New Policy on Decorum

Dear Readers:

As of today I am taking a week off of writing new articles for this blog. I will still allow comments to this post and any other post. It is just from now on I will approve or disapprove of new comments. This I will continue to do this week even though I am not writing new posts.

I did not want to resort to comment moderation. It is just that some commenters went overboard in expressing their opinions. I had no problem with reasoned discussions about the subject matter of this blog. The use of vulgar language while trying to make a point is totally unacceptable. In addition to this any attacks against Christianity or Islam should be limited to why Judaism finds their arguments unacceptable when these monotheistic religions try to convert Jews to their way of looking at the world. Nowhere in this forum will attacks against these religions by attacking those who adhere to them be accepted. I am sorry that this has taken place. Ultimately the Truth of Torah and the Noahide way of life will outlast these other great religions, for Torah and Noahide revelation are true at their core. Torah is the essence behind Creation itself. It is far more than just a moral code which removed Israel from the muck of abject Paganism over 3300 years ago. Therefore, Torah stands on its own. There is no need to trash other systems where the adherents are genuinely more moral than they would have been if they had as Disraeli put it "continued to paint themselves blue in the swamp while my ancestors were writing the Bible." By and large, neither Christians nor Muslims are painting themselves blue in the swamp. And the legal code that Christianity has embraced is rooted in the Jewish view of the dignity and the sanctity of Man. Christian Europe banned the sacrifice of virgins to help the crops grow eons ago, probably at the point that Europe became Christian.

Having said all this, the behavior of large groups of people vis-a-vis others is still a viable point of discussion on this site, and when Evil is spurred on by a gaping flaw in the doctrine of one of these religions, it should be pointed out without resorting to vulgarity. After all, Israel's G-d is most concerned about Mentschlichkeit, human decency. Both the indecency of those who behave badly and the vulgarity of those who point it out must be changed.

At the end of this week I will try to publish, G-d willing, a compilation of all my responses answering why Jews do not make good Christians and why good Christians should try to knock on someone else's door if they want to spread their good news. Included in my responses is the Jewish view of how to be a righteous gentile, and why we believe that the Noahide way of life for non-Jews is built on a more solid foundation than any other religion adhered to by millions. Until then look for my comments in the last two blog entries prior to this one. I will be compiling those responses.

Everyone take a deep breath, and avoid hurting another unnecessarily who has within him the "breath of G-d." Shavua Tov (Good Week) and good night!