Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Booms, Busts, and Recoveries -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LLCF who wrote (9723)	9/18/2001 10:04:34 AM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 74559

There is a big divide in Orthodox Judaism between those who just want to follow the rules (and get rewarded at the resurection) and those who want mystical experience now - Hasidim, Qabbalists etc. The mainstream view is "prophecy is closed" and today's generations don't reach the level of the past. I find that one of the most depressing things about that tradition. Opposed to this science is predicated on continuously increasing knowledge. The edifice of orthodox religious law is based on several historical periods within which the Rabbis of that period are not allowed to challenge the previous periods rulings. Opening things up to "mysticism" could threaten that structure I suppose. On the other hand the historical development of a religion like Judaism and then its offshoots seems to have evolved to a more philosophical form over time - I mean less tied to physical roots- the Bible says "do this and it will rain" now maybe people think of "do this and achieve spiritual perfection within yourself" that kind of thing - though there was mystical experiences in the earlier time too. The orthodoxy engaged in a backlash against the trend perhaps in the recent centuries.