Re: 4 prohumanist continued

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:00:37 -0500

jessie wrote:

> I have prophecy made and prophecy fulfilled over and over and over
> during a period of thousands of years. I have the testimony in the
> scriptures of hundreds of people who reportedly witnessed miracles,
> and experienced communication with God. I have the so very many
> aspects of this word that defy scientific explanation. I have the
> bible, which is about the most amazing book that there is. Most
> non-believers and most believers have never read it in a way that
> allowed them to understand all the subtlety, all the symbolism, all
> the parody, or all the allegorical revelations of the bible.

The scriptures were written by Jewish religious persons who wished to
justify the power of the kings of Israel and legitimize the taking of
the land from the aboriginal inhabitants. The Rashi (R. Shlomo Itzick)
said the reason why the tanach started with creation and not the
election of Abraham by G-D, was to establish that G-D made the earth,
therefore He owned it and could give any portion of it to whomsoever He
pleased. That is nifty propaganda for any group of folks claiming to be
G-D's Special and Chosen People. As a Jew I am semi-embarrased to admit
that this claim as exactly the same form as the Nazi claim to being the
Super Race (therefore Special and Chosen by nature). That sort of
thinking can only lead to grief.

Don't believe anything you read and only half of what you see and hear.

Bob Kolker