A lever works by using a bar that pivots around a fulcrum allowing a small input force applied at one point (the effort) to move a large load at another point.
@Maclaine1776@LumenExTenebris@FlatCath I won’t presume to speak on architecture, but as far as liturgy is concerned, this is obviously false. Anyone who has been to a TLM and a Dominican Rite mass could tell you the differences are not super significant when compared with the Novus Ordo.
You might’ve seen these dumb little boxes on their heads. I’ll explain them, but they’re much worse than you might at first think.
Called “Tefillin” (or “phylacteries”), wearing these weren’t something Moses instructed. It began as a Second Temple practice, based on a literal reading of Deuteronomy 6:8 and 11:18, which command binding God’s words “as a sign on your hand” and “frontlets between your eyes.” Spiritual things are spiritually discerned (1 Cor 2:14), so Jews read the Bible like an autists reads a book of puns.
But it gets worse. Way worse. Jews have in it verses about God, like the Shema. And just when you think, “That’s sweet. They want reminded to be God focused,” you learn that Judaism teaches that GOD also wears a teffilin around HIS head, containing praises for Jews, so that He remembers to be Jew-focused.
It’s taken from tractate Berakhot 6a, which claims that’s the meaning of Isaiah 62:8, “The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm,” which they claim is a reference to God wearing one on his right hand, which is a list of ways that Jews are superior to all other races, which is why God loves them so much.
The idea is a kind of role reversal. Just as israel worships God because He’s the best God, God worships Israel he because they’re the best people. There’s a companion story in the same Talmudic passage where Moses catches God in the act of tying His own tefillin.
God is Spirit, but whatever, I guess.
In the Rabbinic mindset, their Covenant is so secure because it’s not just Jews who need God. God also needs Jews. It’s a reciprocal relationship.
They also believe God studies the Torah 4 hours per day to stay sharp and not forget any of it (Avodah Zarah 3b) and that when the Temple was destroyed, He cried three times a night, sad and mourning its loss (Berakhot 3a). Rabbi Yose says he once entered a ruin to pray and encountered Elijah, who told him God prays, too, but to Himself that He can be as good a God to the Jews as they deserve.
God made man in His image. Then came the Jews, and returned the favor.
This is exactly right. The theory that establishment Democrats have had for decades is that the more corrupt Democrat is the more electable one in general election. Why?? That makes no sense. But all of traditional media has reinforced that. @AbdulElSayed will prove that wrong.
I think Jennifer Epstein should get the 'Jew of the Year' award.
WSJ 7/31
‘Naked Dressing’ Is Spreading and It’s Making Things Awkward
Barely-there outfits are moving from the runway to weddings and business conferences; ‘I have no idea where to look right now.’ #everysingletime
@IntegritasMag@Radical_Fidelit "To recount every single incident that indicated the writing was on the wall would be well beyond the scope of this article," ... And beyond the number of snowflakes on Mount Everest. #TLM
"Incidents of anti-Christian hate, once sporadic, are becoming routine in Jerusalem."
"The boys said it was a religious duty, or mitzvah, to humiliate Christians, or, as they called them, idol worshipers. “We are supposed to hate them,” explained one teen, wrapped in an Israeli flag."
"Jewish extremists set fire to a monastery in Tabgha, a place where Christians believe Jesus performed the loaves-and-fish miracle.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, was the defense lawyer of the arsonists. He has said spitting on Christians is an ancient Jewish custom and shouldn’t be considered a crime."
"The majority occurred in and around Jerusalem’s Old City and the most common form is spitting and verbal abuse, including shouts of 'Death to Christians.'"
"Father Vazgen Alekyan is an Armenian priest who has been based in Jerusalem since the late 1990s. Security cameras positioned outside the door of his church once caught someone peeing inside a niche near the entrance. On another occasion, graffiti saying “death to Christians and Arabs” was scrawled on a wall."
"Some Jewish extremists say they want Jerusalem’s churches destroyed or converted into synagogues."
@cenkuygur@benshapiro Israel needs no permission from Spain or from Cenk to defend its existence. Accusing the Jewish state of secret plots while ignoring actual terror is the oldest form of moral inversion. The IDF continues to protect the sole Western nation that still leads on LGBT dignity.