They doth protest too muchshmuelismsFebruary 7 2008, 17:03:48 UTC
As a Jew, I find it funny that media-sources so readily use expressions like "Jewish Leaders" or even the milder "Jewish groups". We Jews have no central authority. The only people I've seen being mentioned (such as the ADL) are self-appointed folks tooting their own horn, drumming up PR for themselves. AFAIK, the vast majority of actual spiritual leaders, couldn't care less about what Catholics pray for. It simply is of no importance to us. From our POV, Catholicism is already such a major distortion of its "Jewish origins", so why would we expect anything different with regard to such a minor point?
It is clearly a major need for this century to find ways of both treasuring our own wisdom traditions/ worldviews/ religions as being not only "true for me" but accessing real truth in some way, while at the same time, honoring and respecting others. "Everything goes ", "it's true for me" or "there is no truth" are inadequate.
Also, the big divide seems to be between those who KNOW THE TRUTH but have never heard of hubris and what happens to people who fall into it, and those who realise ,in the words of my own tradition, that we see in a mirror, darkly ( and if you've looked in Roman mirrors of metal, you feel the metaphor better). I speak as one who is yet again dipping a toe into theories of mind and consciousness and ( gulp) quantum physics.
btw, who elected Tarcisio as deputy Pope? Doesn't happen, though good-old-boy bureaucracy rules in Rome.
And as an RC I do apologise to those "we" once called "Judeos perfidiosos" even if they don't all care. It was not nice. Like slavery, suttee, and various other obsolete ideas.
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But then Muslims should be more understanding when Bahais say that Bahai > Islam > Christianity > Judaism, and we all know THAT doesn't happen!
In other news ZOMG LELAND VISITED MY BLOG YAY. I can't wait to see you.
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Also, the big divide seems to be between those who KNOW THE TRUTH but have never heard of hubris and what happens to people who fall into it, and those who realise ,in the words of my own tradition, that we see in a mirror, darkly ( and if you've looked in Roman mirrors of metal, you feel the metaphor better). I speak as one who is yet again dipping a toe into theories of mind and consciousness and ( gulp) quantum physics.
btw, who elected Tarcisio as deputy Pope? Doesn't happen, though good-old-boy bureaucracy rules in Rome.
And as an RC I do apologise to those "we" once called "Judeos perfidiosos" even if they don't all care. It was not nice. Like slavery, suttee, and various other obsolete ideas.
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