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Originally Posted by psychoslice
Sorry but it all sounds pointless to me, it doesn't sound like a very loving religion to me, but if your happy that's what counts, but never put yourself above others because of your belief system, you may be surprised one day who truly belongs to god.
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A couple of things need to be understood.
First, the tapestry that is Judaism is not all of one weave - despite what some might think, including some within the Jewish community, Judaism is not monolithic and never really was. With that in mind, and alluding to the old joke that when three Jews get together you get five opinions, I will not comment directly on Yamah's post. I will simply state that he posits
A valid Jewish position, but it is not necessarily
THE Jewish position.
Judaism is, in fact, both a religion of love and a religion of joy, but trying to capture that essence in a few short paragraphs is really impossible. Try painting a word picture of the Grand Canyon that does it justice in the same amount of space.
As the Baal Shem Tov pointed out, to a person standing outside a house, looking through a closed window and not hearing music, the people dancing inside look like they are crazy.
B'shalom,
Peter
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