the unknown world around us, what human life is, or for instance how God can be described in human terms. Psychology, biology, physics astrophysics, etc. are all attempts to understand the same kinds of things that hundreds of years ago people tried to understand without the same information we now have. Then there is the attempt to merge that information with that which is in the Bible. <BR/><BR/>It's not that the study of such things was secretive, but that only a few could understand what was being analyzed. In addition, the average individuals cannot understand what is being writtn because it is written in Hebrew. <BR/><BR/>I don't study the Kabbalah any more than I study advanced electronics, astrophysics, or computer technology. If anyone would write that studies of these things are mysticism, magic or occult sciences, I would think them foolish or people with an agenda of their own. <BR/><BR/>If Orthodox Jews who accept the authority of the Bible can study Kabbalah (and it is suggested that they not study it until the age of 40 when they are well grounded in Torah Judaism), then simplistic views of Kabbalah should be understood for what they are.<BR/><BR/>DorothyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-56279728294005004642008-10-26T18:17:00.000-04:002008-10-26T18:17:00.000-04:00I appreciate your comment, Dorothy, Thank you.-SVI appreciate your comment, Dorothy, Thank you.<BR/><BR/>-SVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-88742628414403397822008-10-26T18:08:00.000-04:002008-10-26T18:08:00.000-04:00What folks don't get is that the 6 month presidenc...What folks don't get is that the 6 month presidencies of the EU come and go -- it is Solana, so far, who has permanency!<BR/><BR/>ConstanceConstance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-2761382812115843442008-10-26T18:02:00.000-04:002008-10-26T18:02:00.000-04:00SV, no one is trying to discourage anyone. It's j...SV, no one is trying to discourage anyone. It's just a matter of continuing to learn from each other. I continue to learn from what others post here and never think I can't learn any more. What I learn I try to pass on. I understand that a lot of what is posted here is involved with Christianity and being Jewish it's outside of my territory.<BR/><BR/>DorothyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-48051062826280803282008-10-26T17:57:00.000-04:002008-10-26T17:57:00.000-04:00Okay, since I technically just woke up from a deli...Okay, since I technically just woke up from a delightful 'Sunday after Church' nap, I grabbed a sub-sandwich and caught up on Constance's site, I'm starting to get my baring now. <BR/><BR/>Sorry, Dorothy, if I sounded ornery to you. I mean you no disrespect.<BR/>I truly don't understand why the 'go find out for yourself' stance, however. It will discourage many unnecessarily. <BR/><BR/>I took a Scripture out of context in my last comment, showing myself to be not completely awake when I chose to comment. Foolish I can be at times! Forgive me. <BR/>The Scripture that I actually mean to refer to is Ephesians 3:6- "This mystery is that through the gospel, the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together with one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus."<BR/><BR/>Thereby, as one body working together, we are not each a one-man army, but an army working together to defeat the enemy by the power of Christ Jesus.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely In Him, <BR/>-SVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-48527796615341094562008-10-26T17:24:00.000-04:002008-10-26T17:24:00.000-04:00Dorothy, Constance, Thanks for the clarification...Dorothy, Constance,<BR/><BR/> Thanks for the clarification.<BR/><BR/>JDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-73087115399581419352008-10-26T17:15:00.000-04:002008-10-26T17:15:00.000-04:00Dorothy, Although God allowed David to take down G...Dorothy, <BR/>Although God allowed David to take down Goliath on his own, later, He gave David an army to continue to defeat the enemy. <BR/>I takes an army to filter out deception because it is like leaven, and it greatly expands in quantity. <BR/>Why the insistance that everyone be a one-man army? <BR/>It isn't written in His Scripture that "everyone for himself" mentality. <BR/>It is written that everyone should work together for the good of those who love Him. <BR/>Yes, you are more knowledgeable. Yes, you are more competant at finding deception. <BR/>Yes, you are older and wiser for all of your experience.<BR/>And as such I admire you. <BR/>Why do you seemingly discourage those who are trying hard to protect their loved ones, and also themselves, while honoring their faith in God and clinging to His promises? <BR/>Questions are never stupid when an honest heart is trying to find the truth.<BR/>-SVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-67028910639891856382008-10-26T15:38:00.000-04:002008-10-26T15:38:00.000-04:00YOUNG GRASSHOPPERNo one speaks for all Jews. No on...YOUNG GRASSHOPPER<BR/>No one speaks for all Jews. No one speaks for all Christians. No one speaks for all Catholics. No one speaks for all Republicans. No one speaks or all Democrat. No one speaks for all painters. No one speaks for all artists. No one speaks for all Cumbey followers. No one speaks for all people who live in Florida. <BR/><BR/>As hard as it is, we need to understand that no part of the media is neutral, that any organizations speak for all members of a group, no polling group is neutral, all who call themselves Christian are to be trusted, and the government people are there to help you etc. <BR/><BR/>After following this for over 26 years, I can say that what you are being fed by the mass media or any group, is a load of hooey, and that includes some who call themselves independent researchers on this website. You need to do a lot on your own.<BR/><BR/>DorothyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-5043352358774834752008-10-26T15:08:00.000-04:002008-10-26T15:08:00.000-04:00RESPONSE TO JOYCEI think you are confusing the mod...RESPONSE TO JOYCE<BR/>I think you are confusing the modern Christian idea of Kabbalah with what the Kabbalah is, as Orthodox Jews see it. While you may be in a position to judge it from a Christian point of view, I don't think you understand how it has developed in the Jewish culture. <BR/><BR/>While I am concerned that the literature connected with Kabbalah was influenced by the Gnostics in southern France hundrds of years ago, there is another aspect to it as it has developed as a study in the Jewish community.<BR/><BR/>The search for knowledge always goes on whether in the area of medicine, philosophy, biology, physics or other areas. Religion is no exception. For example, archeology adds to the information found in the Bible. In Judaism there are explanations of extensions of what is in the Bible and the how it carries over into modern life, for instance what does the Bible say about stem cell research. Know that Gershom Sholom's view of Kabbalah is seen by Orthodox Jews as a just what it is, a view by a secular Jew of a serious religious idea. Sholom is not the final word on anything.<BR/><BR/>Kabbalah has nothing to do with morality, and for that the Bible is the final word. http://www.jewfaq.org/kabbalah.htm<BR/>Kabbalah is an attempt to logically explore the unknown world around us, what human life is, or for instance how God can be described in human terms. Psychology, biology, physics astrophysics, etc. are all attempts to understand the same kinds of things that hundreds of years ago people tried to understand without the same information we now have. Then there is the attempt to merge that information with that which is in the Bible. <BR/><BR/>It's not that the study of such things was secretive, but that only a few could understand what was being analyzed. In addition, the average individuals cannot understand what is being writtn because it is written in Hebrew. <BR/><BR/>I don't study the Kabbalah any more than I study advanced electronics, astrophysics, or computer technology. If anyone would write that studies of these things are mysticism, magic or occult sciences, I would think them foolish or people with an agenda of their own. <BR/><BR/>If Orthodox Jews who accept the authority of the Bible can study Kabbalah (and it is suggested that they not study it until the age of 40 when they are well grounded in Torah Judaism), then simplistic views of Kabbalah should be understood for what they are.<BR/><BR/>DorothyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-28227087329058622582008-10-26T14:42:00.000-04:002008-10-26T14:42:00.000-04:00YG:It is really easy to get swept away in spotting...YG:<BR/><BR/>It is really easy to get swept away in spotting deception and getting swept up in it. Even real easy to start seeing deception in everything. We all need to stay grounded in truth. You might benefit from reading my commentary here related to a game centered on deception http://peacebringer7.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/lessons-from-a-game-called-werewolfmafia/<BR/><BR/>We all need to start attending to the biblical festivals more. I began looking into them more this year and wrote about them. In terms of Sukkot here is commentary <BR/><BR/>http://peacebringer7.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/the-final-biblical-festival-sukkot-the-feast-of-tabernaclesbooths/<BR/>and there are links to several good articals from a messianic view as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-46194579443588069272008-10-26T14:41:00.000-04:002008-10-26T14:41:00.000-04:00Maryanne, I'm so glad it was helpful and I will e...Maryanne, <BR/><BR/>I'm so glad it was helpful and I will email you very soon... <BR/>With love in Yeshua,<BR/>JoyceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-3597539081552777182008-10-26T14:32:00.000-04:002008-10-26T14:32:00.000-04:00Joyce,In thinking about what you said as I drove t...Joyce,<BR/><BR/>In thinking about what you said as I drove to a nearby sandwich shop to pick up some lunch, I realized many more things.<BR/><BR/>First off, I suppose the reason I have been uneasy in my Evangelical church is because it does lean towards mysticism. Although it's not contemplative prayer that's the problem it goes into the opposite direction in trying to "experience" the presence of the Lord through some things that I'm just not comfortable with. <BR/><BR/>In addition, I realized that like you, I also have a Jewish best friend who is into numerology and astrology, and mercury going retrograde, and lei lines and channeling and The Secret and all these other mystical experiences that may go back somewhere to a family root in Kabbalism.<BR/><BR/>By talking about this in plain language, that I can relate to in terms of my own experiences, I can help my friend Sally understand that her New Age beliefs are dangerous and not far removed from witchcraft. Not surpirisingly, she is an avid supported of Obama.<BR/><BR/>Lots of food for thought here, but by tying the ends together for me in a cohesive way, Joyce, it is finally starting to make sense in terms of the big picture. <BR/><BR/>Thanks again!Young Grasshopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152027597398742486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-64079687657132611222008-10-26T13:39:00.000-04:002008-10-26T13:39:00.000-04:00Joyce,Thank you so very much for helping me unders...Joyce,<BR/><BR/>Thank you so very much for helping me understand! That is exactly what I needed to know and you explained it with a wonderful clarity in tying it into my own faith as well as the Moslem faiths and the deceptions that abound everywhere within our faiths.<BR/><BR/>I also enjoyed the links to the whirling dervish Sufi links that you provided on Farmer's blog. Very imformative!<BR/><BR/>You also wrote something a few links down on this blog that left me wondering. You said:<BR/><BR/>"This week is also Sukkot when God instructed Israel ( and all who would attach to Israel) to build succahs ( booths) and dwell in them, to remind them of the fact that we came out of Egypt into the Wilderness, a place of "hearing God's voice". It is the time when most believe Yeshua was actually born."<BR/><BR/>I'd love any more information that you could share on that as I thought it fascinating that Yeshua was born then. If you have the time and could email me more about that, I'd greatly appreciate it. My email address is young_grasshopper@comcast.net.<BR/><BR/>I have been reading the Old Testament by the way. It's just taking me a lot of time! <BR/><BR/>Thanks again for your sincere kindness in helping me understand the right things!<BR/><BR/>Love in Him,<BR/>MaryanneYoung Grasshopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152027597398742486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-63812221533282922652008-10-26T13:22:00.000-04:002008-10-26T13:22:00.000-04:00Thanks Dorothy,You've been a great help. Since you...Thanks Dorothy,<BR/><BR/>You've been a great help. Since you wondered what sites I had been on, I happened to be visiting Bjorn's blog (which I think Constance still sanctions) and his recent post on Cern, which led me back to his post on The Jackal Stone, which talked about The Thule society and the Termudi family and the connection to Steiner,Lenin and Hitler. Farmer said, " In Bursa he met with the Termudis, a Greek-Jewish family (btw. asSarkozy) from Saloniki."<BR/><BR/> Farmer posted a picture of text from "Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology", which talked about Kabbalism. Link here:<BR/><BR/>http://freiberg.blogspot.com<BR/>/2008/09/egypt-mermaid-sufi-dancing-bandirma.html<BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/6j57qe<BR/><BR/>In googling Kabbalism, Wikipedia's explanation was no help at all since I know little about Judaism. Also, in googling the word Kabbalism, I got this link:<BR/><BR/>http://www.metafilter.com/25635/Neoconservative-Kabbalism<BR/><BR/>Which linked to the New Yorker article about Bush. Guess that's why I came here for help. So I wouldn't end up on one of those sites that you warned me about that gives out false ANTI-SEMETIC information. I had been initially interested in Farmer's reference to Sarkozy's name, which is why I wanted more information to begin with.<BR/><BR/>So is Farmer's site taboo, too?<BR/><BR/>Jeez, give me a break, Dorothy.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I am so darned stupid!<BR/><BR/>I PROMISE I won't take up your time any more with my stupid assinine questions.Young Grasshopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152027597398742486noreply@blogger.com