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  1. Moishe3rd

    How do you feel about other faiths?

    I tend to focus more on the practitioner than the doctrine of other faiths and philosophies. Having studied and practiced a great deal of religion; philosophy; and history, I find that many, many people don't know the history of their faith or the more esoteric schools of their faith. So - I...
  2. Moishe3rd

    Can a Genesis God be Explained from a Science Perspective? (part 1)

    Paraphrasing here but- The Ramban; Nahmanides, a 13th Century Great Jewish Rabbi, interpreted "tohu v' bohu" - the Void; emptiness; nothingness; formless; etc. - as The Absolute Nothingness that ever was. He posited that This Nothingness was an Absolute Point of Nothing in G-d's Creation. It...
  3. Moishe3rd

    How did your god/s create the earth?

    "When G-d began to Create the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was astonishingly empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of G-d was hovering over the face of the water. And G-d said, "Let there be light," and there was light." G-d Created All and Everything; the...
  4. Moishe3rd

    Will there ever be a 'Reformation' in Islam?

    I am trying but, I am essentially an ADD non-productive "voice." I am good at responding to people and I am good at reading and understanding the reality; the history of things. However, I am perplexed on how to persuade others of my thoughts. There are two main paradigms that people...
  5. Moishe3rd

    Will there ever be a 'Reformation' in Islam?

    Approximately 167 BCE, Mattisyahu, father of the "Maccabees," cut off the head of a Jew who was bowing down to the idol that that the Syrian-Greeks had erected in the Temple. Thus began the revolt of the Maccabees. It was, in essence, a civil war where the Enemy was the Hellenized Jewish...
  6. Moishe3rd

    What is the best Religion?

    Statistically speaking, Jews do not even exist. They do not even qualify as "Others." However, for the last three thousand years, right up to the year of somebody's lord, 2016, humanity has had a problem denying the existence and, apparently importance, of Jews. Jews and the Torah are the...
  7. Moishe3rd

    Will there ever be a 'Reformation' in Islam?

    Today, we are living the Muslim Reformation. It has been ongoing for the last 100 years. It began when the Ottoman Empire disintegrated and the Saudi tribe once more conquered the Arabian Peninsula; again sacking and looting and capturing Mecca and Medina; and finally opening the Gates of...
  8. Moishe3rd

    What is the best Religion?

    You're a funny man. I am curious why you would choose to ignore the Jews. Seriously. As neither Christianity nor Islam would exist without G-d giving His Torah to the Children of Israel - why would you leave out that option? Plus, as Avraham Avinu (Abraham, Our Father) was indeed the first Jew...
  9. Moishe3rd

    What am I?

    A Torah observant Jew; Husband, Father, and Grandfather; a 13th generation American; a Student of History, Religion, and Politics; a George of All Trades, Master of Many; and a Nice Minnesotan. Pretty much sums it up.
  10. Moishe3rd

    Do You Fast for Spiritual Purposes?

    Sure. Of course. There are several Fast Days on the Jewish calendar where we do not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset. And there are two Fast Days - Tisha B'av and Yom Kippur, where we fast from sundown to sundown - essentially 25 hours.
  11. Moishe3rd

    I've Been Warning Y'all....Many Low Skill Jobs Will Soon Disappear

    A trippy art movie based on a hard core sci fi novel written in 1968. When I was 15 in 1968, 50 years previous was WWI, which was ancient, ancient history to me in 1968. Today - 50 years ago for a 15 year old is the Vietnam War; the Love generation; and LBJ. It boggles my mind. Then again -...
  12. Moishe3rd

    I've Been Warning Y'all....Many Low Skill Jobs Will Soon Disappear

    :D:p:rolleyes: Hey! I resemble that remark! Naw, but 60 is the new 30 and 30 is the new idiot teenage years!
  13. Moishe3rd

    I've Been Warning Y'all....Many Low Skill Jobs Will Soon Disappear

    Well, I was 7 in 1960. The novels and magazines of the time were all about space exploration; biological evolution; and a political world that mirrored the 20th Century rivalries. Asimov's, and others', robots never got off the ground. And, Sci Fi turned into today's Fantasy. Even the good...
  14. Moishe3rd

    I've Been Warning Y'all....Many Low Skill Jobs Will Soon Disappear

    You know, I've been reading science fiction since I was about 7 years old. And, one great thing about the old sci fi was that none of it ever came true. (And, don't start telling me about cell phones and and the like - I'm talking about books; novels; written words that explored the future...
  15. Moishe3rd

    I've Been Warning Y'all....Many Low Skill Jobs Will Soon Disappear

    How odd. Here's a question - how do you think I have continued to work as a self employed Contractor; handyman; jack of all trades; etc - for the last 35 years? Am I better than the competition? No. Do I advertise? No. Am I more efficient; cheaper; more reliable; etc.? No. However - I...
  16. Moishe3rd

    I've Been Warning Y'all....Many Low Skill Jobs Will Soon Disappear

    I think you missed my point. There will not be Fewer people. There may be More people. And, More people might be earning less money. This is possible. But, there are still going to be at least as many people as there are now, perhaps increasing more slowly, who are earning enough money doing...
  17. Moishe3rd

    I've Been Warning Y'all....Many Low Skill Jobs Will Soon Disappear

    And those who learn to do it themselves and excel at it - will work for those who can pay them. More people equals less money spread around. It doesn't equal less people with money.
  18. Moishe3rd

    I've Been Warning Y'all....Many Low Skill Jobs Will Soon Disappear

    Vis a vis robots and jobs - Whatchoo talkin' about Willis? Nurses; Caregivers; plumbers; electricians; carpenters; handymen; bricklayers; and on and on and on... We all be workin'; when we want; how we want; and getting paid what we want! I have worked in the Trades for the last 35 - 45 years...
  19. Moishe3rd

    Separation of men and women

    I'm not sure I understand your question. I was not being literal vis a vis 18 seconds. Apocryphal means "of doubtful origin, but told as a common belief." It was some low rent humor on my part. I don't know how often men think about sex. I find, at 62, it is not as often as "all the time" as...
  20. Moishe3rd

    Separation of men and women

    Weird. After a quick read, I don't think anyone answered the question. Men and women pray separately so that men do not get distracted by women while praying. The basic idea is that men are easily distracted by women - anywhere; any time; any place; all the time! Or, to put it in apocryphal...
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