Just to clarify, I did not post the commentary, but even so I fail to see the attack. Also, most of the items commented are not from the Torah, but from other books.
An episode of the West Wing addressed most of the same items. Perhaps you've seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWuXpfXSl5Y On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Judith Dinowitz <jdino...@houseoffusion.com > wrote: > > Right. Because it was a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the Torah (written > law without the oral law taken into account at all), it lacked a certain > context. To respond properly, I would need to look at what you said, read > it in context, and see what the commentaries say to shed more light on each > case. However, because I believe the Torah and its law are just, I feel the > need to rebut. I certainly feel the need to defend - what you're calling > tongue-in-cheek, Maureen, is (in my eyes) an attack on my belief system, > though I know you didn't intend it that way. > > Unfortunately, I don't have the time for it now. I have a house to clean > for Shabbos, kids to pick up from school, writing work to do, and Michael's > having his operation on Monday... Things are a bit hectic. *sigh* > > So I'll just say -- maybe in a few days, when Michael's done with his > operation, I might even be able to respond. > > Peace, Maureen. Just wanted you to know where I'm coming from. > > Judith > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > What you are claiming was an attack on religion was actually a somewhat > > tongue-in-cheek commentary on several passages of the Old Testament. It > > has nothing to do with the gospels. Perhaps I simply feel if you are > going > > to attack what is posted, you should at least have some comprehension of > > what is being discussed. And I guess my second question would be why you > > feel the need to defend something if you aren't even invested in it > enough > > to find out what it really is. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359544 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
