Thread: Shaving and Orthodox Judaism story

Originally Posted by Chimensch

Orthodox Jews are very intolerant of other Jews that date/marry outside the tribe.

"Intolerant"...that's a very interesting choice of words. I remember back in the day when the dinosaurs were drinking outta our horse trough, and "tolerance" just meant that you didn't go kill people who were different from you. You simply left them alone.

Sadly, nowadays the PC movement has succeeded in morphing "tolerance" to mean you must applaud and approve of any perversion that anyone wants to perpetuate.

Don't get me started on "tolerance!"

But back to what you were saying...

You want to talk "intolerant?" I'll tell you what "intolerant" really is.
"Intolerant" is:

1. Atheists/agnostics who demand the right to do or say anything they please at any time...yet continue to work to restrict the rights of faithful Jews and Christians to do or say what we want.
2. New Agers who demand the similar universal rights...yet who, according to the writings of Alice Bailey (founder of the New Age movement), are looking forward to a "great purge" (i.e., death) of orthodox Jews and us evangelical, fundamentalist Christians because they can't stand it that we stand up for God and His Word.
3. A tool used to bash those of us who obey God, or G_d as Jews prefer.
4. The radical homosexual group who recently infiltrated a Sunday church service and deliberately disrupted it with lewd acts, words and actions...and then threatened to start burning down our churches.

Yes, orthodox Jews can and do exclude certain other Jews from their company, along with others.
What of it? It's called "freedom of association."

Are YOU friends with everyone in the world? Didn't think so.

IBTL .

I'm enjoying this because all posts are quite respectful.

About Jews spreading the word of God:

In my understanding, Judaism is for Jews. Sincere converts are accepted, but they find Judaism for their own reasons, not because they were evangelized. I don't think that there's a concept of salvation.

Jews make no judgment that people who practice other faiths are somehow damned by not practicing Jewish Law or atoning for some original sin.

On a related matter, I've often wondered about why there are so may Old Testament names in Mexico as opposed to Spain. Even my given name, Joel, is quite common.

Originally Posted by YesSheDoes!

Sadly, nowadays the PC movement has succeeded in morphing "tolerance" to mean you must applaud and approve of any perversion that anyone wants to perpetuate.

that is not tolerance. It's just a different form of oppression.
tolerance in this case would have been his family accepting his choice. After all, it's not like he has done something perverse. he married the woman he loved.

Originally Posted by YesSheDoes!

Are YOU friends with everyone in the world? Didn't think so.

no. but I will tolerate most people even if I don't agree with them. I don't cast them out.