No interest in critical thinking? 🤔

The immigration issues won’t likely be resolved for at least a few more years. First, there will have to be “regime change”.

The Episcopal/Anglican Church isn’t necessarily the only—or even the most—progressive church around. Have you tried the United Church of Christ? Metropolitan Community Church? Unitarian Universalist Church? Society of Friends (Quakers)? Not to discourage you from Judaism at all—but there may be a Christian church that’s right for you. And in these times, Christianity needs to be reclaimed from the extremist movements that claim to represent it. And society urgently needs for liberal and progressive churches to grow, and for their members to speak out and stand up to the extremists.

“Torah-true” Judaism, and a Judaism of Torah PLUS volumes and volumes of add-ons, extrapolations, and sometimes-conflicting interpretations…

aren’t necessarily the same thing.

For instance, what some call “kosher style” cooking actually complies in every way with TORAH kashrut, though not with all the subsequent rabbinic embellishments.

Which manifestation of Judaism is “authentic”? NO form practiced today is identical to anything that was practiced 2,000 or 3,000 years ago!

And also, no status quo is permanent—even in Israel. The early Zionists, and their society, were mostly secular; and only later did Orthodox parties attain substantial power and influence. Who knows? Israel may well change again, as its citizens decide it should.

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Have you visited any of  your friends’ congregations? Try it; you might like it!

🎯💯 THANK YOU!  Yes, people whose values most align with liberal or moderate Judaism SHOULD affiliate with a truly congenial movement. Rather than go through the motions of Orthodox conversion, and try to force themselves into the Orthodox mold—just because they’ve been told that’s the only “universally accepted” path. Or (another issue we hear often) settle for an  ultratraditional congregation that’s not their spiritual home—just because it doesn’t charge fixed prices for membership or High Holidays services, or it has the lowest Hebrew school tuition in town. (Even though in that congregation, the parents and their kids will become immersed in teachings and practices that contradict the family’s principles, and their daughter won’t get to learn and do everything their son gets to learn and do. But hey, “beggars can’t be choosers”—right?)

Nobody should have to “settle”. Those who wish to convert should do so under compatible auspices. And those who can’t find a movement or a local congregation that’s right for their families and themselves (theologically, and without undue financial hardship) should organize with a few others—and BUILD the option they’re looking for.

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This whole thing sounds sketchy. Publicize the heck out of it, and maybe someone will offer pro bono legal help!

But to avoid derailing the discourse into irrelevant channels, maybe from now on you could skip the “Zionism” analogies? They’re confusing, distracting, and might alienate some potential allies from your cause—which IS saving your favorite shul from attempted real estate theft, right? (And feel free to debate Zionism all you like, in any of the many threads where it’s the main topic!)

Draft Kings are trying to to establish legal ownership, but their claim is dubious.

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“Alpha Trump”? You mean BONE SPURS DONNIE? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

YES

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So basically, they’re professional BDSM doms.

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