Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site agrigene.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!genrad!grkermi!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!agrigene!buchbind From: buchbind@agrigene.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Re: Refuting Abominable Logic Message-ID: <133@agrigene.UUCP> Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 22:59:35 EDT Article-I.D.: agrigene.133 Posted: Tue Jun 11 22:59:35 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Jun-85 02:41:02 EDT References: <581@sfmag.UUCP> <3780056@csd2.UUCP> <656@fisher.UUCP> <254@ucdavis.UUCP> Organization: Agrigenetics Madison,Wi. Lines: 40 > G!d's word is VERY clear and very easy to understand, ... What's not clear to me: How do you pronounce "G!d"? I understand that the Hebrew "'H" is pronounced HaShem; so for consistancy "G!d" should not be pronounced "God". (Also, when "God" does appear on the screen, is one in trouble if it scrolls of the screen or a file containing it is removed? (A CRT or a disk would seem to me to be more ephemeral than the fire usually used to 'destroy' the name ...)) [Sorry if I've missed previous discussion on this point.] > Today, many people think homosexuality is right. Today, many people think that, right or wrong, homosexuallity is noone (human) else's business. > Some people in Davis are trying to pass a homosexual rights ordinance. ... > [Some of these people are Jewish.]{Sorry. I edited this out and now want it > back. The quote may not be exact. - BUB} ... > None of this makes homosexual activity correct in the eyes of our maker. Many people today, and indeed the ancient Hellenistic society, believe that circumcision is wrong "in the eyes of our maker"; similarly, many feel kosher slaughtering of animals is cruel. Before you say that our right to practice shechitah and to give brisses to our sons is guarenteed by the 1st Amendment, remember that human sacrifice (even of volenteers) isn't so guarenteed and that Jehovah's Witnesses can be forced to receive transfusions. We would object to others telling us what our maker wants us to do or to not do; we should therefore be careful to not impose our beliefs on others. I, for one, can be tolerant of practices of which I disapprove but which do not affect parties not involved; many Jews feel they must promote this type of tolerance if we are to benefit from it. The issue in an ordinance is not judgement in heaven; the issue is housing and jobs on earth. -- Barry Buchbinder Agrigenetics Corp. 5649 E. Buckeye Rd. Madison, WI 53716 USA (608)221-5000 {seismo,ihnp4,harpo}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!agrigene!buchbind