Tag: judaism
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June 18, 2007 07:56 PM EDT --
Most Christians are pretty nice to me as a Jew. However, sometimes I feel patronized. Christians treat my religion as "Intro to Christianity" or "Christianity Lite," as . . . more
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June 14, 2008 08:50 PM EDT --
As part of our series on world religions in "Spirituality Explorers", my focus this week is "Judaism". I have often thought it funny that there are people who think Jesus was a Christian. . . . more
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May 29, 2007 01:05 PM EDT --
Even many Jews worry about being associated with Pastor John Hagee and his powerful lobbying group, Christians United for Israel. Because of his erroneous interpretation of Scripture, Hagee is completely . . . more
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September 17, 2007 04:59 PM EDT --
From Denver Post's website (http://www.denverpost.com/celebritybuzz/ci_6912951). Am I the only person who wishes Madonna would just shut up already about Kabbalah? Does she realize that . . . more
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December 03, 2007 02:02 PM EST --
Lyla published a nice article about the Jewish holiday that starts tomorrow evening. http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977192619#comments The holiday does commemorate . . . more
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March 01, 2008 12:17 PM EST --
I have heard a number of different definitions for prayer and, of course, there are just as many kinds of prayers and ways to pray. Some say that prayer is something we do to change God's mind; . . . more
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March 07, 2008 10:57 PM EST --
Jesus was accused of breaking the law by healing a man on the Sabbath. He had just preached about the difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. Have you ever encountered . . . more
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August 02, 2008 11:31 AM EDT --
I can no longer put off writing about what has been in my thoughts over the last several months. Yesterday, in my comments on an article here, I brought up some points that I am going to address . . . more
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February 17, 2008 08:51 AM EST --
The weekly discussion topic for the "Spirituality Explorers" is "RELIGION". How could something that, on the one hand, teaches love and compassion, be on the other hand the . . . more
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April 26, 2008 12:09 PM EDT --
So often, in discussion groups, a progressive religious person will say, "But Jesus was a liberal." This is usually stated when trying to counter a point in a debate. Many people have seen . . . more
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September 12, 2007 04:12 PM EDT --
If we would like others to take us seriously and not judge us as being fanatics in our religious beliefs we should strive to be open minded, many-sided and well balanced, mentally, socially and spiritually. . . . more
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October 14, 2007 09:30 PM EDT --
Today was a picture-perfect day in New York, made special because I was meeting a dear friend from out of town whom I hadn't seen in seven years. After a delicious lunch on the East Side, . . . more
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September 04, 2008 05:18 PM EDT --
Stress and the Balance Within
Esther Sternberg is a scientist's scientist. She is wary of the commercialized self-help industry and of unsubstantiated claims for alternative methods of healing. . . . more
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July 18, 2006 11:09 AM EDT --
I lost my connection to organized religion the day after my Bar Mitzvah 30 years ago. Since then, I have lived life as an atheist. A comment by Richard McGirr, creator of the Happy Atheists group on Gather.com, . . . more
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September 13, 2006 06:55 PM EDT --
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. ~ Bertrand Russell
I'm an agnostic. This doesn't mean I believe a god . . . more
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May 05, 2008 09:12 AM EDT --
At the end of this article, I have typed out the mourners Kaddish in English and I ask that you please recite it and take a moment of silence to remember those who perished in the Holocaust as . . . more
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December 09, 2007 03:09 AM EST --
Israel is a very sacred place for four of the world's major religions. It is the homeland of the Jewish people, it is the birthplace of Jesus , it contains the spot from . . . more
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September 03, 2007 04:31 PM EDT --
Listed below, in chronological order, are the seven divinely revealed religious systems which still have followers today. The date shown for each is the starting date of the religion or the date . . . more
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January 16, 2008 11:27 PM EST --
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
publshed January 1, 2008 Viking 372 pages . . . more
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December 08, 2006 05:09 PM EST --
This week, the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Conservative Jewish Movement accepted three teshuvot (legal opinions about Jewish law, singular teshuva) about the status of gays and lesbians . . . more
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