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If you’re following this thread, sit back and relax because I haven’t done one of these in a while and intend to dig 😊
The Bible portion this week is called “Miketz,” which literally means “from the end of.”
Genesis 41:1-44:17
Supplemental: I Kings 3:15 - 4:1
https://t.co/RF4A7OU6aa
Why would a Bible portion be named “from the end of?”
Because really what it means is “from the end, beginning”
or “the beginning of the end”
Or “the light at the end of the tunnel” (think about the tunnels and how literal that
\u201cSurely, Allah does not change the condition of a people unless they change what is in themselves.\u201d
— Dr. Joe Abah (@DrJoeAbah) January 6, 2021
- Glorious Quran; Surah 13 (Ar R\u2019ad):11.
Abdullahi Yusuf Ali wrote probably the most wildly used translation of the Qur'an titled, The Glorious Qur'an: Translations and commentary. The morning of 10th December 1953, a policeman found a half-conscious old man slumped on a street bench in the Westminster area of London.
The man died a day later and you guessed right, the delirious old man was Abdullahi Yusuf Ali. Although he wrote the most famous translation of the Qur'an, was one of the most senior muslim civil servants in India, inaugurated the first mosque in Canada...
...represented India at the Paris Peace Talks in 1919, was a trustee of London’s oldest mosque, was a known educationist and a prolific writer on Islam; He died alone, homeless, and with no one by his side.
Yusuf Ali lived at a time when the British were pillaging, ransacking and colonizing the world. During world war I, the british had nearly half a million muslim soldiers (indian/pakistani/bangladeshi) and Some refused to fight the Turkish Ottoman soldiers who had joined the war..
superbly interesting observations.
since the thread spirals into a blackpill, let's see if we can shift it back to normal track
Separation of church and state is not possible. It just creates a selection pressure for religions to shed the spandrels named "church" and "god." And this is precisely what we see today -- a state religion with no church and no god
— Zero HP Lovecraft (@0x49fa98) December 31, 2019
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background: progressivism is the official religion of the west.
USA is exporting it heavily to other countries.
two subject to investigate:
- what are the differences between USA and target countries
- how to get the society back on track
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>It just creates a selection pressure for religions to shed the spandrels named "church" and "god."
key words: "selection pressure".
we want a counter-pressure for
Separation of church and state is not possible. It just creates a selection pressure for religions to shed the spandrels named "church" and "god." And this is precisely what we see today -- a state religion with no church and no god
— Zero HP Lovecraft (@0x49fa98) December 31, 2019
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also sometimes expressed as, "there is a god-shaped hole in human
We cannot escape religion and myth. All states are always theocracies, the only question is: whose gods? whose myths?
— Zero HP Lovecraft (@0x49fa98) December 31, 2019
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“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon." (new king james version)
Bible says horrific things about non-Christians. Jesus endorsed all this. Let me show you...
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Christ is a possibility in every human being. It needs to be raised. That is not Religion but the Spiritual Process. #SadhguruQuotes #Christmas pic.twitter.com/Dl9wr2Dx9S
— Sadhguru (@SadhguruJV) December 25, 2020
Here's what New Testament says about non-believing Heathen eg Hindus:
Matthew13:41-42 “Son of man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend…and cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth"
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Jude5 “The Lord destroyed them that believed not”
Acts3:23 “Every soul which will not hear that prophet (Jesus) shall be destroyed from among the people”
Revelation21:8 “The unbelieving and idolaters…shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone”
3/9
Thessalonians 1:8-9 “Lord Jesus…in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ shall be punished with everlasting destruction”
John15:6 “If a man abide not in me…cast them into the fire and they are burned”
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Luke13:3-5, repeating Jesus' words “Except ye repent shall all likewise perish”
Mark16:15-16, repeating Jesus' words “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved but he that believed not shall be damned”
5/9
(1/n) #PorambokuAndhraHindus
Before we go into who may be suspects let us list few spectacular (sorry for not having a better word) attacks
Jan 2020 - Hindu gods and goddesses’ idols desecrated in East Godavari district
https://t.co/C74LhugnTA
(2/n) #PorambokuAndhraHindus
Feb 2020 - Chariot of Sri Prasanna Venkateswara Swamy temple in Nellore
https://t.co/3UZohQ0eZR
(3/n) #PorambokuAndhraHindus
Sep 2020 - Century-old chariot burnt at Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Antarvedi
https://t.co/PsdlT0udZG
(4/n) #PorambokuAndhraHindus
Sep 2020 - Attack on Kasi Visweswara Swamy temple in Krishna
https://t.co/BFEUdkLWZN
(5/n) #PorambokuAndhraHindus
literary, cultural & civilizational significance for us & why it needs to be made available in a much more authentic, approachable & attractive form. Together we, therefore, put together Project Hoshruba to take this forward. Project Hoshruba website now up. 2/
And here's the link: https://t.co/7eIXCrCI59
Out 1st target was to raise Rs. 3 Million through a group of select Friends of Hoshruba whom we approached based on our perception that they would not just be supportive of such a cause but that the cause 3/
would gain from support of such people not merely financially but in multifarious ways, given their acumen & achievements, public mindedness, the value they attach to literature, culture & the arts, & their commitment in general to noble causes.
I must confess that despite 4/
being confident we were simply overwhelmed by their positivity & generosity. All it took was just 1 short conversation. We're delighted & proud they have put their trust in this endeavor & will further guide & facilitate us to take Project Hoshruba to successful completion 5/
Our community - American Jewish parents, schools, synagogues, & org\u2019s - have failed. We & our children are virtually all illiterate. I mean that literally. Most of us don\u2019t understand Hebrew or any Jewish language. We lack basic familiarity w/ our history & the Jewish bookshelf.
— Rabbi Reuvane (@RabbiReuvane) December 16, 2020
He was baffled by his Jewish education topping out at the Babylonian and Roman exiles. He was enthralled with the lives of the early Rabbis, and how Jewish intellectual culture developed over the centuries. There was more than a little bit of anger at what he'd been deprived. 2/
I had the same experience when I did my MA in Hebrew Bible at JTS. I grew up very involved in my synagogue through high school, and went on the Alexander Muss program in Israel. I came out of all that not even knowing what the Mishna or the Talmud were, and I'm a good student. 3/
My honest appraisal is that most of our Progressive synagogues were created to be institutions that helped new Jewish immigrant families integrate into American culture, and we haven't shifted from that. My one quibble with @RabbiReuvane is with the de-assimilation piece. 4/
It's not about de-assimilation, but re-integration. Our institutions broadly accomplished the goal of helping folks like my Ashki great grandparents and their descendants gain access to mainstream acceptance just like other white European immigrant groups in America. 5/