Keith Hudson wrote: > Maimonides had come > down firmly on the side of science, saying that so long as it didn't > interfere with Talmudic studies and so long as it was studied for the > betterment of mankind, then its study was allowable.
The issue seems quite unclear, since e.g. some argue that the Talmud clearly says that Jews should be vegetarians (see e.g. Richard Schwartz's "Judaism and Vegetarianism"), whereas others insist on practicing the worst cruelty to animals (ritual slaughtering) based on the same Talmud, even demanding to be exempt from the strict European animal protection laws. A practice, btw, where the "oh-so-civilized" Judaism isn't any better than the "oh-so-evil&barbaric" Islam. (Not to mention the genocidal policies performed by the "Jewish state".) Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
