Careful? Why? Mezuzahs are common outside Jewish homes in India.
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Careful? Why? Mezuzahs are common outside Jewish homes in India.
If I had to guess, Wiccan.
Simon Anders
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Then you might not be, according to MW, evil.
I got a decent amount of Judaism and even a few months of Hebrew when I was a kid because of where I grew up, despite the fact that it was a public school and I wasn't Jewish. But it has all slipped away just like Spanish.
Simon Anders
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She believes in the magical power of positive thinking. I think we could safely say she is in fact already NEW AGE.
Actually MW would be more likely to accept sefirot as a concept, she disagrees with the gmitzrah....I think that's the word.. The contraints that people need to follow in order to live.
Some people that the world is set down with rules, and if you know those rules you can have true freedom.
Others believe the world is set down in chaos, and there are no rules. Rather creating them opposes freedom.
I've done the whole wiccan thing. An ye harm none, do what ye will. This wouldn't include attacking other religions would it? NEW AGE I'm not so informed about, except they're into crystals. Perhaps she is a member of a secret underground religious movement, seeking to foment unnecessary hard feelings between Atheists and any Theists.
I believe in Laws.
And Kabbalah = Oral Tradition.
What kind of paper? Most of the time when people say "kabbalah" they mean "Aitz-HaDaat" or something similar. Of which I don't study. I've studied Sefer Yetzirah, but only to get a better grasp on Hebrew. And I have also studied Nachmanides, outside of that my understanding and sometimes AGREEMENT is limited. Much of the modern forms of it have been hijacked by 3rd party fanatics in order to gain some "Mystical knowledge" they are searching for.
Simon Anders
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I could see this dichotomy being used to start quite a bit of sophistry. I think the choices are more complicated and that rules are too often seen as contextless.
I hear your point, but my summation doesn't give the depth to the disagreement justice.
Also, it's one fundamental disagreement amongst many.
Simon Anders
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The former seems to be the fallacy that the universe is simply order. The latter I cannot find. Eristic seems to mean arguing for arguments sake.
Balance, yes. I agree. That is left out by the dichotomy. But I think the definitions need to be pored over to. And will our rules be deontological or act utilitarian?
Can we get away with guidelines?
Do we have to focus on the development of limits rather than a fostering of inner goodness or some such?
her opinions and idea don't mesh well with the normal wiccan mentality. If she is a wiccan she is a really bad one.
Simon Anders
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Good. I'm glad to hear you say it. If any of these fundamental disagreements interest you as a discussion beginning, I'd be happy to join a thread you started.
We have a kind of religious philosophical dabbling going on, which is fine, but if you want to go into greater depth, I'm there.
Why fallacy? What about the universe screams "not in order" to you?
Tch, certainly not.
You insult my religion sir.
Oh, I can see how you got that impression:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eristic
Nope:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordianism
That's the problem in a nutshell: why discuss/ argue/ define terms?
(other than for the exchange of views).
Just get on with it.
Do you need anything than consideration for others?
Should I put on my left boot before my right one?
Does it matter in the end, so long as I finish with my boots on?
Um, life?
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