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This is supposed to be 2007, not 1007, not 7, not 7 BC, etc.

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Submitted by Issac (United States), Jan 16, 2007 at 22:55

Yakkov, in the year 2007, as far as government is concerned, religion is supposed to be optional, personally, what is important is to be a good person, not whether or not you refrain from eating pork and things like that. I do not believe that religion is necessarily obsolete ... but certain kinds of behavior certainly are obsolete.

Dictionary.com defines religion as

a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.

and wikipedia further elaborates on what morality is in its page under morality

ethics which pertains to matters of good and evil —also referred to as "right or wrong", used within three contexts: individual conscience; systems of principles and judgments — sometimes called moral values —shared within a cultural, religious, secular, Humanist, or philosophical community; and codes of behavior or conduct morality.

Personal morality defines and distinguishes among right and wrong intentions, motivations or actions, as these have been learned, engendered, or otherwise developed within each individual.

It's just common sense that there is no such thing as being evil with God, just being evil with people. Being evil with God would fall under a mental disorder.

If you don't subscribe to common sense, you don't subscribe to common sense.

When you say that "The fact is that a significantly large number of people disagree with your definitions including me" as a religious Jew, and a haradi religious Jew, the idea that the number of adherents to an idea determines its trueness would be the last thing that you would want to put forward.

And they are not my definitions, they are thee definitions. I did not write them.

When you say, "So let's define my beliefs this way if it makes you happy. I subscribe to an integrated set of beliefs and behavioral standards that encompasses all of human experience including science, technology, morality and religion. I subscribe to the idea that fragmented standards produce conflicts among the fragments," what you appear to be doing is intellectualizing a mental disorder. What if one were to say, if you flip a light switch on Saturday ten times it will create a thunderstorm," people would think that this guy is nuts, what you are saying is the same thing in more supposedly intellectual terms.

As for the story about the plane landing, you presented it as fact to support your point, not as a joke.

If you are for the reestablishment of the sanhedrin, then unfortuately you have about the same amount of catching up to do as others that currently cause misery in other parts of the world in the name of religion. Perhaps if the messiah does actually come, then human nature will be different and it would be possible to mix religion with government in a way that everyone would want and religion would not be corrupted by politics, but to do so now would not be good.

Lastly, I did not start up with Haradim I merely responded to points made by you. If you happen to have a problem with people responding to what you write in an environment that facilitates a place where people can trade ideas in a civil manner, I would suggest that you don't write them. I guess you're not used to being outside of your religious enclave where everyone is each others yes man.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1Parasitic behaviour [34 words]Susya Bar DrorJul 15, 2011 05:24187417
Suggestion for El Al [42 words]Omar KajFeb 12, 2007 12:5176914
What is in islam which produces fanatics? [146 words]kalyanFeb 2, 2007 04:5975572
This is supposed to be 2007, not 1007, not 7, not 7 BC, etc. [588 words]IssacJan 16, 2007 22:5573221
Surrender [142 words]Ynna (tchkah)Jan 5, 2007 14:3071750
More Irritation [157 words]FriedmanJan 1, 2007 11:3071318
Unnecessary language [35 words]Yaakov WatkinsJan 1, 2007 19:5271318
El Al GOY [2 words]steven LDec 26, 2006 12:2870611
...Professor [117 words]C FletcherDec 26, 2006 01:4970553
To C Fletcher [26 words]Ynna (Tchkah)Dec 28, 2006 22:4070553
why it would be wrong for El Al to fly on shabbes [112 words]Yaakov WatkinsDec 25, 2006 20:2670531
Don't listen to fundamentalists!!!! [498 words]IssacDec 30, 2006 20:0970531
Religious perspective [218 words]Yaakov WatkinsDec 30, 2006 21:3570531
How one practices the religion ... is a personal choice. [675 words]IssacDec 31, 2006 19:0170531
Religious perspective [526 words]Yaakov WatkinsJan 1, 2007 18:1070531
Practicing the Religion [391 words]IssacJan 2, 2007 15:0570531
Please clarify. [416 words]Yaakov WatkinsJan 2, 2007 16:4270531
Wrong for El Al [32 words]Charles R.L. PowerJan 4, 2007 16:0870531
I have an intellectual perogative because I have an intellect. [312 words]IssacJan 4, 2007 19:1170531
By the way [42 words]IssacJan 5, 2007 11:5970531
You've missed a couple of points [150 words]Yaakov WatkinsJan 6, 2007 23:4470531
One more point [135 words]Yaakov WatkinsJan 7, 2007 00:4170531
Do you want to know what is christianesque? [311 words]IssacJan 9, 2007 20:4070531
Whew. [326 words]Yaakov WatkinsJan 10, 2007 19:0670531
God may have a special covenant with the Jewish people but .... [281 words]IssacJan 11, 2007 20:2670531
One more try. [206 words]Yaakov WatkinsJan 13, 2007 22:3070531
El Al [15 words]Yaakov WatkinsDec 25, 2006 20:1870530
Shabbos Goy [25 words]Melvin LavinDec 25, 2006 19:3070527
Non Sense [383 words]Ynna (Tchkah)Dec 19, 2006 21:4870049

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