cont'd ...

Dear Paul,

My husband has just walked in our study and told me that
the Adass Israel Synagogue has been torched here in
Melbourne. It will have devastating effects on the Jewish
community. Luckily, no one was seriously injured. However,
this act will undoubtedly create fear in the community.
A great deal of religious material was destroyed.

What a vile act. Police have yet to find out the motivations
behind this act. Whether they were religious or politically
motivated.

Whatever, the reasons. They are plainly wrong. And, it's
always the innocent who suffer.

Re " Flying Spaghetti Monster".

I've been an ordained priest in the Church of the Latter-Day Dude since 2010, which, among other things, gives me the right to preform legal marriages in 5 US states - funny but apparently true. Thus for 15 years I've been a devoted follower of the Dude's philosophy having read and analysed books on the thinking of the Dude and his followers like "The Dude De Ching " and "The Tao of the Dude".

Why on earth would I drop this entirely appropriate belief system in favour of a mere post-modern scam like the the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Get real,

PS....grin.

PPS....always remember - The Dude Abides.

PPS.... As the Dude says life is “Strikes and gutters, ups and downs.” Now that's an ethos!

Banjo wrote " I consider that there is a greater probability of the falsifiable empirical sciences coming up with the correct explanations of how the universe and mankind came into being"

Well that bought a smile. You know, I have Christian friends who also believe that their religion doesn't provide all the answers right now because the deity is unknowable, but that in the fullness of time all will be revealed.

So two different world views, each with faith (yes FAITH) that theirs will eventually provide all the answers.

But treating one as complete fantasy while the other is totally rational is, shall we say, a tad disingenuous.

Melbourne Synagogue fire.
Some people are claiming it's an Anti-Semitic attack.
I call it a simple case of 'cause and effect'
'Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.'
I could care less about the building, but I hope no Jews, firefighters or other individuals were harmed in the incident.

As long as Israel are committing war crimes, there will be a reaction.
Jews would be good to pay attention to Newtons Laws.

My bet if they had a huge banner out the front saying 'We vehemently oppose the unnecessary harm of innocents', the place would not have gone up in flames, not that I am specifically condoning it.

Dear Critic,

What connection has your last post with the topic?
All I can think of, is that it calls to deny Australian Jews their religious freedom and instead asks them to leave this Christian country for their own Jewish country, Israel.

You have just proven yourself a good Christian boy and a true Zionist, not a great scientist though...

According to Newton, "If object A exerts a force on object B, object B also exerts an equal and opposite force on object A." - not on object C!

AC,

Elsewhere you are trying to assert that the Georgian protestors adopting violence invalidates their cause.

Yet here someone adopting violence is justified by their cause.

Is probably nice to have such flexible views, but it really shows that you have no actual moral standards. Just the view that violence is acceptable when my side is doing it.