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  1. LAGoff

    Nothing other than God?

    You state that there is nothing other than Him on the one hand(essentially 'pantheism'- all is God), and on the other hand you say that the ability of God to create something that is other than He(a logical impossibility) transcends logic. If all is God(isn't that what there is nothing other...
  2. LAGoff

    Nothing other than God?

    Something like that. Except that I can forget about my logical mind forcing me to conclude that all is an absolute unity(i.e. there being no real separation between God and I) in the anthropomorphic, subject-object language of the Tanakh and traditional Judaism. I know about [Lurianic] tsimtsum...
  3. LAGoff

    Nothing other than God?

    quote: "So, LA, are you an OJ ? If not, then as Flankie implied, what is a nice Jewish boy like you doing in an OJ sub-forum like this ?;)[/quote"] Trying not to be God.
  4. LAGoff

    Nothing other than God?

    Are you saying that the definition of 'almighty' is the ability of God to create something that is not Himself? Interesting. That would be illogical, but then perhaps there is something greater than logic. I should mention what I feel would be another position: that God can hide from Himself the...
  5. LAGoff

    Nothing other than God?

    Can you suggest a way to phrase it so [more] people won't get caught up on the wording?
  6. LAGoff

    Nothing other than God?

    I assume you mean the second part of the first sentence is illogical: i.e. that God cannot create something that isn't God. Do you mean it's illogical because you feel you aren't God?
  7. LAGoff

    Nothing other than God?

    It seems to me inescapable logic that there is nothing other than God, because God cannot create something that isn't God. If anyone has a way out of this 'logical inescapableness', I would like to hear it.
  8. LAGoff

    Is Jesus a golden calf?

    Should one worship an idol if it helps? What I mean is that if I am suicidal, would- or should- I kill myself before availing myself of a very fine idol(Jesus) because Judaism has so conditioned me to be loyal to the one(not triune) God with no intermediaries? I DO think that Jesus' message...
  9. LAGoff

    Is Jesus a golden calf?

    G.C. to J.C. In suzerain-vassal covenants from the Ancient Near East, love meant loyalty to the ruler. Therefore, to "love Hashem with all ones heart, soul and might" means to be loyal to Him. Hashem is a 'jealous God', which means He demands exclusivity. Jewish tradition holds that if you...
  10. LAGoff

    On the apportionment/status of the spirit among Abr. relig.

    Thanks Lucian, I just would like for you to draw out for me more fully the implications of four words/phrases/terms/sentences you used. Again, as per the the rules of this forum, I offer the following questions not in the spirit of debate, but only in order to get input in order for me to...
  11. LAGoff

    On the apportionment/status of the spirit among Abr. relig.

    Is the N.T. saying that there is no spirit in Judaism? That Judaism is just law and no spirit? Because if you agree that there is spirit in Judaism(i.e. that I can carry out the commandments with/and in the spirit), then why should I become a Christian? It seems by my reading of the N.T. that...
  12. LAGoff

    Sufism & The self/God differnce... Please help!

    This topic of monotheism/monism is tricky. I need to be a monotheist(as opposed to a monist), and I found the best support for this need in a statement by Maimonides(the greatest Jewish thinker-12th century) at the beginning of his code of law(Mishne Tora). The operative word he uses is...
  13. LAGoff

    Fellowship with People of Another Religion

    I used to feel threatened by other religious systems until I became peaceful enough- through finally getting the message of peace in my own religion- to see that they are also just trying to walk the path of peace(I do believe that some paths to "peace" are dangerous-e.g. Communism- even though...
  14. LAGoff

    If god revealed himself to the jews...

    I passed by this site for the first time and looked at this thread first(because I'm Jewish) and was depressed by how it started. Just another ragging-on-the-Jews thread . Anyways, I can tell you from much experience, that I was shocked- not by how it started- but how it developed...
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