What Does God Want:

Monday, October 10, 2005

An amazing question with an amazing answer; nothing! God wants nothing from us. Think about it. Think about it seriously. Read the book that I just blew a bit of the mystery from, but it still is well worth reading. If this was "biblical times, Donald Walsch would be the author of a bible that really conveys God's message. Read this book if you believe you can set aside your addiction to your religion for a couple of hours and contemplate a serious question or two about God, religion, and the world.

http://shorterlink.com/?U3EH19 (a link to What Does God Want: by D. Walsch)

1 comments:

ozzie said...

The ink isn’t dry on the previous post, and a news story backing up the idiocy of religion shows up. "...divine retribution." And "...punishment that she is going to receive from the heavens..." Is that what God Wants? Read the whole insane story below, and ask the question...

By RACHEL HOAG Associated Press Writer
The Associated PressThe Associated Press

JERUSALEM Oct 9, 2005 — A song on Madonna's upcoming album dedicated to a Kabbalist rabbi is drawing criticism from other rabbis, the Israeli Maariv daily reported Sunday.

The album, "Confessions on a Dance Floor," is to be released on Nov. 15 and features a track entitled "Isaac" about Yitzhak Luria, a 16th century Jewish mystic and Kabbalah scholar.

Rabbis who oversee Luria's tomb and a seminary in the northern town of Safed are unimpressed with Madonna's musical tribute and see the inclusion of the song about Luria on the album as an attempt by the pop star to profit from his name.
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Rabbi Rafael Cohen, head of a seminary named after Luria, suggested Madonna's actions could lead to divine retribution.

"Jewish law forbids the use of the name of the holy rabbi for profit. Her act is just simply unacceptable and I can only sympathize for her because of the punishment that she is going to receive from the heavens," Cohen told the newspaper.

Another rabbi called for Madonna to be thrown out of the community.

"Such a woman brings great sin on kabbalah," Rabbi Israel Deri told Maariv. "I hope that we will have the strength to prevent her from bringing sin upon the holiness of the rabbi (Yitzhak Luria)."

Madonna spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg didn't immediately return a phone call seeking comment Sunday.

The singer and actress was raised a Roman Catholic but has become a follower of Kabbalah in recent years and adopted the Hebrew name Esther. She made a much publicized visit to Israel in 2004, when she visited many sites important to Kabbalah, but didn't travel to Luria's grave.

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