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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Shkoiach to Eli Turkel who
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i>Bottom line: I think Judaism, Torah, and religion in
general would<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i>be better off admitting that we really do not
understand how God works<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i>rather than parading around our speculations about God
and claiming<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i>them as Dogma. There is a certain hubris from
people that claim God<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i>wants THIS or God wants THAT. How do they know? Did
they receive a<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i>prophecy? I can quote Torah or Nevi'im and say
that God has expressed<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i>Himself in a given verse as demanding X but I cannot
say for sure that<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i>given the complexity of a particular situation that
God wants any<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>specific action.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I totally concur and think
that these are words of insight, sensitivity and wisdom. Extremists in any
group speak for God, have a direct line to Him and parade around what they “KNOW”
and claim as dogma, irrespective of anything or anyone. Aside from some of our
own, very good examples of this are the Evangelicals and the radical Muslims. It’s
hard enough to interpret — let alone, pontificate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Kol tuv/Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>ri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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