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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
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Subject: Re: Re: Refuting Abominable Logic
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 15:48:13 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  3 15:48:13 1985
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> If Rosen wants to show that the Torah is not tolerant he is right.
> The Torah is not tolerant to murderers,incest,homosexuals,sabath
> desecrators,idol worshipers etc.......
> Don't like it ?? Think it is wrong ??? Who are you against G-ds
> infinite wisdom ??? Is your puny brain what decides right from wrong
> and truth from false ???
> 


	Now we are going to hear insults back and forth about who's
 brain is punier. X's for accepting ( believing ) the fact that G-D
 exists, or Y's for refuting it. Let's stop it before it starts. We
 are getting as bad here, with all the name calling, as our cousins
 on the other religion nets. I was always impressed in the past with
 the level of tolerance on this particular news group. The scholarship 
 here rivals all other groups I have read. So, too, the sincerity of 
 questionas and answers. However, recenly, I have seen a disturbing trend.
 People are reacting with too much emotion and not enough thought. This
 does not apply to only one side of the argument, but to all sides, in
 all arguments. Before we used to have discussion, now we have
 arguments. Let's get back to discussions. We can still have a nice,
 open forum to discuss all matters. Namecalling and insults do not add
 to the logic of an article; they only diminish the logic. If one sees
 flames jumping from the screen in an article, one tends to lose 
 respect for the poster. If you are truly convinced of you side, you
 won't have to belittle the opponent to win.

	So, please, let's get n.r.j back on the right path. Let's
 put an end to name calling and insulting. If yyou can't control
 yourself, post to net.flame. You'll find pleasant company there.
 We just finished the counting of s'firat ha'omer ( counting the days
 between passover and pentacost ). The Talmud relates that during these
 day Rabbi Akiva lost 24,000 students in a plague, because they did not
 give each other the proper respect. Whether we are on the level of R. Akiva's
 students or not should not deter us from learning a lesson ffrom their deaths.
 Let usall give more respect to each other. This does not mean that 
 we cannot have disagreements. But, these disagreements should be handled
 in a proper manner.


				Eliyahu Teitz.