I used to live in NH for my early years. We came into the city for the holidays but we weren't really religious at all. When I was 8 or so my father wanted me to have a Jewish education and we moved to NY. I went to and got kicked out of most of the Yeshiva's in Brooklyn until I settled into public school for JHS. I skipped much of HS getting my mind together and getting my position in life. It was at that point that my religion meant more to me as I had time to examine it. Up till that point it was 'going through the motions' After that (mid teens or so) I knew who I was, what I wanted, how the world was set up and a lot more. I can say that I made myself religious. Actually, one of the big things that helped me in seeing the world as I do now was my study of magic. If one decides that there is a spiritual dimension to the world and it is possible to access and/or visit it, then magic must have some basis. My study of magic through the ages almost always led me back to the same place; Kabbalah. If all of these magicians were doing their work based on Jewish material, maybe I should look at the original material. Doing so showed me many things and brought me closer to my religion.
At 02:35 PM 4/12/02, you wrote: >When and how did you become religious? > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 7:52 AM >Subject: RE: Circumcision article link > > >> Pig is one of the animals specifically mentioned as being not allowed. >Even when I wasn't religious I didn't eat it (and I was just a kid). Closest >I've come is soy bacon. salty, but I love it. :) >> >> At 11:39 AM 4/12/02, you wrote: >> >so as far as your concerned it's a commandment not to eat pork? >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >Sent: 12 April 2002 16:40 >> >To: CF-Community >> >Subject: Re: Circumcision article link >> > >> > >> >Actually, a religious person (at least this one) looks at it and says >that >> >its a commandment and I'm doing it because its a commandment. If science >> >says that the commandment has a physical effect, then fine and good. The >> >physical effect is totally secondary to the spiritual effect. >> >To say that the commandment or every commandment was done for a physical >> >reason such as health opens the door to denial of the root of the >> >commandment. Hey, not eating pork was because of trichinosis. If we cook >it >> >right then we wouldn't get the disease and we can now eat it. Same for >all >> >the other commandments. This is the rational of the reform movement and a >> >rational rejected by religious Jews. >> > >> >At 03:51 AM 4/12/02, you wrote: >> >>It seems that much of the old testament law, such as circumcision, what >to >> >eat and not to eat, etc., has a good basis in what is healthy, especailly >> >given the lack of sanitary conditions of the times. >> >> >> >>A religious person might argue that this is God making up the lack of >> >science of the time to protect people. A non-believer might argue that >this >> >is wise people coming up religious law to mirror their own observations >> >about what makes a person sick. Either way, it demonstrates a good deal >of >> >wisdom in the old books. >> >> >> >>H. >> >> >> >> >> >>---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> >>from: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:56:23 -0700 >> >> >> >>>Found a link to the original article on circumcision & risk of cervical >> >>>cancer - it's in the New England Journal of Medicine: >> >>>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/346/15/1105 >> >>> >> >>>Apparently, the foreskin is particularly susceptible to infection from >HPV >> >- >> >>>human papilloma virus - which is linked to cervical cancer. >> >>> >> >>>-Ben >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
