jespah (and husker) i have to call it a night, but since trees & menorahs were mentioned, what would xmas be without Irving Berlin's White Christmas or Mel Torme's Christmas Song? (not to mention Barbra Streisand and Kenny G's xmas albums, although i can do without Mr. G)
RR?
G'night, yitwail, once again, people unite in their less than love of Kenny G. Gives me hope for mankind.
joefromchicago wrote:Anon-Voter wrote:Joe,
I'm in your corner most all of the time, but this isn't one of them. It's been pointed out here that being Jewish means being of a certain race. Yes, it definitely can be a faith, but it is always a race. A person of another race can be a Christian, a Muslim, or a Jew in terms of faith. He can never belong to the Jewish race if he wasn't born as a member of the Jewish race.
That got wordy, but I think you should get it!
Anon
The entire concept of "race" is of dubious value at best; when applied to religious belief it is positively nonsensical. If "a person of another race can be a ... Jew in terms of faith," but can "never belong to the Jewish race if he wasn't born as a member of the Jewish race," then you're saying that ther are Jews (adherents to Judaism) out there who aren't Jews (members of the Jewish race). And, conversely, there are Jews (members of the Jewish race) out there who aren't Jews (adherents to the Jewish faith). The fact that, according to you, there can be two different types of "non-Jewish Jews" should call into question the very notion of "Jewishness."
I am obviously fricking confused about it! I'll sit back and learn from this point !
Anon
One of the more frightening aspects of this guy is that he comes up with these radical statements and positions, yet his faithful remain so!
Anon
Yep, that's why the absence of religion from government is so important, blind faith.
Onward Christian Soldiers.
New Orleans Mayor Says God Mad at U.S.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/01/16/national/a135144S26.DTL
Yet another religious whacko! The religious nutcases are coming out of the woodwork!!
Anon
Aw, give the guy a break. He is probably just trying to save his job since he botched things up during the hurricane.
Moron ... He deserves to get canned! Too bad rotten leadership isn't punishable with jail time!!
Anon
Canada and the U.S. would both be without leadership
Anon,
Is he a moron because of what he said or because of what he did?
Arrrrggghhh! You're not kidding, at least in our case!
Anon
Anon-Voter wrote:Arrrrggghhh! You're not kidding, at least in our case!
Anon
Perhaps you are right. We ain't doin so bad after all
He's just pandering to his base.
