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Post by timothylane on Apr 7, 2020 13:46:08 GMT -8
Since being circumcised in Europe can be used to tell a Jew from a Gentile, I suspect anti-Semitism plays a role in its relative infrequency there compared to America.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 7, 2020 14:46:03 GMT -8
It always helps to be prepared. It’s interesting, as Prager points out, that God tapped on Abram’s shoulder and made him the father of an entire nation, and one with no small purpose. And yet (so far as we know), he had done nothing to establish himself as a particularly commendable character, although as Prager notes, later he did. I’m ready to serve, if asked. I would have no problem giving up pork products. Obeying the Sabbath might be a bit more difficult, although I think God understands in my particular case that I do have an equivalent quality time in that regard. And the less one is like standard Europeans, well, I can’t say I’m sorry about that.
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 7, 2020 15:21:07 GMT -8
There is the story, possibly apocryphal, of Kaiser Franz Joseph asking Mahler to drop his pants when deciding on whether or not to allow Mahler to become the conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic or Hofopera.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 7, 2020 15:26:16 GMT -8
Look at how ugly society has become. Here’s the top comment (with 21 up votes) underneath that Seinfeld video:
What are the odds that this guy’s supposed care for the little ones stops at the foreskin? That is, you can bet this clown is for abortion.
The ignorance out there is astounding. The Left and the New Atheists have done a tremendous job of winding people up and turning them into mindless and reflexive virtue-signalers. They are Orwellian wind-up toys of Two Minute hates.
Dennis actually has a quite long passage explaining circumcision and even its proven health benefits. Personally, I’m no more concerned with foreskin as with an appendix.
Is this Jew hatred on display? It’s hard to tell. But let’s just say what you’ll not likely find is these same high-minded virtue-signalers going after the real mutilation being done to women in Islamic cultures. And, of course, their high-mindedness has little to say about killing unborn children.
One can certainly have an honest disagreement on this subject. But that poster shows the kind of mindless little monsters that so many yutes are becoming.
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 7, 2020 15:42:43 GMT -8
I find the way circumcision done by practicing Jews to be odd. But of the millions of circumcisions performed in the USA over the last century, relatively few have been performed by moehls. What an idiot.
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Post by timothylane on Apr 7, 2020 15:55:31 GMT -8
Male circumcision involves removing the foreskin of the penis, and is considered helpful in medical terms by making it easier to keep the penis clean. By contrast, female circumcision involves removing the entire clitoris, thereby greatly reducing female sexual pleasure. I'm not aware of any corresponding medical benefits to compensate for the loss.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 7, 2020 17:02:15 GMT -8
There once was a little Willy
Whose covering seemed quite silly
Since he wasn’t a goyl
He went to a moehl
Now he finds it a little chilly
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Post by timothylane on Apr 7, 2020 17:36:51 GMT -8
Well, if you're going to do a poem about a little Willy, there perhaps is a different scheme one should use, courtesy of the pseudonymous D. Streamer:
A little Willy's cover skin, Looked quite silly under him. Not a girl, he got a mohel To cut it off and chill his tool.
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 7, 2020 17:48:14 GMT -8
Brit Hume points out that one can die with the KFF and not from it, so it is very possible that the number of KFF deaths is not nearly as high as claimed.
I am glad Hume got this out on TV. More people need to spread the news.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 7, 2020 18:32:57 GMT -8
Good interview. What is Hume’s stance on the shaved Willy?
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 7, 2020 18:38:45 GMT -8
Do you willy want to know?
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 7, 2020 18:49:06 GMT -8
It could shrink my own opinion on the matter if he were to erect a strong critique of the practice.
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Post by timothylane on Apr 7, 2020 19:59:13 GMT -8
In one of Mark Rogers's Samurai Cat stories, he had the hero (Miaowara Tomokato) persistently keeping his nephew Shiro from watching a porno movie called Free My Willy. Shiro never saw more than a few moments of the movie -- but when he died that night, that was just enough to send him to Hell, where Samurai Cat had to go to rescue him.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 8, 2020 7:21:54 GMT -8
Dov Fischer has an article that outlines what happens in a real Passover Seder: Why This Night Is Different From All Other Nights, And if you suppose this is just another fake-Jew wending his way onto the pages of a conservative publication, read this part: There are good, non-insane people out there. |
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 8, 2020 20:34:34 GMT -8
I found Prager's Passover/Seder enjoyable. He and Dr. Marmor(?) could be pretty funny. It is a shame that they had to celebrate their Seder in separate homes, but we are lucky that modern technology allowed them to share it across the country.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 9, 2020 6:29:21 GMT -8
Agreed. And it wasn’t what I was expecting. But it was better than I expected. The presentation of the Seder was somewhere between an explanation of the Seder and an enactment of the Seder. I expected the latter wherein I would more or less just sit back and watch, perhaps with a little bit of explanation here and there. And I expected to tune out after about 35 minutes or so because of boredom. But it was a nice more or less impromptu explanation/exposition of a Jewish Passover Seder. My guess is that Dr. Marmor (I also am not sure of the last name) put together, assembled, or printed out the outline that Dennis was going by. And more than once his friend help keep him on schedule. But that’s a pretty good impromptu presentation. A couple points he made that I wrote down: + The central religious place in Judaism is the home. + There are two pillars of faith: 1) God created the world 2) God led the Jews out of Egypt + Regarding the ancient Hebrews, it is always “We” never “they.”
+ Judaism is made up of a lot of questions-and-answers
I found it interesting that Dennis drank grape juice instead of wine. I think he had mentioned before that he’s not a drinker. But that was an interesting aspect. Some of the stories they told about their family members were funny. Clearly Seder was an event that brought a lot of remote family members together. Prager said it could be the one time of year you would see some of these family members. Even secular family members might partake of the ritual and would certainly know much of it even if they didn’t believe in it. But then that is nothing new regarding Christians and Christmas. Because this was so much more an explanation than an enactment of a Seder, I wonder if they had another one after the program ended. Or maybe they just sat down and ate. |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 9, 2020 6:48:54 GMT -8
If you stuck a camera on the wall and watched an average Jewish family perform the Seder, I’m not sure what you’d see. It’s a solemn event, for sure. But it also looks as though it’s definitely a family event. Even the children get involved in parts. And I loved that one song about the animals. And the good doctor making those animals sounds was hilarious. I like when Dennis related that his son, upon hearing what his father was planning for the Seder broadcast, immediately asked whether his friend would be making his ox sounds.
So solemn, yes, but it does sound like this is made (or can be made) an enjoyable thing. It’s not all just about “eating your spinach.” There’s probably a bit of dark fun as well when they do so. I thought Dr. Marmor was clearly having fun when he took a munch off that large horseradish, or whatever he was holding to enact the “bitter” portion of the ritual.
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 9, 2020 8:30:08 GMT -8
The Church of Christ uses grape juice instead of wine for the Lord's Supper. It's probably better than Manischewitz.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 9, 2020 8:31:38 GMT -8
Do you supposed if a fellow preferred Black Velvet that it would be allowed? Just thinking out loud.
I thought it was funny when Dennis noted that after 3 (4?) cups of wine that sometimes the lyrical order of the songs could get a little mixed up.
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