@corn_buttery@Lockhart_KY Yeah we know that one verse which fits the theme. There’s a lot of people that suffered and were not appreciated in Jewish history, and in fact the commentaries talk about it as a metaphor for the Jews as a whole. Still didn’t do anything the Messiah was supposed to
@isaacson Because then you could think God chose him because of his righteous actions, when in fact God chose him because he carried the Segulah from Adam
@CyborgPeds There’s an Aggada describing how the Messiah, *while standing on top of the Third Temple*, tries to convince the righteous that the time for their Geulah has come
@1stclassclips >> made themselves enemies of Israel. You’d be glad to see your declared enemy go down). But there’s also a lot of Israelis who feel bitterly about it, in a way that wouldn’t happen if it was completely adversarial to Western civilization as Islam is)
@1stclassclips Well, yes and no. I agree that in truth Israel is not part of the Western civilization, we have our own. And it’s true that some Israelis reacted vindictively to what’s happening there (which btw, if you concede they are two different civilizations, makes sense if they >>
@kof_hinga@_therealshira יש הרבה החלטות שמתקבלות על אף שאין בהן אף אחד מאלה. אלא אם כן אתה סופר את עצם המחשבה של ״אני אעשה את מה שראוי בעיניי לעשות במצב הזה״ בתור סיפוק, ואז לא רק שזה לא נקי מאגו זה בהכרח נובע מתוך אגו
@kof_hinga@_therealshira שיש לו מערכת ערכים והוא פועל כדי לקיים את הערכים האלה. זה מה שאני אומר, ה״אינטרס״ שאתה מתאר הוא הרבה יותר בסיסי מבחירה כלשהי, זה כמעט ההגדרה של agency