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Thank you counselor!
& May you be inscribed & sealed for a Great year & even sweeter eternity.

Think about that glorious truth!
The God of creation is mindful of man!

There's a book. " The book of life"

The lamb has it.

There's names in it!

Thanks be to Him!

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?

Who's keeping sukkot this year?

Still a bit away.

boy,could I go for some noodle kugel right now....

best wishes to you and yours

5782!!!
where did the time go?

Yeah,
And to hell with the rest a ya's!!!

happy for ya Doug.
Sincerely.

But wrong thread!


HA!

Here is my long-term perspective on Judaism vs. Christianity:

1. Jews believe the messiah has yet to come.
2. Christians believe the messiah already came once as Jesus and will return.
3. So, when the messiah comes, Jews will ask the messiah: "Did you previously come once as Jesus?"
4. If the messiah says "Yes," then Jews will become Christians.
5. If the messiah says "No," then Christians will become Jews.

Frank explained his cultural/historical/bloodline perspective. I don't disagree.

Judaism's holiest prayer, Shemah Yisroel, is a declaration of the basic principle of Jewish belief, proclaiming the absolute unity of God:

"HEAR, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One!"

The remainder of this prayer is rather lengthily and includes:

"Blessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom forever and ever."

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you today shall be upon your heart. You shall teach them thoroughly to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road, when you lie down and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates."

"And it will be, if you will diligently obey My commandments which I enjoin upon you this day, to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, I will give rain for your land at the proper time, the early rain and the late rain, and you will gather in your grain, your wine and your oil. And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be sated. Take care lest your heart be lured away, and you turn astray and worship alien gods and bow down to them. For then the Lord's wrath will flare up against you, and He will close the heavens so that there will be no rain and the earth will not yield its produce, and you will swiftly perish from the good land which the Lord gives you. Therefore, place these words of Mine upon your heart and upon your soul, and bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, to speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road, when you lie down and when you rise. And you shall inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates - so that your days and the days of your children may be prolonged on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them for as long as the heavens are above the earth."...


I, personally. do not believe one can truly be a religious Jew if one doesn't believe in God.
And, for the record, I do believe in God.

RE #13...

Robert, he is an idiot. But you took the bait anyway. What does that make you brother?

Thank you for the call earlier. Didn't realize it was you, new phone, not all numbers transferred over apparently. I'll try to give you a call back this weekend.

Robert never calls me anymore.

I’ll do that. I know I got you still in my phone but my phone number did change when I moved here. If you see a San Mateo CA # it’s not really a spam risk. Unless you don’t to want to talk about expiring car warranties.

You can always join the VHerf. Robert's one of our better specimens on there, but he's worth it despite the rest of us, you should jump on.

Me and Cheno can pick your brain for stock tips.

Thank you for sharing counselor!
May I add Deutoronomy 30:19
Relates interestingly with our other discussions re: abortion:

" I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:"

Nothing to apologize for on your part to me..
MY Apologies, my intention was never to discuss religion, especially not in the wrong forum or thread.

You shared Dt. 6 , I shared Dt. 30. I don't see that as religious.
I get it though.
I'll check my familiarity with your posts going forward.

Shalom

Back'atcha Robert, thank you very much, my this year be pain free for you.

While a believer, the world and its many contents did not come about by chance, at the same time I am not a big fan of religion, IMO, a construct of man. I am convinced when members of various religions arrive in heaven, many will be inclind to say, "How did you guys get into our heaven?"

yes, to all.