Posts by DaryLLL

Quote: Originally Posted by BelovedBird How was "it used"? Where does the english phrase used here appear in the torah? Avodah zara means "other (as in stranger/ different) worship". Not...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ruthla When the Torah was given on Mount Sinai, shortly after the Exodus from Egypt. I don't give a what the evidence points to, when those doing the looking are disregarding the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ruthla There have only been 2 Temples. The first built by King Solomon and the 2nd when the Temple was rededicated (as recalled by the Hanukkah observances.) If there was an idol of Ashera...

Quote: Originally Posted by captain optimism Yes but--we don't care. I mean, yeah, I care to learn about it because it's interesting. I also care because it interests me how humans attempt to understand the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ruthla I'm a little bit confused by DarryLLL's posting of all that stuff disputing the divinity of the Torah. The Written Torah was never intended to be read, much less studied, without the...

I don't worship the images, no. I thought that I made that clear. People do not worship images. They worship/are devotees of the dieties the images represent. So, the use of the term idol worship, altho used in the Hebrew Scriptures...

Quote: Originally Posted by Potty Diva With all do respect, unless followers of these other religions come forth I find it a little presumptuous that you would assume the term "idol worshippers" to be...

Quote: Originally Posted by captain optimism Nu, Darylll! Isn't this a thread to ask questions of practicing Jewish people about our traditional beliefs? What do you mean, "that is your traditional belief and you...

Quote: Originally Posted by mom2seven Caesar is no proof of anything except how the Romans dealt with adoption. Jewish law, which we know was accepted at that time period via the Talmud states that an adopted child...

Just by the way, I find the term "idol worshippers" to be insulting to those of other faiths who use devotional images in their religious practice.