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  1. Eliab ben Benjamin

    You know you are more than welcome, i am just too lazy to keep saying so.

    You know you are more than welcome, i am just too lazy to keep saying so.
  2. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Jail or execution for a priest?

    Personal hypothesis : In a culture where Intimacy is restricted and homophobia prevalent. a young man with these unacceptable predilections may consider that the Priesthood is a cure or shelter and rush towards it, to later find the vows do not remove the inclinations, but rather provide...
  3. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Doctor assisted suicide. Are you for it or against it?

    Quality of life issues are the consideration for euthanasia, there is little quality when you find yourself just a mind in a totally unresponsive body. and when the prognosis is total and permanent disability needing care for what remains of life. thank HaShem for the stubbornness to prove the...
  4. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Doctor assisted suicide. Are you for it or against it?

    I am now very happy that it was not available after my release from hospital after Traumatic Brain Injury. Finding myself essentially incapable of function, terribly depressed by my condition, i would have demanded the option, however with very hard work i dragged myself to complete recovery, 2...
  5. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Trapped People

    Only one set of rules conflicts with my life (occupation) .. Sabbath .. and being on call 24/7. You see i am the Biomedical Engineer for the ICU and NICU, so should there be a life support problem I am called in 24/7 ... Saving lives seems a more than acceptable consequence of my choice to on...
  6. Eliab ben Benjamin

    The Superiority of Jewish Thought. Or What Christians can Learn from Jews.

    I find the title of the OP distasteful... though perhaps it's intent has a small degree of accuracy :rolleyes:
  7. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Saving the 'World' how often do you think about it? (poll: names not disclosed)

    I try daily to save what small portion i can, green tech inventions, community services, first aid services etc. Sadly the virus we call humanity seems to be the most destructive element.
  8. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Your beliefs of Afterlife?

    To a point you retain you, The place after death, whatever you name it, is a place of life review, to measure the life lessons learned, the circumstances overcome, the achievements and losses, and then to plan the conditions required for the next life to improve you towards perfection... after...
  9. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Christianity and Veganism

    Oh yes for quite some time after baby lambs ran across my mount of mashed potatoes and fell dead a chops among the valley of peas, became almost a frutarian, not killing plants but harvesting its produce .. peas, beans, sprouts, eggplant, etc
  10. Eliab ben Benjamin

    What about non religious rabbi?

    A long long time ago when i was a teen , i used to ride my motor cycle across the harbor bridge to Shull on Shabbat ... parked out the front.. one day the Rabbi asked why i parked just out the gates. rather than less conspicuously down the road in the park, as others did. my response "Rav.Korba...
  11. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Christianity and Veganism

    "Thou shalt not kill." led me to vegetarianism.... yep not a christian o_O
  12. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Burial or Cremation or ___?

    Smiles knowingly, Naturalists is how members of Nudist clubs identify themselves :);):p:D:rolleyes:o_O
  13. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Burial or Cremation or ___?

    As i have no descendants to visit grave or memorial, have no desire to be embalmed, quite the opposite in fact, and consider when i next pass on the body is like a discarded overcoat, to be disposed of.... so cremation, in simple coffin liner, no fuss... to this end i have already pre-paid and...
  14. Eliab ben Benjamin

    What is wrong with those people who to pray to statues?

    I would have thought the statues prayed to included all the saints standing around the Cathedrals throughout Europe and the world, as well as the crucifix in the nave of Xian churches, or around the neck of so many individuals.
  15. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Jews/Noahides: Are Noahides part of Judaism or a separate entity?

    My opinion : I see them as followers of Noah, who is/was the founding of what became Judaism so they certainly have a connection, and like modern Jews whose belief and practice go from Ultra Orthodox, Hasidim, to less and less to simple disbelief or atheist ... So some who follow the basic Laws...
  16. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Voting third party...is a waste of a vote

    I don't believe it is a waste .... vote for the persons you believe in most.
  17. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Welcome and i somewhat upset your Noahide topic was suppressed

    Welcome and i somewhat upset your Noahide topic was suppressed
  18. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Alcohol Causes 7 Types of Cancer

    The topic was about it causing cancer not mental impairment .... if we want foods that cause impairment try poppy , cocoa , foxglove, cannabis, Magic mushrooms, Peyote, Lophophora williamsii ,
  19. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Noachides

    I would say welcome, what may we do to assist
  20. Eliab ben Benjamin

    Alcohol Causes 7 Types of Cancer

    My personal opinion is all the food additives, preservatives, and flavanoids added to most foods are what is more likely to cause our once healthy cells to corrupt and become disrupted or cancerous ..... poison in .....
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