Why is including a Rabbi on that list false? A Rabbi is a teacher within the Jewish faith, right? He is held with high esteem by followers of Judaism, and is believed wise as to the theology of the religion, right?
That seems consistent with other religions in their views of clergy, priests, etc. As to Judaism as something outside of an "organized religion", i guess that would be news to me. Jews follow a set of religious teachings, they meet in places of worship to profess their faith. In order to be considered a "Jew", you would need to meet certain criteria of beliefs. How is that not an organized religion? >A Rabbi is a religious teacher (the word literally means teacher), not an > intermediary between a person and God. There is no need for a Rabbi to > confess a sin, pray or do anything really. A person leading prayers > doesn't > have to be a Rabbi (I've let on more than one occasion). A person reading > from the Torah does not have to be a Rabbi. That being said, the inclusion > of Rabbi in the list below is false. The grouping of Judaism into an > 'organized religion' is also false as there is no central authority. Any > Jewish organization that looks like an organization of the religion is > really not a needed part of the religion. It's useful for some things, but > is not the same as the Vatican (for example). > > >> Why do Baptists need ministers? >> Why do Jews need Rabbis? >> Why do Muslims need Imams? >> Why do protestants need Reverands? >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:196348 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
