tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001184305805559914.post3724050271144831843..comments2023-06-14T10:33:15.008-04:00Comments on Shilton HaSechel שלטון השכל: InternetShilton HaSechelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11445959470426455186noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001184305805559914.post-74541269839761262322012-05-20T11:24:27.760-04:002012-05-20T11:24:27.760-04:00Ah yes, but what makes them less authoritative...?...Ah yes, but what makes them less authoritative...? What if there's merit to both points of view? <br /><br /><br />If there is indeed a debate, and not just one answer, then things are not as clear cut and faith is not as easy. I don't have to choose one side to be in doubt I just have to know that THERE IS a real scholarly debate. Shiltonhasechelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001184305805559914.post-77048015389051784802012-05-20T01:54:55.676-04:002012-05-20T01:54:55.676-04:00The internet is merely a more convenient form of t...The internet is merely a more convenient form of the library.<br />What is needed by users in both cases is a healthy dose of intellectual honest and skepticism.<br />So some scholars think Moshe Rabeinu, a"h, might not have existed? Why believe them?<br />Some modern Biblical scholars don't believe in the antiquity of the Bible? What makes them more authoritative than the ones that do?<br />Reminds me of something I heard an Israeli archeologist once say: if we find a pillar someone in the Iraqi desert that says "I King So'n'so fight and won a glorious battle on this site" we enter it into the history books and then try to find reasons why there's no trace of it later. But when it comes to the Bible, well then we want King David's credit card receipts and some photo ID or we won't believe anything about what it says of him.<br />Why are you only skeptical of one side?GarnelIronheart1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001184305805559914.post-55595238307934517312012-05-16T11:15:55.138-04:002012-05-16T11:15:55.138-04:00sunlight is the best disinfectantsunlight is the best disinfectantksilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001184305805559914.post-24319786253557276002012-05-14T19:27:38.418-04:002012-05-14T19:27:38.418-04:00"The only real fear any closed society has is..."The only real fear any closed society has is the fear of information, and these people in their insular society are very fearful indeed of people gaining some real knowledge."<br /><br />That's probably the reason they won't allow me to join the Off The Derech Facebook group and why a lot of atheist blogs delete my posts. Fear.<br /><br />I'm not a troll. My comments are perfectly rational, polite and relevent to the topic. It's fear which keeps me locked out.Jewish Philosophernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001184305805559914.post-38583406968226971062012-05-14T17:45:51.927-04:002012-05-14T17:45:51.927-04:00It's all about porn. The local public library ...It's all about porn. The local public library has been full of atheism for decades. Who cared? Who read it? However the Internet has meant for the first time in history you can watch porn movies without anyone else seeing you purchase it. This is making an impact on society in general, not just Jews.<br /><br />http://nymag.com/news/features/70976/Jewish Philosophernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001184305805559914.post-52353574422555384452012-05-14T14:28:34.614-04:002012-05-14T14:28:34.614-04:00Shilton - bingo! You're on the mark, as usual....Shilton - bingo! You're on the mark, as usual. I know for myself that I would never have questioned at all had it not been for the Internet and the ease of access to information it brings.<br />The only real fear any closed society has is the fear of information, and these people in their insular society are very fearful indeed of people gaining some real knowledge.Chaynobodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001184305805559914.post-57076023735494938092012-05-14T14:10:08.026-04:002012-05-14T14:10:08.026-04:00 It's pretty well-established by now that this... It's pretty well-established by now that this all about control, and the porn-obsession is just offshoot of that.zachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001184305805559914.post-48081939446330892032012-05-14T14:09:26.406-04:002012-05-14T14:09:26.406-04:00Their problem is not so much the nudity as the nak...Their problem is not so much the nudity as the naked truth.R.W.noreply@blogger.com