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Apologize for not including the other member post giving you the wrong impression of my true intent. Was referencing the previous poster that (IMO) wrongly accused you of shouting. After rereading my post i see how you thought i was accusing you of shouting, actually just the opposite. Like i said or should have said ... It is unjust to accuse someone who has risen to the level of a Staff Member, Administrator and CF Trainer of ever seeing the need to SHOUT. Such an accusation, was IMO, a gross misrepresentation of your best intentions toward a more congenial MJ forum.
You're like Yosemite Sam, LOL. "Well I speak even louder, and I carry a Biiiiiigger stick!"When I am shouting, I would use a size that is larger.
A much better wording. The prior wording indicates that observance is necessary. The new wording makes is an option that should still be respected.
Both wordings seem overly vague to me. Without specifically defining what the "covenantal responsibilities within Torah" or "commandments in Torah that apply to them," are, the field is left wide open.
It's called being sidelined. Fill the field with players so you can't tell which team is which. Then when enough players have entered the game the original players become sidelined. It's a very political move. It's being played out currently through the Syrian refugee crisis as we a speak. Flood the country with enough refugees that you can't tell who is a fundamentalist or not. Then when enough are in, dominate.
I don't want to be contentious, but I think that what makes an extremist stand out is the level to which he takes his certainty in the things that he believes. An extremist isn't able to allow for the chance that someone else might be right. They're just wrong - period. And he is willing to push others to take their faith in his religion as seriously as he does.
I think you've hit the nail on the head. It amazes me how little humility many people have. I may come across very strenuous in my defense of my ideas here in the forum BUT I always have up a red flag that I may be wrong, AND I have changed my mind on occasion. The more I've learned, the one thing I become more certain of is how dumb I really am--we human beings really don't know much of anything. As Kierkegaard states, we are treading water over 70 thousand fathoms. And so I am aghast that so many can just go on their merry way assuming they know it all and can shove it down your throat.
If I had written that, I would have been given the boot.
