Hi All,
One of the purposes of this blog is to ask questions in a secure way, without being fearful of the consequences (i.e Internet anonymity) , be that on any subject, but I guess religion in particular. So, what is on your heart today? If you met G-d and could ask him anything, but it could only be one question, what would it be and why ?
I'll start off with mine. Why did my mum and dad have to pass away? And the reason I ask this question : being an orphan I never got to know them and they me. It breaks me up, always, never being able to have that experience. Which is why, despite the bricks I have thrown at me for 'twisting the word of G-d to suit my sexuality' etc, I am a strong advocate of the family, my community and G-d . Incidentally, we sang this the Psalm -121- on Tuesday night at the start of Shavous, which has always meant a lot to me, whenever I've needed some form of spiritual uplifting :
"Esa einai el heharim,
me'ayin me'ayin yavo ezri
Esa einai el heharim,
me'ayin me'ayin yavo ezri
Ezri me'im Hashem,
Oseh shamayim va'aretz
Ezri me'im Hashem,
Oseh shamayim va'aretz"
"I will lift up my eyes to the mountains.
From where does my help come?
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains.
From where does my help come?
My help comes from the L-rd,
who made heaven and earth.
My help comes from the L-rd,
who made heaven and earth."
Over to you guys now,
Love, H :)
Thanks for sharing this question and the Psalm. I don't have much of an answer for you, but to say that one day, you WILL see your parents, when you also go to heaven. I hope this helps.
ReplyDeleteMy question would be -Why did You create evil, and why does it persist, knowing well that if You really existed and were All-Powerful, You have the capacity to end all evil. Why? because I'm an atheist.
ReplyDeleteHi Hannah,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this very personal question. I can only say that one day you will meet God and your mum and dad are with him; you'll all met up in the end and be a completed family once again. And you'll have eternity to spend with them and him.
Even Jesus questioned the Father, the night of his betrayal, he asked his cup to be taken away from him. As for the rest, it is fundamentalist claptrap like this that gives Christians a bad name, when engaging with other faiths and peoples.
ReplyDeleteThis is true, but you are communicating this as if you didn't have a religion of your own. You do, so don't pretend otherwise.
ReplyDeleteWell said Jim!
ReplyDeleteHi Hannah,
ReplyDeleteMy question would be- God, why do you love me so much?
That's a good question, Sophie (:
ReplyDeleteHi Sophie ,
ReplyDelete"I can only say that one day you will meet God and your mum and dad are with him; you'll all met up in the end and be a completed family once again. And you'll have eternity to spend with them and him."
Thanks for that, just what a needed right now (:
Hi Jim,
ReplyDeleteYes it does.
Yeah I get the bottom 5 paragraphs as this is your belief. I think it is utter crap myself, but I can't stop you from believing these things .But what about the first paragraph :
ReplyDelete1) Why is it a "damnable heresy" to ask G-d questions.
2)And are the answers always all in the Bible?
3)Is that how you see the Bible as a sort of manual to provide answers, even glib ones, to everything life?
Hannah,
ReplyDeleteA new read via one of the posts you commented on another site. If I may ask I see you are a 'Sephardi Jew', is this the same as Messianic Judaism, i.e. Jews who worship Jesus?
And my question would be, why do you allow religious fanatics to allow you to be portrayed in such an appalling way?
ReplyDeleteHi Donal,
ReplyDeleteLove the- presumably - nome de plume?
I've got to admit that is something I've often wondered myself .And how, the more fundamentalist groups get, the further away they seem to drift from the fundamentals of their faith. A paradox or what?
Hi Donal,
ReplyDeleteWelcome! Well to answer your question or questions. No, Sephardi Judaism is NOT the same as Messianic Judaism. One is an authentic version of Judaism, the other a Christian sect, which blurs Christianity and Judaism into another religion and pretends to be Jewish in order to convert Jews to Christianity.
I am proudly a Jew for Judaism. I do have many a good Christian friend and on my paternal side, my cousins are Anglo-Catholic Christian Anglicans (that is Episcopalian in American speak). Over a period of 10 years, I've gone from atheism, to flirting seriously with Christianity and now back to my Jewish faith. I am more comfortable in the Jewish community than I ever was with atheism or Christianity.
As for us Sephardi Jews, we are one part of Judaism, the other being, like my girlfriend, Ashkenazi. Way back in history, Spain (Sephard) had a large Jewish population (dating back to the Bible, read Obadiah), which is why we are called "Sephardi", that is a Jew of Spain. We lived there for centuries at peace and there was a period of fantastic learning in which many famous Rabbis were born, such as Moses Maimonides .
Alas , when Christianity reconquered Spain from Islam, the rules (under the guise of religious devotion to the Catholic Church) expelled and ethnically cleansed Jews from Spain in 1492; those who remained were FORCED to convert to Christianity and subject to the Inquisition, to make sure they weren't really secretly still Jews.
The bulk of the community, however, moved to the rest of Southern Europe, North Africa, the middle east and Asia, joining existing ancient communities that had lived in these areas for thousands of years and this is true of my family whose ancestors came from Spain, the Yemen and Iraq. In Britain, Sephardi Jews are the oldest community to live here after Oliver Cromwell permitted the return to of Jews to England in 1656.
My Matrilineal family (you are Jewish if your mother is Jewish) came from a very old Iraqi Jewish family & like the rest of the Jewish community in Iraq was educated, middle class and whose Orthodoxy was moderate, not extreme, before they and the rest of the Jewish community were systematically ethnically cleansed, in 1948 and managed to escape to either Israel or Britain.
We have a different prayer book and languages called Ladino and Judao -Arabic, which are a mixture of ancient Spanish, Hebrew and Arabic. Our culture reflects that of the geographical regions we came from, especially our food. So we eat more than bagels, Gefilte fish & Cholent!
Why is God called a he, when clearly she is a woman?
ReplyDeleteHi Paul,
ReplyDelete"Why is God called a he, when clearly she is a woman?"
Good question! I'm sure we'll find out when we meet her!
Yeah, so why God did you create hot babes, who seemingly prefer chocolate to sex????
ReplyDeleteSoph,
ReplyDeleteYou know gal, you really restore my faith in Christians no end! Got it one one babe! You're one cool dudess. Your girlfriend is a lucky lass! (:
And me as well !
ReplyDeleteOh Fuck off you ridiculous clown! Can you at least try and write something constructive, rather than the bullshit you usually come up with? Thought not.
ReplyDeleteHannah,
ReplyDeleteIt's because the guy's got no brains and can't think for himself, who manages to twist the bible into an ideology for whatever he believes.
Your wacky, cult version crap religion is indeed the worst thing to happen!
ReplyDeleteYeah, G-d is certainly a babe/ but where is the evidence for this?
ReplyDeleteLol!
ReplyDeleteI just love it when you get all masterful!
ReplyDeleteOK, my question is why didn't you make people smarter?
ReplyDeleteHi Sam,
ReplyDeleteThat's a good one. Perhaps a post about Hebrew words and G-d is in order? I wonder..
Hi Sam.
ReplyDelete"Yeah, so why God did you create hot babes, who seemingly prefer chocolate to sex????"
Well, perhaps we like both? LOL!
Lol Sam, only you could say that and get away with it!
ReplyDeleteHi Sam,
ReplyDeleteOw, thanks for that :)
Awesome! Sometimes one just has to say fuck dispassionate arguments and rant for a while. Nowadays that is the sole way I will respond to creationists and their ilk. Great rant, and I am in full agreement!I am so sick of religion being pushed on me and my beliefs. I cannot believe that christians still believe in such bigotry and ignorance. The thing that angers me most is their unbelievable ability to ignore all logical points and just blatantly believe in stupidity.
ReplyDeleteLoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool.
ReplyDeleteYou should’ve said; A Genuine Christian will be retarded and write retarded comments based on aforementioned retardation.
And why the fuck would I accept God? If this dick has created hell, suffering and risotto, why should I like him?
”Derp cuz he made you”
Like he made AIDS, Cancer, Hell and kicks to the groin. Niiiice.
Hmmmm let´s see...
ReplyDeleteYour a Jewish dyke girl with a face on you that would stop a mac truck dead in it´s tracks.
You wish your boobs would have grown as big as your nose did but... no such luck eh!
You know your roll well and try to play it good.
I´d rather be a Jesus Freak...
than a jewish dyke freak
Christians act like they're so loving and forgiving, yet they're largely homophobic. How do they reconcile their contempt for gays with the edict to "love thy neighbor?" Convince me of how this is not raw hypocrisy.
ReplyDeleteHannah, my question is the same as yours (:
ReplyDeleteThanks Sophie, means a lot to read that (:
ReplyDeleteMost conservative religions are like that. I guess Christians are more vocal?
ReplyDelete"A lesbian Christian who believes in dual covenant theory is a sinful heretic !"
ReplyDeleteActually, whilst I'm not a Christian,I do have a sense of how I think people should behave. And I think Sophie is more Jesus-like than your constant bible quoting etc. I am more interested in how people act than adherence to rigid doctrines and creeds.
Thought it would be sis x
ReplyDeleteSophie, thankyou for this post , touched me a lot.
ReplyDeleteHannah,
ReplyDeleteThanks for putting up this thread. I guess one day we will, hopefully have the answers and meet mum and dad. As for my question. I don't know. I have too many to ask G-d, I'd probably use half of eternity in asking them.
Oh it's you again. Why bother to post this here? And I see you haven't answered Hannah's questions below. A pity, as I'm also wondering the heresy in asking G-d questions et al.
ReplyDeleteHi David,
ReplyDeleteBest not get into the whole issue of eternity! It does my academic head in!
Thumbs up fro me as well Sophie! You'd make a wonderful Jew, if you ever considered coming over to the 'dark side', ahem.
ReplyDeleteI have a similar question to you Hannah, I guess you know what it would be. 'Why?' is all I would ask. Thanks for bringing up this thread. It is good to get thinks aired and thought through in an online community.
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