<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 4, 2007 12:14 PM, <a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a> <<a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>I agree with you that her approach would not work for us as a people, but it seems clear to me that her approach would not even work for us as individuals. Even a Jewish individual would still be missing many things if we only emulated the Bein Adan LChaveiro that she excelled at.
<br><br>In other words, I would modify your comment to read: It can work for any non-Jewish individual but for the Jewish people the only complete approach is the Torah.<br><br>Akiva Miller</blockquote><div><br>Yes that is essentially what I meant to say.
<br><br>I would just add that for an individual such as a Yisro/Iyyov/Sehm/Eever Torah Judaism is NOT necessary to find G-d or spirituality - and that certain seekers can be on an equally valid path for themselves [perhaps Neale Donald Walsh was correct in HIS path FOR HIM!]
<br></div></div><br>Look at the vision in al kein nekaveh for the universe after Moshiach. it is NOT a mas conversion to Judaism<br><br>And AFAIK Rambam requires Jews to encourage non-Jews to observe the 7 mitzvos but not to encourage them to do more. AISI, the ONLY reason for a non-Jew to do more is to be part of a national covenant.
<br><br>If Judaism were a a requirement for "salvation" then we would be selfish or miserly in discouraging converts.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br><a href="mailto:RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com">
RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com</a><br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>