G-d and Torah
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Euthanasia and Cultural Ethics
I am currently preparing a debate on Euthanasia and would like a point of view on this subject from your religious principles. I am arguing against euthanasia. I think I would be better to argue the point of social standards…
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Near Collision – What’s G-d’s message to me?
I almost nearly got killed (unintentionally) today, G-d forbid. I was tired & I ran a red light in a HUGE major intersection. I just nearly (by 2 seconds according to the cops) missed 2 cars going full speed, nearly…
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Understanding G-d and Evil
My 14-year-old son has very negative feelings about G-d because He doesn’t intervene to prevent little kids from being abducted and murdered. My son says he no longer believes in G-d because he has no use for a G-d who…
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Moses, Free Choice, and Hitting the Rock
G-d tells Moses in Egypt that he will not be going in to Israel. Only later on did he commit the sin of hitting the rock, and the nation is told he will not be going into Israel. Was Moses…
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G-d’s Name in Plural
What is the correct translation for Job 35:10 ‘My Maker’, ‘ Our Maker’, or Makers? After searching the internet I crossed some other verses like Kohelet 12:1 where the word Creator is plural. Is this true or false? Isn’t there…
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Reading the Torah With Your Own Assumptions
The story of how Hagar was sent out is terrible. With only one thing of water, in the desert, with a child? If that happened today, it would be considered abusive, right? Also, the story of the sacrifice of Isaac. That…
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Ten Commandments
I understand that it has been determined that there are 613 commandments in the Old Testament. What I am curious about is about the 10 commandments that almost everyone knows about. Are they essentially subject headers that the other commandments…
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How to Love G-d
If one mostly fears G-d and is driven to do “rightâ€? by fear of divine punishment how does one transform this overwhelming fear to love? How does one transform oneself to a higher level? Perhaps it is my upbringing with…
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Teaching the Egyptians About G-d
In Exodus 14:4 it says “I will harden Pharaoh’s heart and he will come after them. I will triumph over Pharaoh and his entire army, and Egypt will know that I am God.’” Why would God want to show the…