Metal head87
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It's different. Calling someone a Jew, while it can be offensive, is directly referring to something that they are. Calling someone a Goy is a generalization. They could be Christian, Muslim, Asatru, Hindu, Buddhist etc.
It is probably true that Christianity and Islam would not be where it is today if they didn't use force, but that is history. They had a different viewpoint than we have now.
As far as the Muslims go, you cannot seriously believe that people like Osama are actually doing this in the name of religion? It is nothing but a copout, an excuse to kill. That is it. You think he never drinks? Before 9/11, the hijackers got wasted with some hookers. How religious is that? They just have a bloodlust and they use Islam as their reasoning.
Those Rabbis are wrong. There is absolutely no commandment that says "fuck till you can't". That is just fanaticism. Just like not shaving (electric shavers are permitted of course), never cutting your sideburns, wearing those black hats and jackets whenever they pray etc. Even kippahs and tzitzit are not obligations. You only have to wear tzitzit if the garment you are wearing has four actual corners. Almost no modern clothing fits into that category, except for ponchos maybe. That's why they don't just put on the strings, they put on that garment. The only obligation to actually don it is during prayer.
You cannot take everything the religious fanatics say as what is actually obligated. They go lifnim meshurat ha'din (I'm sure you know that term) and they try to enforce everyone to do the same, which is actually not permitted according to Judaism. The only time when it is permitted is when it prevents people from sinning.
Modern orthodox jews would tell you that once you have either 2 or 3 kids, depending on what they hold by, you fulfilled your obligation.
It is probably true that Christianity and Islam would not be where it is today if they didn't use force, but that is history. They had a different viewpoint than we have now.
As far as the Muslims go, you cannot seriously believe that people like Osama are actually doing this in the name of religion? It is nothing but a copout, an excuse to kill. That is it. You think he never drinks? Before 9/11, the hijackers got wasted with some hookers. How religious is that? They just have a bloodlust and they use Islam as their reasoning.
Those Rabbis are wrong. There is absolutely no commandment that says "fuck till you can't". That is just fanaticism. Just like not shaving (electric shavers are permitted of course), never cutting your sideburns, wearing those black hats and jackets whenever they pray etc. Even kippahs and tzitzit are not obligations. You only have to wear tzitzit if the garment you are wearing has four actual corners. Almost no modern clothing fits into that category, except for ponchos maybe. That's why they don't just put on the strings, they put on that garment. The only obligation to actually don it is during prayer.
You cannot take everything the religious fanatics say as what is actually obligated. They go lifnim meshurat ha'din (I'm sure you know that term) and they try to enforce everyone to do the same, which is actually not permitted according to Judaism. The only time when it is permitted is when it prevents people from sinning.
Modern orthodox jews would tell you that once you have either 2 or 3 kids, depending on what they hold by, you fulfilled your obligation.