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Big difference. Protestants don't have rules for every aspect and facet of daily life that they must adhere to.How are Rabbis any different? Both derive authority from their knowledge of scripture.
Maybe because there are other ways besides a blowtorach, or it is possible to get an expert to use a blow torch. Why do you think you understand Judaism better than Jews? I just moved into a new apartment that had an oven in it. Somehow I'm using it even though i don't have access to a blowtorch. Maybe people know more than you.I don't as long as they don't use it on one of my ovens. My Jewish tenant's Rabbi told him that was the only way to prepare an oven that had been used by gentiles for use by a Jewish tenant.
I installed a new oven for him.Neither the Rabbi nor the tenant considered that the tenant should obtain a new oven for themselves. Whyzat I wonder.
Just the 10 Commandments? Of course there are lots of different flavors of Protestants and most devout ones go to church weekly and listen to a sermon. Why do they do that?Big difference. Protestants don't have rules for every aspect and facet of daily life that they must adhere to.
Rabbis have no authority beyond their knowledge. The laws are available for all to see and follow or not. Jesus said the law was a good thing.Jew's salvation is through obedience to the Law, and whatever the Rabbi instructs.
And where do they find God's will?Protestants are to work out their own salvation, applying their knowledge of God's will in their own lives as they understand it.
I'm citing a real-life example from personal experience. I read, from a Jewish website, that an oven can be 'koshered' by placing the grates inside the oven and turning it to its highest setting for two hours. This is reasonable, imo. However, that this Rabbi suggested the blowtorch treatment supports my contention that Rabbis often 'make it up as they go along'.Maybe because there are other ways besides a blowtorach, or it is possible to get an expert to use a blow torch. Why do you think you understand Judaism better than Jews? I just moved into a new apartment that had an oven in it. Somehow I'm using it even though i don't have access to a blowtorch. Maybe people know more than you.
Christians are well beyond the written commandments. We are guided by the Holy Spirit.Just the 10 Commandments? Of course there are lots of different flavors of Protestants and most devout ones go to church weekly and listen to a sermon. Why do they do that?
Rabbis have no authority beyond their knowledge. The laws are available for all to see and follow or not. Jesus said the law was a good thing.
And where do they find God's will?
Your contention is wrong. There are different understandings of the law and in each case, a rabbi has to make a series of judgments and decisions based on variables of which you are not aware, steeped in laws which you have never read. If it makes you feel better to assume that they are making things up, because it avoids the question of your ignorance, then have fun with that.I'm citing a real-life example from personal experience. I read, from a Jewish website, that an oven can be 'koshered' by placing the grates inside the oven and turning it to its highest setting for two hours. This is reasonable, imo. However, that this Rabbi suggested the blowtorch treatment supports my contention that Rabbis often 'make it up as they go along'.
Well, in this case he made a poor judgement, as the oven in question had never been used (I didn't realize this myself right away until I examined it later after I had exchanged it for a new one). So, the Rabbi looked into a brand-new oven and declared that only the use of blowtorch would render it fit to use.Your contention is wrong. There are different understandings of the law and in each case, a rabbi has to make a series of judgments and decisions based on variables of which you are not aware, steeped in laws which you have never read. If it makes you feel better to assume that they are making things up, because it avoids the question of your ignorance, then have fun with that.
Your decision about his judgment doesn't really hold any water as it applies to Jewish law.Well, in this case he made a poor judgement, as the oven in question had never been used (I didn't realize this myself right away until I examined it later after I had exchanged it for a new one). So, the Rabbi looked into a brand-new oven and declared that only the use of blowtorch would render it fit to use.
Well, in this case he made a poor judgement, as the oven in question had never been used (I didn't realize this myself right away until I examined it later after I had exchanged it for a new one). So, the Rabbi looked into a brand-new oven and declared that only the use of blowtorch would render it fit to use.
So you wouldn't trust a lawyer when it comes to issues of understanding the law or a doctor when discussing medicine. Got it.But we're all told to believe Jews are an especially intelligent super species or something like that. The fact is taking tests and having higher levels of education don't translate into higher intelligence and reasoning abilities. That is one reason 'Credentialism' is a black hole when it comes to determining competence.
So you wouldn't trust a lawyer when it comes to issues of understanding the law or a doctor when discussing medicine. Got it.
I wouldn't trust a doctor when the subject is health. There's no money in healthy people.So you wouldn't trust a lawyer when it comes to issues of understanding the law or a doctor when discussing medicine. Got it.
I got the operation.Many Jews believe that all the tribes of Israel, including Jacob himself, were Jews. What say you, Christians?
I guess that's why Christians never sin? Maybe you all need a refresher class.Christians are well beyond the written commandments. We are guided by the Holy Spirit.
What was this Rabbi's understanding that led him to require a blowtorch to purify a stove that was obviously new?Your contention is wrong. There are different understandings of the law and in each case, a rabbi has to make a series of judgments and decisions based on variables of which you are not aware, steeped in laws which you have never read. If it makes you feel better to assume that they are making things up, because it avoids the question of your ignorance, then have fun with that.
Of course we sin and will until we die. But most sin is of omission, not commission. The commandments deal with commission. The Spirit deals with omission.I guess that's why Christians never sin? Maybe you all need a refresher class.
the word "purify" is the wrong word.What was this Rabbi's understanding that led him to require a blowtorch to purify a stove that was obviously new?
So everyone can judge themselves by their own standards. Great system. If I honestly believe my religion is the only correct way, anything I do for it is not a sin. Cool.Of course we sin and will until we die. But most sin is of omission, not commission. The commandments deal with commission. The Spirit deals with omission.
James 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
