That's when the meaning of religion gets lost. Not going to eat that apple thank you. You ain't purty enough.
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Fw: Why Jews Don't Farm > Ray Evans Harrell wrote: > > > Might this also be the reason that successful composers starve? > > Perhaps there is an inspirational model here? > > Why don't composers get themselves exemptions > from military service and big government subsidies > like the ultraorthodox in Israel? They need to > make everyone *afraid* to cross them! There is > a precedent. > > I don't know anything about music composition, but > I suspect it may not be all that different "formally" > from Talmudic exegesis (I forget the exact word here). > > \brad mccormick > > > > > REH > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 6:47 PM > > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Fw: Why Jews Don't Farm > > > > > > > >>Why don't jews farm? > >> > >>Might the reason be largely that the life of the mind > >>cannot flourish among persons who spend the best hours of their > >>lives *toiling*? > [snip] > > -- > Let your light so shine before men, > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
