A profound and interesting video! Reincarnation is an attractive belief, but until one can define the soul, or what it is that does come back, it is virtually impossible to discuss reincarnation intelligently.
there have been many studies about this topic.in the 70s life after life was discussed
by charles moody and elizabeth kuebler ross.readers' digest also had a documented instance where a woman was clinically dead and observed the surgeons from above them.a good book to start would be a view from the top by ruth noam.
@rabbichaimmoshe, I've read those interesting authors. There are also many accounts of similar experiences of life after death on Youtube. A ltttle disconcertingly, you often find that a person's religion may affect their experience (but not always). In the USA, where Christian indoctrination is so prevalent, you find that many people who briefly died see a being they clearly identify as Jesus. Unfortunately, the USA (or U.S. research) dominates this type of study.
the reason for that image is that when you have such experiences you see what you expect since the observed is beyond your imagination. that is why the Deity appears as one's teacher in the vision etc...
@rabbichaimmoshe, I'm fine, thanks. You say "the Deity appears as one's teacher in the vision.." That is a plausible explanation; alternatively, the apparently dead person's imagination is still active. Perhaps, to be able to perceive the Deity in fullness (or without taint), one has to relinquish idolatry. Impurity is an aspect of idolatry, so that may be a barrier that impairs perception. We need to watch who our guides here shall be.
@Uberlaser you my friend think you know all things because you read a book or passed a course. consciousness is divided into many levels but wisdom is the soulk and it continues after death. there have been remarkable studies that conclude that. people who were brain dead in surgery were able occassionally to describe the surgery of implanting the heart or similar operations where technically the person was dead-no heartbeat and no eeg.
So if earth is a "heaven" and the universe is also a "heaven" and they were both created at the same time, then it makes sense that there was another "heaven" before the two just mentioned, denoting a sense that God exists outside this earth and this universe.
This is interesting. Are you able to provide any Scriptural proof texts for this teaching that could be researched? Commentaries are very helpful as a means of instruction provided they are based upon truth and reason. If you can help me by reasoning this truth from the Scripture texts it would be most helpful.
God showed me something in a dream. I was hanging upside down and it was pitch black, I was like where am I then I smelled the air and it smelled like sulfur. then I oh I'm in Hades. then after I thought this I flew up fast. And I woke up... Then I went back to sleep and I was in heaven there was color everywhere and then my pastor had his hands out and with his hands he pushed it forward like go and me and someone next to me turned around. We where going back to earth..Remember the law!
@HeroesofApostasy Brian that is untrue of others and myself. i discard nothing i stress certain things,that's all.
just because your flame was doused by the fantasies of scientific speculation doesn't mean that your quest was false and that this condition of skepticism is permanent. As to the Rebbe,you never met him,i did.He was the consumate teacher ,guide and leader. He is not worshiped-his instructions are followed.
@rabbichaimmoshe - If any religion wants to convert the entire world immediately all they need to do is PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE. It's that simple. No religion, including yours, has any.
@HeroesofApostasy "PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE" It's not that simple. People will believe whatever they want to believe even if the evidence is provided. Not to mention the varying opinions of what evidence actually is.
@sarevor - It is that simple. When there is significant evidence to support the claim only then can the claim be taken seriously. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. A starting place would be three key points, historical evidence, authenticity of holy writ, and repeatable demonstration for any of the specific deities.
If any of these religions/deities were absolutely true, it would be obvious, and there would be no question or atheists.
@sarevor - On any of the major points religions fail to provide any solid evidence, often backpedaling to a position of ad populum or personal experiences which is not evidence of anything.
People truly and deeply believed in Thor and other deities of the pantheons for thousands of years. We are fairly certain these deities do not exist today and the current crop of replacement religions will find themselves in the same boat over time.
@HeroesofApostasy No, it wouldn't necessarily be that simple, but you are entitled to your own opinion, of course. Many people genuinely believed in things, such as scientists and scholars, that ended up being false. I have very little faith in the human mind, especially an ape mind evolved by chaotic forces. Also, you're comparing thor (contingent being) to Yahweh (non contingent being); it doesn't work. So far, it is said the universe generated itself, but many would disagree, even scholar
@sarevor - The difference is that science adapts to new data and self corrects. Religion does not and holds you to accepting something as absolute truth by faith, not by facts. There is zero difference between one god claim or another, all of them lack any evidence to support the claim.
Furthermore, science not having an answer at this time does not equal a god existing. Even if evolution were proven false that does not default to a god existing.
@HeroesofApostasy While there is zero evidence for a multiverse, there is evidence for a beginning. The multiverse is pure speculation. We have no idea what brought about our origins and the God concept is just as valid as metaphysical materialism. No one knows. A true skeptic would accept this statement.
@sarevor - So all you have is a god of the gaps? Haha. We don't know at this time does not equal "god did it." God concepts are nowhere near as valid in any way. Not a single religion has even a coherent answer for what god IS.Not to mention conveniently moving god outside of the universe once the Bibles claims of god existing outside the firmament were completely disproven.
A true skeptic would never accept such bullshit logic and beliefs based on such a severe lack of evidence.
@HeroesofApostasy I guess you haven't been looking hard enough. Conveniently moving God outside? What books are you reading? God was always known to be outside the created universe. It's even in the first chapter of the Bible for crying out loud. It's clear to me you're only interested in peddling wares and not so much interested in having discussions. You take things to the personal level and dishing out free, yet unasked for, psychological evaluations of people. Hope all is well.
@sarevor - That is patently false. The Bible has "the gods" living right outside the firmament in "the heavens" = space. The world model in the Bible is the Babylonian world model. The world is both flat and round (coin) with a solid dome on top.
@HeroesofApostasy Not at all. The word used to denote roundness is that of a sphere; there are multiple different words describing roundness and they are all different. The "gods" is describing different forms of God's power as elohim. In this case, it is describing the angels (they create only because God allows it so be so). "In the beginning, God created the heaven and the Earth". In the Bible, it describes three different heavens. 1 is earth, 2 is universe, 3 is god's world.
@sarevor - Sorry. That's not true at all. There are many gods throughout the Torah. The majority of these gods come from the Canaanite pantheon and Canaanite belief systems. This is all found in the Ugaritic texts predating the Torah by a long shot. EL is the father god of the "sons of god" .......lower many gods = the Elohim. They come down to mate with humans in Genesis 6:2. Orthodox Judaism formulated over centuries redacted polytheism into monotheism. Psalm 82:1 translation = gods.
@HeroesofApostasy The Gods that you refer to were the angels. This isn't a secret. I was describing what a God is in the Bible. The angels are not God himself and can only do what they do because God gives them the ability. The Bible doesn't use Canaanite patheon, you're mistaken.
@sarevor - No, they were reduced to angels during the formulation of Orthodox Judaism over centuries. Polytheism redacted into monotheism. The Bible very much uses the Canaanite Pantheon and you could identify the gods names if you knew Hebrew. For instance Yam.
If you had researched Near East belief systems and the Ugaritic texts you would know something.
@sarevor - Yes, the Ugaritic texts and other Near East ancient myths from which Judaism was born out of. You do know how to read don't you? I would suggest you do so. Having a Hebrew translator is most helpful.
Of course you can just deny it and bury your head in the sand. Not quite the skeptic you claimed to be. Seems like you want to believe this crap at any cost.
@sarevor - Well if you ever find out who the authors of the Gospels are, especially being the primary source of Jesus stories and all, please do tell.
@sarevor - Oh and don't forget the great sea monster Leviathan Yahweh does battle with all throughout the Torah. Another Near East myth about sea monsters being real. This is what Jonah was swallowed by, a sea monster, "whale" is a mistranslation.
@sarevor - Its correct translation would be a one horned beast. Again, you are the one reading mistranslations. English and Hebrew don't transfer so well. Again, the shoe is on the other foot. I would give you the benefit of the doubt, but I've dealt with far too many xian know nothings.
@HeroesofApostasy Actually, if you studied as you say you did, you'd know these are mistranslations. Just how unicorn is a mistranslation from a rhino. /watch?v=7BNsjsbJLaM
@sarevor - No, the correct translation is one horned beast, which the Rabbis decided recently to say meant "rhino." Actually, I believe they called it a giraffe. However, the original is "one horned beast."
@sarevor - As far as the world model you are incorrect. Again, the world model in the Torah is the Babylonian world model. Look it up. It even has pillars holding up the "earth" (land mass) above the sea. There are "windows and floodgates of rain and snow" in Job. These are not metaphors, this is what a primitive people imagined the world to be like.
@HeroesofApostasy Also, remarking that people hold onto false beliefs throughout human history really says nothing about the realities of God or no God. It's a red herring.
@sarevor - Not at all, unless of course you actually have evidence for your beliefs, but you don't, you have faith not facts. If you had facts and evidence you would not need faith. There is also a big difference between the possibility of a god existing and whether or not Judaism or Christianity are true. Often times believers weave together the two. It can be demonstrated that a specific religion is not true.
@HeroesofApostasy I don't believe I have ever said that I had conclusive evidence that God existed or that God happened to be the God of the Bible. What I said was, no one "knows", therefore I have faith instead of absolute conviction. And I was remarking, seeing as you are a skeptic, as I am a skeptic (leaning to Christianity, obviously), that it makes more sense to express a sense of awe instead of expressing absolute knowledge.
@sarevor - If you don't "know" why "believe?" Do you often just automatically believe in things you don't know? What is rational about this?
Christianity is not true at all and if you continue your "skepticism" about the foundations of the church, the complete lack of evidence for Jesus ever existing, and the fact that most of the books of the NT either have unknown authors or are complete forgeries, you'd have no reason to believe any of it.
@HeroesofApostasy Again, what books are you reading? Everything you have said about Christianity is absolutely false. Jesus as the found of Christianity definitely existed as a human being. The Bible is the most scrutinized book on earth and it is also the most reliable source in the world, even more so than the sources that pinpoint the existence of Alexander the great or Socrates. The foundations of which church? That is a pretty huge topic to bring up with someone's stance is foreign to
@sarevor - There is no evidence for Jesus. No one is worshiping Socrates or making such claims about Socrates as they do about Jesus. A miracle working divine savior who has not a peep about him in first century Greco-Roman and Jewish history. Strange huh? Nothing outside of the Bible for Jesus and the Gospels authors are all unknown so they have no weight.
@sarevor - Out of the entire NT only seven of Paul's epistles are validated by teh consensus of Bible scholars to be from Paul. John's revelation is from a John, but it's not known what John wrote it. Everything else in the NT, including all four Gospels, have unknown authors or they are considered blatant forgeries like the book of Hebrews.
@HeroesofApostasy There are great reasons to believe just like how someone can believe the universe can generate itself. You actually believe this? How can you know?
@sarevor - No, without evidence there is no reason to believe in something. Faith is not a virtue. I never made any claims about the Universe generating itself. I never made any claims to know. I have only rejected your absurd beliefs.
@rabbichaimmoshe - I would get the same "my teacher was miraculous" song and dance from anyone else who wanted to believe so about who they followed. The only reason you liked Schneerson was because he could make you believe in Judaism and that it just might actually be true when otherwise your faith would have waned and died long ago. Now that faith rests on his return as moschiah and that ain't looking so good after 16 years.
@rabbichaimmoshe - Skepticism should always be permanent and ongoing, that is what keeps you from falling for any old BS. The only difference between you and me is that YOU SETTLED.
I thank you again for I have searched for nearly 50 years for the meaning of reincarnation my symbol of my channel is a representation of a type of reincarnation.At first when I was young at the age of eight the spirit that showed this truth to me scared the hell out of me showing me my life cycle . I have gotten use to it through the years and realized that it is god will be done wether I like it or not.why should I not like god,s will I guest that I am lazy and its hard to do his will at time
What do you think would be the use of an (re)incarnation that was, lets say, cut short at age three or two by disease,disaster, war, etc., or an individual born without the wherewithal to even comprehend Torah much less the simplest of the mitzvot (severe mental retardation)?
It seems certain amount of disparity exists amongst individual incarnations vis-a-vis the *ability* to follow or comprehend Halakha. Why do you think this is?
@rabbichaimmoshe "the retards chose to be born that way as a tikkun for abusing others in a past life."
Wow. Didn't see that answer coming. Next time you meet a Jew talking about the challenges of raising a child with mental retardation, run that line by 'em. Look the mother or father staight in the eye, and tell them it's the child's fault.
@Edella so whose fault is it-yes it's G-D's fault blame it there. or is it nature's fault?
maybe it's the parents fault for eating twinkies?
this was supposedly the communication of autistic children who learned to communicate with their teachers via computers. you can believe it or disbelieve lt
however, no amount of explanation ever helps emotionally suffering people. for them you must be there to assist to listen and to care. which is what i do.when asked why-this can work. that's all..
I don't care what Maimonides said. He was not well accepted by his contemporaries and often deemed a heretic in his day. I want these beliefs backed by the Torah, they are not in there.
The Torah says you go to the grave only. Kohelet says no one knows and there is no guarantee of any hereafter.
@HeroesofApostasy But you accept Dawkins?..Do you accept Michael Ruse?..The man claims we piggybacked on the back of crystals..Nope you can't make this stuff up!
@rabbichaimmoshe - All Maimonides did was try to update Judaism by incorporating contemporary philosophy into it. Judaism was severely outclassed even during his day.
Even the 13 principles of faith have very little connection to things actually stated in the Torah.
False. If you will not fulfill commandments you will not live again. "The soul who sins shall die." - Ezekiel 18:20
The only rebirth is still within the same earthly body but when a person's soul is born again of spirit. But only knowing God gives eternal life because it allows rebirth of Holy Spirit. And knowing God is only possible by knowing Jesus.
Reincarnation is only possible if you are demon and posses people, but eventually demons end up in hell and die. Be wise, get to know Jesus now.
@rabbichaimmoshe I know about repentance. It is you who said about rebirth of those who did not fulfill some commandment. If such person repented why would he live again, but it is what you said? And if he not repented, his soul would die according to what I cited before.
@rabbichaimmoshe What verse to you refer to? Your comment is not constructive at all. Give me right tranlation according to you and stop being arrogant and ignorant.
Comparing Jesus/Yeshua to Budda or Obama is stupid.
o'BOY Rabbi I think I may have to come back 1000x..Alot of that Fascination with Kabbalah comes from very Superficial People like Madonna and the buy 1 book and gain all the knowlege you need crowd..I.E. Hollyweird idiots..I guess Heroes of Hypocrisy keeps things interesting..Hey Heroes!!Kiss my tuckus!
@rabbichaimmoshe - It's because people can't deal with reality, but they no longer wish to participate in organized religion. BS feel good spiritualism will replace organized religion in less than a century. There is no more need for the Rabbi, the Imam, or the Priest, anymore. Chassidim replaced Torah Judaism with BS feel good spirituality and Kaballah nonsense a while ago. You are no better than Madonna. You both took what you liked and discarded the rest.
A profound and interesting video! Reincarnation is an attractive belief, but until one can define the soul, or what it is that does come back, it is virtually impossible to discuss reincarnation intelligently.
psandbergnz 2 months ago
@psandbergnz how are you?
there have been many studies about this topic.in the 70s life after life was discussed
by charles moody and elizabeth kuebler ross.readers' digest also had a documented instance where a woman was clinically dead and observed the surgeons from above them.a good book to start would be a view from the top by ruth noam.
rabbichaimmoshe 2 months ago
@rabbichaimmoshe, I've read those interesting authors. There are also many accounts of similar experiences of life after death on Youtube. A ltttle disconcertingly, you often find that a person's religion may affect their experience (but not always). In the USA, where Christian indoctrination is so prevalent, you find that many people who briefly died see a being they clearly identify as Jesus. Unfortunately, the USA (or U.S. research) dominates this type of study.
psandbergnz 2 months ago
@psandbergnz again how are you?
the reason for that image is that when you have such experiences you see what you expect since the observed is beyond your imagination. that is why the Deity appears as one's teacher in the vision etc...
rabbichaimmoshe 1 month ago
@rabbichaimmoshe, I'm fine, thanks. You say "the Deity appears as one's teacher in the vision.." That is a plausible explanation; alternatively, the apparently dead person's imagination is still active. Perhaps, to be able to perceive the Deity in fullness (or without taint), one has to relinquish idolatry. Impurity is an aspect of idolatry, so that may be a barrier that impairs perception. We need to watch who our guides here shall be.
psandbergnz 1 month ago
Conciousness is an emergent property of the brain.
Intellect is operation of your brain - Nothing to do with Souls or other supernatural mumbo-jumbo.
When you are dead, your brain no-longer functions.
You are no longer Conscious. 'You' are no more.
You are dead. That is it.
Uberlaser 3 months ago
@Uberlaser you my friend think you know all things because you read a book or passed a course. consciousness is divided into many levels but wisdom is the soulk and it continues after death. there have been remarkable studies that conclude that. people who were brain dead in surgery were able occassionally to describe the surgery of implanting the heart or similar operations where technically the person was dead-no heartbeat and no eeg.
rabbichaimmoshe 3 months ago
So if earth is a "heaven" and the universe is also a "heaven" and they were both created at the same time, then it makes sense that there was another "heaven" before the two just mentioned, denoting a sense that God exists outside this earth and this universe.
sarevor 1 year ago
This is interesting. Are you able to provide any Scriptural proof texts for this teaching that could be researched? Commentaries are very helpful as a means of instruction provided they are based upon truth and reason. If you can help me by reasoning this truth from the Scripture texts it would be most helpful.
covenantervoice 1 year ago
Rabbi can you do a video tonight?
rollinglibs101 1 year ago
@rollinglibs101 i sent one friday but it loaded tonight-have you seen it?
rabbichaimmoshe 1 year ago
God showed me something in a dream. I was hanging upside down and it was pitch black, I was like where am I then I smelled the air and it smelled like sulfur. then I oh I'm in Hades. then after I thought this I flew up fast. And I woke up... Then I went back to sleep and I was in heaven there was color everywhere and then my pastor had his hands out and with his hands he pushed it forward like go and me and someone next to me turned around. We where going back to earth..Remember the law!
Dawitness11 1 year ago
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@Dawitness11 - Take your medication.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy Brian that is untrue of others and myself. i discard nothing i stress certain things,that's all.
just because your flame was doused by the fantasies of scientific speculation doesn't mean that your quest was false and that this condition of skepticism is permanent. As to the Rebbe,you never met him,i did.He was the consumate teacher ,guide and leader. He is not worshiped-his instructions are followed.
rabbichaimmoshe 1 year ago
@rabbichaimmoshe - If any religion wants to convert the entire world immediately all they need to do is PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE. It's that simple. No religion, including yours, has any.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy "PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE" It's not that simple. People will believe whatever they want to believe even if the evidence is provided. Not to mention the varying opinions of what evidence actually is.
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - It is that simple. When there is significant evidence to support the claim only then can the claim be taken seriously. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. A starting place would be three key points, historical evidence, authenticity of holy writ, and repeatable demonstration for any of the specific deities.
If any of these religions/deities were absolutely true, it would be obvious, and there would be no question or atheists.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@sarevor - On any of the major points religions fail to provide any solid evidence, often backpedaling to a position of ad populum or personal experiences which is not evidence of anything.
People truly and deeply believed in Thor and other deities of the pantheons for thousands of years. We are fairly certain these deities do not exist today and the current crop of replacement religions will find themselves in the same boat over time.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy No, it wouldn't necessarily be that simple, but you are entitled to your own opinion, of course. Many people genuinely believed in things, such as scientists and scholars, that ended up being false. I have very little faith in the human mind, especially an ape mind evolved by chaotic forces. Also, you're comparing thor (contingent being) to Yahweh (non contingent being); it doesn't work. So far, it is said the universe generated itself, but many would disagree, even scholar
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - The difference is that science adapts to new data and self corrects. Religion does not and holds you to accepting something as absolute truth by faith, not by facts. There is zero difference between one god claim or another, all of them lack any evidence to support the claim.
Furthermore, science not having an answer at this time does not equal a god existing. Even if evolution were proven false that does not default to a god existing.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy While there is zero evidence for a multiverse, there is evidence for a beginning. The multiverse is pure speculation. We have no idea what brought about our origins and the God concept is just as valid as metaphysical materialism. No one knows. A true skeptic would accept this statement.
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - So all you have is a god of the gaps? Haha. We don't know at this time does not equal "god did it." God concepts are nowhere near as valid in any way. Not a single religion has even a coherent answer for what god IS.Not to mention conveniently moving god outside of the universe once the Bibles claims of god existing outside the firmament were completely disproven.
A true skeptic would never accept such bullshit logic and beliefs based on such a severe lack of evidence.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy I guess you haven't been looking hard enough. Conveniently moving God outside? What books are you reading? God was always known to be outside the created universe. It's even in the first chapter of the Bible for crying out loud. It's clear to me you're only interested in peddling wares and not so much interested in having discussions. You take things to the personal level and dishing out free, yet unasked for, psychological evaluations of people. Hope all is well.
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - That is patently false. The Bible has "the gods" living right outside the firmament in "the heavens" = space. The world model in the Bible is the Babylonian world model. The world is both flat and round (coin) with a solid dome on top.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy Not at all. The word used to denote roundness is that of a sphere; there are multiple different words describing roundness and they are all different. The "gods" is describing different forms of God's power as elohim. In this case, it is describing the angels (they create only because God allows it so be so). "In the beginning, God created the heaven and the Earth". In the Bible, it describes three different heavens. 1 is earth, 2 is universe, 3 is god's world.
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - Sorry. That's not true at all. There are many gods throughout the Torah. The majority of these gods come from the Canaanite pantheon and Canaanite belief systems. This is all found in the Ugaritic texts predating the Torah by a long shot. EL is the father god of the "sons of god" .......lower many gods = the Elohim. They come down to mate with humans in Genesis 6:2. Orthodox Judaism formulated over centuries redacted polytheism into monotheism. Psalm 82:1 translation = gods.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy The Gods that you refer to were the angels. This isn't a secret. I was describing what a God is in the Bible. The angels are not God himself and can only do what they do because God gives them the ability. The Bible doesn't use Canaanite patheon, you're mistaken.
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - No, they were reduced to angels during the formulation of Orthodox Judaism over centuries. Polytheism redacted into monotheism. The Bible very much uses the Canaanite Pantheon and you could identify the gods names if you knew Hebrew. For instance Yam.
If you had researched Near East belief systems and the Ugaritic texts you would know something.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy Evidence?
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - Yes, the Ugaritic texts and other Near East ancient myths from which Judaism was born out of. You do know how to read don't you? I would suggest you do so. Having a Hebrew translator is most helpful.
Of course you can just deny it and bury your head in the sand. Not quite the skeptic you claimed to be. Seems like you want to believe this crap at any cost.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy If you studied the ancient orient, you would know this stuff.
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - I have, that's why you don't know shit about your own faith.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy No, you haven't. Your research is way too one-side. You need to broaden your scope.
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - Just give me the authors of the Gospels please. Also, evidence of Jesus would be nice.
Most of you have never even read the Bible from front to back even once.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@sarevor - Well if you ever find out who the authors of the Gospels are, especially being the primary source of Jesus stories and all, please do tell.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@sarevor - Oh and don't forget the great sea monster Leviathan Yahweh does battle with all throughout the Torah. Another Near East myth about sea monsters being real. This is what Jonah was swallowed by, a sea monster, "whale" is a mistranslation.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy Just like unicorn is in the Bible, right? Do more research.
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - Its correct translation would be a one horned beast. Again, you are the one reading mistranslations. English and Hebrew don't transfer so well. Again, the shoe is on the other foot. I would give you the benefit of the doubt, but I've dealt with far too many xian know nothings.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@sarevor - Oh and don't forget satyrs, another mythological creature in the good book.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy Actually, if you studied as you say you did, you'd know these are mistranslations. Just how unicorn is a mistranslation from a rhino. /watch?v=7BNsjsbJLaM
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - No, the correct translation is one horned beast, which the Rabbis decided recently to say meant "rhino." Actually, I believe they called it a giraffe. However, the original is "one horned beast."
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@sarevor - As far as the world model you are incorrect. Again, the world model in the Torah is the Babylonian world model. Look it up. It even has pillars holding up the "earth" (land mass) above the sea. There are "windows and floodgates of rain and snow" in Job. These are not metaphors, this is what a primitive people imagined the world to be like.
Your skepticism is pretty weak. More research.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy Also, remarking that people hold onto false beliefs throughout human history really says nothing about the realities of God or no God. It's a red herring.
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - Not at all, unless of course you actually have evidence for your beliefs, but you don't, you have faith not facts. If you had facts and evidence you would not need faith. There is also a big difference between the possibility of a god existing and whether or not Judaism or Christianity are true. Often times believers weave together the two. It can be demonstrated that a specific religion is not true.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy I don't believe I have ever said that I had conclusive evidence that God existed or that God happened to be the God of the Bible. What I said was, no one "knows", therefore I have faith instead of absolute conviction. And I was remarking, seeing as you are a skeptic, as I am a skeptic (leaning to Christianity, obviously), that it makes more sense to express a sense of awe instead of expressing absolute knowledge.
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - If you don't "know" why "believe?" Do you often just automatically believe in things you don't know? What is rational about this?
Christianity is not true at all and if you continue your "skepticism" about the foundations of the church, the complete lack of evidence for Jesus ever existing, and the fact that most of the books of the NT either have unknown authors or are complete forgeries, you'd have no reason to believe any of it.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy Again, what books are you reading? Everything you have said about Christianity is absolutely false. Jesus as the found of Christianity definitely existed as a human being. The Bible is the most scrutinized book on earth and it is also the most reliable source in the world, even more so than the sources that pinpoint the existence of Alexander the great or Socrates. The foundations of which church? That is a pretty huge topic to bring up with someone's stance is foreign to
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - There is no evidence for Jesus. No one is worshiping Socrates or making such claims about Socrates as they do about Jesus. A miracle working divine savior who has not a peep about him in first century Greco-Roman and Jewish history. Strange huh? Nothing outside of the Bible for Jesus and the Gospels authors are all unknown so they have no weight.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy You need to do more research. Check out my playlists.
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - I'm afraid the shoe is on the other foot. By all means give me the authors of the Gospels.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy Read anything by K.A. Kitchen or Hugh Ross.
sarevor 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy Those they were attributed to. Seems simple enough.
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - Out of the entire NT only seven of Paul's epistles are validated by teh consensus of Bible scholars to be from Paul. John's revelation is from a John, but it's not known what John wrote it. Everything else in the NT, including all four Gospels, have unknown authors or they are considered blatant forgeries like the book of Hebrews.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy There are great reasons to believe just like how someone can believe the universe can generate itself. You actually believe this? How can you know?
sarevor 1 year ago
@sarevor - No, without evidence there is no reason to believe in something. Faith is not a virtue. I never made any claims about the Universe generating itself. I never made any claims to know. I have only rejected your absurd beliefs.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@sarevor A god must be proven to be disproven. That initial burden falls on the believer. It is the claimants responsibility to prove the deity.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@rabbichaimmoshe - I would get the same "my teacher was miraculous" song and dance from anyone else who wanted to believe so about who they followed. The only reason you liked Schneerson was because he could make you believe in Judaism and that it just might actually be true when otherwise your faith would have waned and died long ago. Now that faith rests on his return as moschiah and that ain't looking so good after 16 years.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@rabbichaimmoshe - Skepticism should always be permanent and ongoing, that is what keeps you from falling for any old BS. The only difference between you and me is that YOU SETTLED.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
Rabbi, Thank You for for the insight.
SCL0PS 1 year ago
I thank you again for I have searched for nearly 50 years for the meaning of reincarnation my symbol of my channel is a representation of a type of reincarnation.At first when I was young at the age of eight the spirit that showed this truth to me scared the hell out of me showing me my life cycle . I have gotten use to it through the years and realized that it is god will be done wether I like it or not.why should I not like god,s will I guest that I am lazy and its hard to do his will at time
infinity2012shelter 1 year ago
Fascinating Rabbi. An honest question:
What do you think would be the use of an (re)incarnation that was, lets say, cut short at age three or two by disease,disaster, war, etc., or an individual born without the wherewithal to even comprehend Torah much less the simplest of the mitzvot (severe mental retardation)?
It seems certain amount of disparity exists amongst individual incarnations vis-a-vis the *ability* to follow or comprehend Halakha. Why do you think this is?
Peace.
Edella 1 year ago
@Edella either he only needed to recieve some love unfulfilled before or some other deed to fulfill his purpose.
the retards chose to be born that way as a tikkun for abusing others in a past life.
rabbichaimmoshe 1 year ago
@rabbichaimmoshe "the retards chose to be born that way as a tikkun for abusing others in a past life."
Wow. Didn't see that answer coming. Next time you meet a Jew talking about the challenges of raising a child with mental retardation, run that line by 'em. Look the mother or father staight in the eye, and tell them it's the child's fault.
Try it out Rabbi. I dare you. ;)
Edella 1 year ago
@Edella so whose fault is it-yes it's G-D's fault blame it there. or is it nature's fault?
maybe it's the parents fault for eating twinkies?
this was supposedly the communication of autistic children who learned to communicate with their teachers via computers. you can believe it or disbelieve lt
however, no amount of explanation ever helps emotionally suffering people. for them you must be there to assist to listen and to care. which is what i do.when asked why-this can work. that's all..
rabbichaimmoshe 1 year ago
@rabbichaimmoshe - If reincarnation is true and souls are recycled into bodies then why the massive population GROWTH?
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago 2
Kaballah is BS.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy so is your ideology
rabbichaimmoshe 1 year ago
@rabbichaimmoshe - Nope. Mine has EVIDENCE. Kabbalah is just made up medieval gobble de gook.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy you know no Kabbalah then
rabbichaimmoshe 1 year ago
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@rabbichaimmoshe - You know I'm right.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
I don't care what Maimonides said. He was not well accepted by his contemporaries and often deemed a heretic in his day. I want these beliefs backed by the Torah, they are not in there.
The Torah says you go to the grave only. Kohelet says no one knows and there is no guarantee of any hereafter.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy But you accept Dawkins?..Do you accept Michael Ruse?..The man claims we piggybacked on the back of crystals..Nope you can't make this stuff up!
rollinglibs101 1 year ago
@HeroesofApostasy MAIMONEDES is the last word on these items
rabbichaimmoshe 1 year ago
@rabbichaimmoshe - All Maimonides did was try to update Judaism by incorporating contemporary philosophy into it. Judaism was severely outclassed even during his day.
Even the 13 principles of faith have very little connection to things actually stated in the Torah.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
False. If you will not fulfill commandments you will not live again. "The soul who sins shall die." - Ezekiel 18:20
The only rebirth is still within the same earthly body but when a person's soul is born again of spirit. But only knowing God gives eternal life because it allows rebirth of Holy Spirit. And knowing God is only possible by knowing Jesus.
Reincarnation is only possible if you are demon and posses people, but eventually demons end up in hell and die. Be wise, get to know Jesus now.
LetTheHolySpiritIn 1 year ago
@LetTheHolySpiritIn you know nothing aS TO HOW THE SINNER is judged.
AHAB the evil king was considered 50/50 except for the killing of NAVOS THE CARMY.see Maimonedes laws of Teshuvah chapter 2 and 3.
rabbichaimmoshe 1 year ago
@rabbichaimmoshe I know about repentance. It is you who said about rebirth of those who did not fulfill some commandment. If such person repented why would he live again, but it is what you said? And if he not repented, his soul would die according to what I cited before.
LetTheHolySpiritIn 1 year ago
@LetTheHolySpiritIn you misquote and are ignorant
rabbichaimmoshe 1 year ago
@LetTheHolySpiritIn please listen to the video completely you missed some points. you are reborn to FULFILL ALL THE COMMANDMENTS IN ACTUO
repentence works partially but your soul is incomplete until all is done.
rabbichaimmoshe 1 year ago
@LetTheHolySpiritIn no such verse exists it is a mistranslation and the one who worships jesus might as well worship budha or the maharishi or obama
rabbichaimmoshe 1 year ago
@rabbichaimmoshe What verse to you refer to? Your comment is not constructive at all. Give me right tranlation according to you and stop being arrogant and ignorant.
Comparing Jesus/Yeshua to Budda or Obama is stupid.
LetTheHolySpiritIn 1 year ago
@rabbichaimmoshe - "the one who worships jesus might as well worship budha or the maharishi or obama"
Or Schneerson.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
Thank you for the video Rabbi Chaim Moshe. Very interesting. I look forward to your video on the soul.
henjokongo 1 year ago
o'BOY Rabbi I think I may have to come back 1000x..Alot of that Fascination with Kabbalah comes from very Superficial People like Madonna and the buy 1 book and gain all the knowlege you need crowd..I.E. Hollyweird idiots..I guess Heroes of Hypocrisy keeps things interesting..Hey Heroes!!Kiss my tuckus!
rollinglibs101 1 year ago
@rollinglibs101 yes-and the reason she is drawn is because people are thirsting for spirituality today.
rabbichaimmoshe 1 year ago
@rabbichaimmoshe - It's because people can't deal with reality, but they no longer wish to participate in organized religion. BS feel good spiritualism will replace organized religion in less than a century. There is no more need for the Rabbi, the Imam, or the Priest, anymore. Chassidim replaced Torah Judaism with BS feel good spirituality and Kaballah nonsense a while ago. You are no better than Madonna. You both took what you liked and discarded the rest.
HeroesofApostasy 1 year ago
So much I didnt know! looking forward to the next one
BespokeGroupUK 1 year ago