01-18-2009, 11:29 PM
TOJ,
While it is true in one sense that Orthodoxy is not neat and tidy, compare Orthodoxy to what goes on at this website. Just look at the disagreements between me and Mr. Roth. So the simple fact that you are united in the basics of halacha makes it vastly tidier than we are. You have organization, a broad base to fall back on. You have many ideas and rituals agreed upon through at least the majority of Orthodoxy. We can't even seem to agree on that.
Have you seen the movie "Cast a Giant Shadow"? There's a line where Michael Stone says "If Moses were to come down from Mount Sinai right now, the Palmach and the Haggana would send back five of the commandments just so God wouldn't get a swell head."
That's Messianics/Netzarim in a nutshell. Can't agree on anything, won't budge an inch, and are all equally convinced that "I" is the only one that has it all figured out.
While it is true in one sense that Orthodoxy is not neat and tidy, compare Orthodoxy to what goes on at this website. Just look at the disagreements between me and Mr. Roth. So the simple fact that you are united in the basics of halacha makes it vastly tidier than we are. You have organization, a broad base to fall back on. You have many ideas and rituals agreed upon through at least the majority of Orthodoxy. We can't even seem to agree on that.
Have you seen the movie "Cast a Giant Shadow"? There's a line where Michael Stone says "If Moses were to come down from Mount Sinai right now, the Palmach and the Haggana would send back five of the commandments just so God wouldn't get a swell head."
That's Messianics/Netzarim in a nutshell. Can't agree on anything, won't budge an inch, and are all equally convinced that "I" is the only one that has it all figured out.