Hi @Harel13 (I will try to remember to tag or quote you so you know I have responded - thank you for the reminder).
Harel13 said : “Your claim that "the Rabbinic Movement" came out of nowhere is a Christian view. “ (post #548)
Clear responded : "You are misquoting me. I did not say that the Rabbinic Movement came out of “nowhere”.
Like most movements, Judaism had schisms.
The latter rabbinic movement is simply a schism of earlier Judaism.
After the destruction of the Jerusalem temple it became more Dominant, perhaps.
But a schism nonetheless." (post #554)
Harel 13 responded : "I exaggerated a bit for effect."
There is a difference between an "exaggeration" and a "deception".
I never claimed the modern Jewish Rabbinic Movement "came out of nowhere".
Your claim that this is a "Christian view" is also a deceptive statement.
This is not how Christianity typically views Rabbinic Judaism.
Clear claimed “The Rabbinic movement abandoned some of their early textual traditions.”
Harel13 said : “Evidence?” (post #548)
Clear asked : "Harel13, describe what your Judaism teaches about what God was doing before he began to create this earth and lets look at those traditions first." (post # 554)
Harel13 responded : "One midrash says that God created several hundred worlds and destroyed them. What'd your god do, create a "word"?"
The ancient Christian God was Jehovah of the Old Testament. And so, yes, before he created this world, he had other creations such as the several hundred words you referred to.
I think this is a good start in examining Rabbinic Traditions and which ones they have and which they abandoned.
What else was God doing before creation besides creating other worlds in the traditions of the Orthodox Rabbinic Jewish movement?
Clear
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