Religious errors and oversights-
This is a quote from someone i know. I will start by saying that I respect this man's knowledge and his learning.
This is the quote
"The problem seems to be that you ignored the most important bit of instructions in the Bible.
If you really did read it all the way through several times, then surely you read the part that says you are to get yourself a knowledgeable teacher to help you study the Bible.
The most important part of the Bible is the Five Books of Moses. If you don’t understand those, you won’t understand ANY of the rest. The Five Books of Moses were written in Hebrew, and should be read in Hebrew. Any translation will have flaws, and some translations have more flaws than others. You cannot possibly understand what it says or how to follow it unless you “ask the priests, the Levites, or the judge who will be in your days,” and that whatever he tells you is what the Bible means, and you are to follow his instructions.
The rabbis of today are the heirs to the teachings and instructions of the priests, the Levite’s, and the judges of the ages that have passed.
Hence, the acronym: CYLOR, which stands for Consult Your Local Orthodox Rabbi."
****Here is my response-
How judaism and christianity show their error-
John/ Yochanan 14:6
Yahushua said to him, “I AM THE LIVING EL, The Way and The Truth and The Life; no man comes to my Father but by me alone.”
No difference.
If god does not want to or is unable to deal with its 'creation' directly, then I reject that god.
If that god can not create all men equal, where any man who wants to know his 'creator' would be able to read that creator's 'manual' and understand it, I reject that god.
If that god alleges that ONLY a few hundred thousand MEN will be able to understand its instructions, due to some esoteric mystical knowledge that only they can know, then I soundly and wholly reject that god and all it stands for. No different than any other 'secret' society, like the masons.
Your argument sounds great in the realm of Jewish thought and tradition.
But Jews are not the only humans on earth, NOR ARE THEY MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY OTHER HUMAN ON EARTH.
PERIOD.
Ohferpetessake.....
What?
@charliemmann lotta, (lotta!) Words about religious twaddle...why?
I know god does not exists. But sometimes I wish it did because if that was the case, when I die, I supposedly would go to its presence, and then supposedly I would have to answer to it. I’d say, bring it on. I have dozens of questions for it, and it better be able to answer them without recurring to the “working in mysterious ways” or “a purpose beyond my understanding “ fallacies. And if it even attempts to punish me for my “insubordination”, I would take the punishment proudly. Like someone said before: “the more you make me suffer, the stronger I feel.” Sadly, it is not to happen.
By the same token one could go to the Vedas and consult a Brahmin.
Same deal different set of texts!