Jewish Scene  Dr. Ruchama Weiss
God, take me to a planet with no evil
Dr. Ruchama Weiss
Published: 07.07.14, 23:32
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1. Why do You complain ?
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (07.08.14)
Do You think that You suffer more than HASHEM, who bears the burden of all this creation ? Do you think that HE as The LORD of Hosts has ceased HIS warfare ? Do HIS will as according to Your responsibility and HIS calling, and Leave The Fruit or lack of Fruit of Your actions to HIM, they dont belong to You. Arn-Sweden.
2. No patience to read your references to religious texts.
Michael ,   California, USA   (07.08.14)
There is no time to read everything, so please write me an abstract of what you are trying to say. For brevity and to help me comprehend, please leave Balak and Balaam's bardakim out of it. Thank you.
3. good article ... you suprised me ;)
naftulee ,   jerusalem   (07.08.14)
4. Hate will go to your planet, too
All for atheism ,   Tel Aviv   (07.08.14)
Because that is the nature of the creature your god is supposed to have created. The same god who would "rescue you" is the one which lies at the root of the hatred that this conflagration is all about. The "guiding light" in Muslim belief advocates a life of retribution. The "guiding light" in Jewish belief very specifically states: "an eye for an eye" - a deeply entrenched philosophy of your wish that tit for tat didn't happen. But your books advocate it, and here we are, again in the cycle. If you take your books to your planet, you may be sure that you take with them the very same problem.
5. Dr. Weiss - I have a bit of wisdom to give you
barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (07.08.14)
If we lived in an Utopia, do you know how bored you would be? No challenges, no appreciation for anything, etc. In as much as I also abhor the hate, rockets, protests, kidnappings, killings, etc. - God has given us good and evil for a reason. That reason is so that we may know right from wrong and appreciate life when it is good.
6. Dr. Weiss - The Planet you are asking for
Tova ,   Canada   (07.08.14)
is called Heaven. GOD gave us free will. Free will to do good and free will to do evil. The People have chosen Evil. The Final War is coming to Israel. The Jews know it. The Christians know it. You Dr Weiss read the Torah GOD will tell you what is to come and what will be. The nations have chosen evil over GOD's wisdom. The Planet your are asking for is called Heaven.
7. All things work for the good for those who love Elohim and
Rivkah   (07.08.14)
who are called according to His purpose. Read Zephaniah in Scriptures and see the fate of Gaza and every Gazan. Elohim has stores of fire and brimstones for His purposes in the heavens and Gaza is going to be bombarded from Elohim until there are no Gazans left alive and Gaza becomes a sheepfold. This is near to happening since the rocket fire has hit Ashkelon and Ekron and Ashdod.
8. #4 How ignorant your rant is
SelfHateDestroys ,   Jerusalem Israel   (07.08.14)
An "eye for an eye" the basis of the Bible ??!! Really ? where in the Bible did that ever happen? and obviously you are ignorant of the hundreds of quotes for love and peace your ignorant uniformed rant says volumes about you and your self hate.
9. #4 eye for an eye = is max penalty for damages,NOT a MUST
naftulee ,   jerusalem   (07.08.14)
the concept of an eye for an eye is clearly stated to be the maximum penaly allowed, it is explained quite clearly in the mishna. The eye for an eye is a limitation, but is NOT a MUST. Eye for an Eye does not mean you must take an eye for an eye.... it means the most you can take for damages sustained is the equal value for damages. And often it would be ruled less than that. You cannot understand the written torah without the oral torah.
10. If he took you there
Sane ,   manchester   (07.08.14)
then it wouldn't be a place with no evil.
11. leave to Canada!!
(07.09.14)
12. Thanks, these are the words I wanted to write.
Bess ,   Meron, Israel   (07.09.14)
May the Creator bless us all with creativity and peace.
13. Try Canada. It‘s much nicer.
Rich ,   Toronto, Canada   (07.09.14)
You will never have peace in Israel.
14. When Will True Peace Come?
Steven Branson ,   USA   (07.09.14)
True peace will only come when Israel's true Messiah (Jesus Christ) returns at His second-coming to implement--as He promised--the start of the (His) one-thousand year Kingdom Age. God bless Israel; praying for the peace of Jerusalem!
15. R.Weiss - Take to planet w/o evil
George ,   Israel   (07.09.14)
You help to create the evil that you want to escape from when you legitimize immorality re your ideas on homosexuality. All you "doctors", medical or otherwise seem to think your G-d's gift to the world. Just remember what it says in our Ho;y Torah,"The best of doctors will wind up in Hell !" Tuv rofim l'gehinnom !
16. A planet with no evil
jon ,   UK   (07.10.14)
is only possible if there is no religion.
17. me too.
nibor ,   israel   (07.10.14)
We are able to plan and create the most complex advanced war machines. We are able to create organized armies and strategies. Why are we so weak that we can't take that same energy, brains, money and time and create peace?
18. Jews and Peace
norman ravitch ,   savannah, georgia, u   (07.10.14)
Many Jews don't read the Jewish Bible very much. In it they would find that most of the woes of the Jews over the first 2000 years of their existence were largely owing to their own crimes and deficiencies. Read the prophets! God will not be mocked. The Jews may be His "chosen people" but he also created the other peoples of the earth and he punishes with a just and severe hand. He has punished the Jews severely over their history and they largely deserved it. How can God not act justly? You Zionists needs to think about this. You actually are not religious in any sense. Integral nationalism is your religion. That is the door to Fascism.
19. Almost agreed with you...
Elisheva ,   Har Shmuel   (07.22.14)
I enjoyed your article. I wish that our sweet naive brains could change the world. However, after watching and listening to the world's reactions to Israel, I am constantly reminded of - "v'hoo yeheye parei adam" and of course, " v'Esau sonei Yaakov." It puts me back in to reality that -- it's just Us and Him! There is no sense, no rhyme or reason -- this is what it is. Petting our enemy unfortunately will not get us anywhere, as we've seen over and over...Bez. H, the words of our Prophets are surfacing. No matter where the Jews lived or left, what we invented or helped, rich or poor, quiet or loud -- WE have always been The Problem, bc there's No Real Problem.... Sounds a little fanatic (coming from a convert), but this just seems to the fact.
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