If you don't like the word despair we don't have to use it. It was your interpretation of the text. As I said, he's using it euphemistically to...
I don't see the connection at all. As I say, you're not very clear in your posts. And again you're using heavy rhetoric though I hardly see the...
anathema is actually used more broadly in English. You would do well to consult other dictionaries (e.g. merriam webster) or to perform a simple...
I did in fact cite you in my first post. You didn't respond coherently to contemporary findings about the influence of language on thought but...
Sorry for the doublepost. Wanted to make one other comment on the "go up to the sky" question. In the biblical worldview there is a rakeea or...
To make what I said clearer: your posts are disjointed, confused, often off-topic. They're filled filled with bold, ungrounded assertions and...
bhaktajan, I am with 17th in not quite understanding how what you're saying connects with the OP. Also I think the notion of doublespeak is not...
c0de, You're assuming that the word "shamayim" is equivalent to the contemporary concept of heaven. It's not and Jews don't refer to the...
Salty, It's very possible. I've suggested before that in context it doesn't seem like there's any reference in the Torah at least to an eternal...
I am sorry to hear that you have been having a difficult time lately and hope that you can make your way through it without doing anything rash....
Well, no, the afterlife is discussed very little in the Tanach. Most discussions are found elsewhere. It's not all nearly as set in stone as the...
There are ways around the great firewall. A guy I knew who was living in Hong Kong used to bypass it. Maybe it's less safe to do so on the mainland.
Separate names with a comma.
