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Why doesn't G-d take away all the yucky people?

Why doesn't G-d take away all the yucky people?

Question of the Week: (from Zac, aged 4) Why doesn't G-d make a flood to take away all the yucky people like He did for Noah? Answer: Zac, I know you are a very good boy. But have you ever been naughty? Did you ever hurt your little brother, or say something rude to your mummy? G-d wants us to be good all the time. But we don't always get it right. Even good boys like you can sometimes do the wrong thing. It is a pity that we are naughty sometimes, but the most important thing is that we s
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Do you have to be Jewish to be OK with God?

Do you have to be Jewish to be OK with God?

Do you have to be Jewish to be OK with God?  Here is a look at some Jewish sources: The righteous of all nations will have a share in the world of eternal bliss. (rosette Sanhedrin, X111:2) if a pagan prays and evokes God's name, Amen must be said (Jerusalem, Berachoth 8). Antonius once asked Rabbi Judah the prince, "Will I have a share in the world to come?" To which the later answered "Yes." But is it not written (Obadiah 1:8): "Nothing will remain in the house of Esau?"   "True,' Rabbi Jud
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Lessons from an Lapsed Skydiver

Lessons from an Lapsed Skydiver

Question of the Week: I jumped out of a plane last week. I won't do it again. After free falling for a while (which was amazing) I tried to release my parachute. Nothing happened. I tried again. Nothing happened. So here I was hurtling to the ground without a parachute. I thought this was it. Thank G-d the instructor had a safety parachute, which did work. We landed safely. My question: is G-d trying to tell me something? Answer: People tend to ask the question "Why me?" only when bad things
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Does The New Testament Consider God And Jesus To Be The Same?

Does The New Testament Consider God And Jesus To Be The Same?

Continued from Part 8 Paul’s Jesus:  A savior but not God The New Testament authors make a definite distinction between the one-and-only God and Jesus, never considering them one and the same.  For instance, we find this distinction expressed in the statement:  “Kindness and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord” (2 Peter 1:2).  This clarifies the meaning of the preceding verse, which reads, in part, “by the righteousness of our God and of [the] Savior Jesus
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
The Impossibility of Jesus And God Forming Two Thirds of A Deity

The Impossibility of Jesus And God Forming Two Thirds of A Deity

Continued from Part 15 The New Testament Jesus:  A distinct supernatural agent Despite the distinctiveness with which God and Jesus are regarded in the New Testament, most Christians are under the misconception that God and Jesus form two-thirds of a triune deity. Partial responsibility for this error goes to the New Testament authors because a number of designations for Jesus in the New Testament are the same as those given to God in the Jewish Scriptures.  The resulting confusion as to whet
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Age of the Universe

Age of the Universe

by Dr. Gerald Schroeder According to a possible reading of ancient commentators' description of God and nature, the world may be simultaneously young and old. One of the most obvious perceived contradictions between Torah and science is the age of the universe. Is it billions of years old, like scientific data, or is it thousands of years, like Biblical data? When we add up the generations of the Bible, we come to 5700-plus years. Whereas, data from the Hubble telescope or from the land based
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
A Single Word Absence In John That Skews The Entire Meaning

A Single Word Absence In John That Skews The Entire Meaning

Continued from Part 23 The trinitarian argument that the second theos in John 1:1 does not require the article to be considered definite can only be motivated by theological considerations, whereas to translate the word theos as “a god” is consistent not only with John’s use of the Philonic Logos, but with the New Testament’s general explanation of Jesus’ relationship to God.   There is no reason to assume that the absence of a definite article is implied or understood.  The absence of the artic
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Zalman Kravitz
The Relevance Of Jesus Being Tempted By Satan

The Relevance Of Jesus Being Tempted By Satan

Continued from Part 24 Satan’s temptation If Jesus is God as well as man how could Satan expect to tempt him?  Mark simply states that Jesus was tempted by Satan (1:13) but Matthew (4:1-11) and Luke (4:1-13) elaborate the story.  It is claimed that during Jesus’ alleged forty days’ sojourn in the desert following his baptism by John, Satan tempted him with promises of an earthly kingdom if Jesus would only worship him. If Jesus is part of God, how could he possibly sin, and how could Satan po
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Zalman Kravitz