Since posting my Bulgakov essay online I've
gotten a handful of letters by way of comment or feedback. Recently I received a letter of particular
interest. The writer doesn't agree
with my reading of Bulgakov and it seems he is threatening to murder me and
dump my body in a ditch. At first
I couldn't really follow how he himself understood Bulgakov, and in fact I
still know nothing of this. The
problem, according to him, is that I can't read Russian, so why should he
bother explaining to me?
Regardless of these initial difficulties, our correspondence
continued. Although I never could
get much idea of his reading of Bulgakov, one thing I have gotten from these
letters is some notion of the prospects for Middle-East peace. As follows. 08/02/03, Eric Mader
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Re: You are a fucking moron
Eric:
I read your web site and me and half of the entire
Russian community in Israel were all about to die from amusement. Ok, dont compare the/your New Testament
to Bulgakovs work. Stop trying to
sound like you know what your talking!
But who knows, Eric, if you keep on writing crap like this you might be
the next one to get chrusified.
Have a nice day and go play in traffic ok
man. Or come to Israel and Ill
show you to a nice ditch in the west bank. Dasvedanya!!!! And have a great day.
Roman
[This Mail was sent from Cafe Net - Internet
Espresso Bar - Jerusalem Central Bus Station.]
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Roman:
Tell me your own understanding of Bulgakov
then. I'm interested to know. Your letter suggests to me your wide
familiarity with Western and especially Russian literature. And you really have that true
post-Soviet tone! I bet you wear
mirror shades and say "man" in every other sentence.
But I'm not sure if you meant to imply my
reading of Bulgakov in relation to the New Testament was wrong, or if you were
simply trying to tell me you haven't really read either Bulgakov or the New
Testament. I think either could be
true, you know, man?
Since you're obviously so proud of your
West Bank ditches I'll let you continue there on your own. I know that sooner or later you'll be
out of there anyway.
Also it's quite interesting to me that
half the Russian community in Israel was in one Jerusalem espresso bar. But I suppose such things happen, don't
they?
What's harder to understand is how a punk
like you actually knows half the Russian community in Israel.
Have a nice day yourself OK?
E.M.
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Eric listen man I dont have anything to prove to
a Christian. You know what I did
read the New Testament and then I put it in the bathroom because I ran out of
toilet paper. Eric, why would you
even try to put up that kind of stupid website? Use your brain you slow minded Christian. Do not compare a
peace of trash like the New Testament to Bulgakov's work. If you wanna make a stupid comparison
then dont put it online, print on a role of toilet paper so you can wipe your
ass with it.
As far as me knowing the Russian community in
Israel, I live in Jerusalem in the Old City, right on top Kind David's
Tomb. You wanna know something you
smart ass little bitch I was born in Russia and stupid bastards like you get
shot for saying stupid things like that.
So, OK, man go get a job.
POKA BLYAT
******
Roman:
I asked you to let me know something of your
notion of *The Master and Margarita*.
I didn't ask you because I thought you had to prove something to a
Christian. Instead I wanted to
know a bit about what you thought of the work: what Bulgakov was getting at and
such. You're a Russian after all,
and read it in the original.
I asked you what you thought of Bulgakov
and you told me instead of how you wipe your ass, or rather what you use to
wipe it. So get back to Bulgakov,
OK, man? I mean if you do read
Bulgakov, you must have a line on it.
You're such a smart-ass cunt I'd be
willing to buy you a beer and listen to you for maybe as long as it took you to
drink it. But probably you
wouldn't put up with even that and you'd gun me down like the American
Christian dog I am. Isn't that
right?
And now I remember Jesus in Bulgakov has
something to say about dogs.
But Bulgakov--tell me your
reading of Bulgakov! And what
other Russian literature do you read?
Even though you're a useless fuck-wit I remain,
Sincerely,
Eric Mader
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Dear Eric
Well why would I even try to prove anything to a
Christian? Would any normal human being try to prove anything to a dog?
Everything I told you does not need proof
because its common sense. You dont
know nothing about Bulgakov or the Bible because you are not Russian and your a
dirty Christian. Your even on the
defensive. You try so hard to
defend your web site and your opinion that you have even resorted to using
curses. It really amuses me to see
you curse like some school girl fresh off the boat.
What I think of the work can only be
really explained in its original Russian and since you know very little Russian
it is not worth trying to explain it to you. After all you are a dog just like you stated and you know
hardly any Russian. Why would I
try to prove myself to a dog like you?
You were right about one thing I did have
to use several pages of the New Testament to wipe my ass but I am Russian after
all and not ashamed. It was very
amusing to see the words of Jesus go into the toilet just like its amusing to
see you curse like a school girl.
Your such a funny character just like a clown in the
circus. First of all I wouldn't
let you buy me a beer because I dont take anything from dirty Christians like you. Second of all don't question the
literature that I have read before because once again you know nothing of it
because you know very little Russian and you are a dirty Christian dog just
like you stated yourself.
But if you must know of the literature I
read some of the writers are Checkov, Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoyevski and others
but again you wouldn't know anything about them. I agree with you on one thing only and that is that I would
gun you down. I would probably use
a Kalashnikov a Russian made weapon since you like Russian things so much.
Sincerely,
Roman
P.S.
Repetition is the mother of learning and one day you will learn how to
be a man so keep on trying.
*****
Roman:
So you refuse to reveal anything new about
Bulgakov because, you insist, you'd have to do it in Russian. Pretty thin excuse. It's obvious you've nothing to say
about anything except your ass which, after all, is what you know best. Maybe you should stick to (lovingly)
wiping it and forget about writing letters or anything else.
And then you give me a list of Russian
classics that could come from any introductory course on Russian
literature. What's the point?
If I curse like a schoolgirl in my letter
it's probably because I'm trying to match your level of wit. It's difficult, but, as you say, I'm
trying.
I do appreciate the remark about the
Kalashnikov though. I'd like to be
gunned down early in the morning.
Dew fresh on the grass.
Hungover Israeli-Russian cunt with cigarette in his mouth and leaves of
the New Testament still fresh in his ass.
Three shots echo through the forest.
Maybe I can get some actual
literary comment from you if we stick to things in English. Consider the attached tale. It was written by a Christian
schoolgirl dog. It was written,
yes, for children. It's about a
Taiwanese schoolboy who joins Al Qaeda.
It's not man's stuff, so you might not like it. But anyhow. . . .
Eric Mader
[I attached the English text of the tale Bye,
Bye, Henry!]
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Dear Eric
I dont refuse to reveal anything about
Bulgakov. I just don't have
anything to prove to a moron like you. To you it might be a thin excuse but
your opinion to me is the same as dirt on my shoe. It means absolutely nothing.
Eric its obvious to me that your some wanna be critic
of Russian literature. You are
right about one thing again. I do know my ass best but at least I am the only
one that knows my ass best. Your ass on the other hand, your whole neighborhood
probably knows about it.
Now you attack the list of writers that I gave
you. Then you ask what's the point? Your inferiority complex is flowing like
water.
Why would you try to curse like a school
girl to match wit with an individual? Are you female? Its amusing to see you
use the word cunt so often, you must have a real big one.
If you really want to die anything can be
arranged. Everything is possible
in the world of today.
Why are you so defensive? Its like your trying to have a
contest. Is it maybe because you
know deep inside your nothing but a worthless shit talker?
How did anything Israily have to do with any of this. I see your true thought's come out.
Once again the only literary comment you will receive from me is: Go
burn with YESHKA.
Roman
P.S. Stop using your cunt to write letters.
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Re: the story
Dear Eric:
After reading your story I was shocked. I actually thought you weren't that
stupid. That story is retarded. I
see the writer of that story was probably high on crack.
Now Eric listen if you wanna cry and try
to insult somebody its ok but when you send garabage like that its just
annoying. Eric get your dick out
of your ass and learn to be a man.
P.S Your a moron
******
Roman:
How is it you wasted your time reading a story
written by a Christian on crack who swears like a schoolgirl? That's what I want to know. A man like you must have more important
things to do. What is it you do
there in Jerusalem anyway?
I must say your
last letter, the one preceding your criticism of the Henry tale, was quite
depressing. All the going on and
on about cunts and asses and such--it wasn't as sharp or rhythmic as your
previous letters.
Or course you know, Roman--I sense you're
on the point of acknowledging it--that I'm a major American literary critic. The point is that you should take my
advice to heart. Understatement is
usually stronger than overstatement.
So think about this next time you start writing a letter.
Also: If you want to translate my tales
into Russian I'll send you more. I
won't pay you anything of course, but you'll probably feel such a sense of
accomplishment that it'll be worth it.
Just let me know. I've done
quite a lot of such crack here in Taipei.
In fact I've a novel I've just published
in English. In fact it's more or
less in one of the Bulgakov modes: canine satire.
Sincerely,
Eric Mader
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Dear Eric
What time are you exactly talking about? Once
again you are right I did waste my time.
I shouldn't of even read it.
Please Eric dont worry about the things I have to do. Don't stick your nose into my business.
Its simple Eric its not critisism, there is no point
to criticise you because all you gonna do is get defensive and come up with an
excuse to your inferiority complex.
Its funny talking to you is like talking to a child trying to make an
argument. Once again I don't care
about your opinion because its like dirt on my shoe. You sense my point of acknowledgement that you are a major
American literary critic????? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Get the
Fuck outa here AHAHAHAHAHA!
Eric I wouldn't publish your novels if I
had a gun to my head. Listen Eric I can see from the way you wrote your letter
you took into account the inferiority complex comment. I know your thinking about it because
you know its true. The problem
with Christians like you is that you have no humility. The only thing you have
is a self sentered attitude with an inferiority complex. You would
probably get shot or punched in the mouth in most parts of the world so stay in
Taipei.
P.S. Mary was a whore and Yeshka burns with
Hitler.
*****
Dear Roman:
I was going to send you a copy of my novel, and
I was even ready to pay for the shipping myself. I wanted to do this because I sense, my friend, that you make
your living there in Jerusalem in some less than dignified way.
I know it's hard for many good men
to earn their bread in these difficult times. But you shouldn't despair, Roman. Remember the Apostle Paul, how he made tents to earn his
keep while he preached the Good News to so many. I only hope you are doing some honest work like that and not
something beneath the dignity of a fellow believer in the Book.
I was going to send you my novel, to share
an important work of satire with you, to show you how far such literature has
come since the time of Bulgakov.
But then you had to go and make such a disrespectful comment about Mary,
a woman you should at least respect as the mother of a great Jewish prophet if
you don't respect her properly--that is to say, as the mother Our Lord. Your comment about Mary has made me
feel that perhaps you ought to pay for the shipping of my novel yourself. I'll still give you the novel, and I'll
even sign it for you, but you will have to pay shipping.
You
can transfer the shipping fee to my account here in Taiwan: the La-Mien Savings
Bank, Fay-Hwa Branch, account number 4933-56-624. Eric Mader-Lin is the name on the account. Send $14.99 U.S. to this account, send
me your address in Jerusalem, and I'll ship you the novel.
Though I'm still willing to send you the
novel, I really don't feel so comfortable any more letting you actually
translate my work into Russian. I
have to be honest with you, Roman.
I think you may bend the words out of context whenever things come
around to mentioning Christian doctrine or history.
Of course once the novel is translated
into Russian it will become a best seller, as it's starting to be in the States
(hardcover edition just hit the shelves there ten days ago). Its humor is of a sort that Russians
will greatly appreciate, rather in the Gogol / Dostoyevsky / Bulgakov / Babel
line.
I wonder if your virulent ideas will keep
you separated forever from the Light that can be found in Jesus'
teachings. I'll pray for you,
Roman.
So wire that $14.99 and send me your
address.
Sincerely,
Eric Mader
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Dear Eric
I don't want a copy of your novel and if you
send it to me then I will burn it just like I did the New Testament. Listen to me
Eric your senses mean nothing and what you sense again is nothing but an
illusion brought on by the Inferiority complex. You are right it is hard to
earn bread these days but dont worry about me, work on yourself first before
making conclusions about other people.
I do remember Saul and that crazy and confused moron sort reminds me of you. He was a sort of dimented individual. He developed schizophrenia and betrayed his own people. Trust me he knew nothing of Yeshka just like you Christians know nothing of Yeshka. After all he was a Jew and we are Jews so we know him best. Saul reminds me of Raskolnikov. He probably made tents to earn his keep because no self-respecting Jew would hire that dimented psychopath.
Don't send me works on
American satire. I spit on
anything American just like I spit on Yeshka. Trust me Woland is giving
Yeshka a great time down under. That bastard was never a Jewish prophet and
never will be. Dont pray for me you sick twisted fuck. Go to gehenem!
P.S. You say I'll pray for you but send me
14.99. Listen stay in Tai Pai. You
Idiotic Christian, I hope you will end up like Berlios!
*****
Roman:
OK man I give you the last word. Keep the mirror
shades shiny; keep the dirt off your shoes.
But just this: If Paul is Raskolnikov, you
must be Smerdyakov's scrotum.
Yours sincerely,
Eric Mader
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Dear Eric
OK son thank you for the last word I knew you
don't have what it takes to stick to your words. Now all you have to think about
is your inferiority complex. You will think about what I said, wont you? I know
you will because you have a weak mind. EY MAN, its not Paul its Saul get it
straight. You Christians screw up names all the time. Its OK though I understand. Morons will always be morons.
The scrotum comment was rather desperate just
like Christianity. In the end Eric, understand something. You really know
nothing about God and you know nothing about literature. I look back and I was
off in what I said. Raskolnikov was slightly different from Saul. Raskolnikov
was more intelligent and he was a better human being. Saul is just a dog like
Mary. If having the last word Eric makes you euphoric than you are desperate
and you do have an inferiority complex.
P.S Intelligence is the balance of humility but
in your case you have neither intelligence or humility.
*****
Roman:
No, no, my friend, in English when we say
"I give you the last word" it means "OK, I'll let you be the
last one to speak in this argument"--it doesn't mean "This is the
last thing I'm going to tell you."
So when I wrote "OK man I give you the last word" that meant
your last letter was the closing of our (supposed) debate. It meant I would give no rebuttal,
reserving the right merely to point out that you, like Paul, may find your own
metaphoric place in Dostoyevsky.
Anyhow what makes me euphoric is learning about
humility and God from such a holy scrotum as yourself. Any time you want to send on any of
your incendiary ravings I'm willing to read them.
I'm not interested in this inferiority complex
nonsense. It's getting pretty
thin, like your line about not needing to prove anything to Christians. Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy (from your 101
reading list) were Christians after all.
And Dostoyevsky at least was quite an anti-Semite to boot. So you should probably loathe both him
and his work to boot.
More dirt on your shoes man.
Eric
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Dear Eric
Yes, Yes, I hear what you are saying. I know what
last word means and from reading your last desperate word, I urge you to seek
mental help just like Saul should of.
Eric dont speak about metaphoric places because
you are clearly confused. If you learned anything about humility and God from a
"holy scrotum" like me you wouldnt be a retarded Christian and you
would not be publishing slow minded comic books to help your inferiority
complex.
Its true Dostoyevsky was an anti-semite but he
was still an intelligent man and deserves respect. I respect him (even though
he was an anti-semite) more than you. Him and Tolstoy were Christians but
dont compare them to yourself because you are no where near their inteligence
level.
If you have any doubts about you getting
murdered in most places of the world then go to Russia, swing by the West
Bank and stop by South Africa, then go up to Iraq or Jordan. You can go
preach your Christianity in all these places. If you make it through alive then I will congradulate
you. You can even stay at my summer house right by the beach in Gaza
Strip. You can talk to the freindly "American-loving"
Palestinian population. Maybe you can even check out a Mosque.
The Russians in Russia would really enjoy your
chriticism after they cut your scrotum out with a butter knife. Please dont
strick your nose in my business.
P.S. The Bible is meant for Jews not for Goys
like you.
When the Torah says Thou Shalt Not Kill it means
Thou Shalt not Kill Jews.
When the Torah says Thou Shalt not steal it
means Though Shalt not steal from Jews.
THE Torah was never meant for Goys. If you knew
anything about the Bible you would know that Gentiles or Goys are only allowed
to do the seven laws of Noah or SHEVA MITZVOT BNEI HOAH. The so-called New
Testament is a peace of shit like your book.
JESUS WAS NOT A PROPHIT BECAUSE OF THE
FOLLOWING:
1. Christians say he was a sacrifice. By Jewish law which was the only law
back then regarding a religion of one God it says there can be no human
sacrifices.
2. Sacrifices can only be done at the Holy
Temple, but he was not killed at the Holy Temple.
3. He was not salted.
4. According to your own beliefs he was not of
the tribe Judah. Why? Because you say he had no human father. But in reality he
did have a human father who was not even a Jew but a Roman soldier. Tribal
inheritance can come only through a human father.
5. In the King James version of the Bible it
speaks in the Old Testament of a virgin conceiving, but the Torah (which has
been unchanged since it was given to Mosha on Sinai and this has been
proven) says nothing about any "virgin."
7. You people claim that their were witnesses to
the resurrection but New Testament doesnt speak of credible witnesses. There
were 600,000 thousand Jews who witnessed the Torah being given at Sinai.
WHO DO YOU THINK KNOWS YESHKA BETTER--A JEW OR A
CHRISTIAN?
SINCE HE WAS A JEW WE KNOW HIM MUCH BETTER.
I HOPE YOU CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING YOU
WORSHIP IDOLS.
*****
Roman:
It is an interesting argument
you make: Jesus cannot be the son of God and of the house of David at the same
time. If he is the son of God,
then he does not have lineage from the house of David. I've never heard this argument
before. It reminds me of the
question of who exactly mothered the children of Cain and Seth.
As for the argument that Jesus was an illegitimate child and that a Roman soldier was his father, I will say: How can we know? I've studied arguments of this sort and think they are convincing to the extent that they suggest Jesus was perhaps an illegitimate child. As to who the father may have been, we really can't know, can we? To me, Roman, it doesn't matter one way or the other. I think an illegitimate child has a soul as much as any legitimate child. An illegitimate child can be the son of God as much as a legitimate one.
You see, Roman, that I am writing outside
the purview of orthodox Christianity.
In fact I have never believed Jesus was literally a descendant of God in
the sense of God directly impregnating Mary. I believe rather that Jesus was the son of God through the
Logos. He was the son of God in
the sense that this human individual was chosen to fulfill God's mission, to
bring the Word to men: to be the Word for men and so liberate them. For Jesus to find himself was to find
his mission to men, and this showed his profound link to both men and God. His sacrifice--walking bravely into the
clutches of death and thus defeating it through the Spirit--was part of his
mission.
But my notion of Jesus' godliness is based more
on his life and teaching than on his death. My notion of his godliness is not founded in the idea of his
being God's sacrifice of his "only-begotten Son." If Jesus' death was a sacrifice, it was his own godliness leading
him to sacrifice himself; his own conquering of death through walking into it
without flinching. This courageous
act confirmed the "kingdom of God" that Jesus had already inaugurated. Different from many, I believe the kingdom
of God had already been inaugurated in Jesus' life and teachings: it was not
inaugurated by his act of sacrifice.
You can see by these paragraphs that I am
not an orthodox Christian. You can
also see that I share much with the orthodox.
On another point: I don't think Paul
really represented Jesus' doctrine.
I greatly respect Paul's brilliance, his radical theology, his desire to
bring this new theology to the whole known world. I think Paul as much as Jesus is the creator of what we know
as orthodox Christianity. I have
much respect for orthodox Christianity, as for Paul's sincerity and genius, but
I also have my own understanding of these things.
But what is this you write about the Torah being
"unchanged since it was given to Moshe on Sinai" and how "this has been
proven"? Do some Jews really believe
the Torah (I take it you mean the first five books) was given to Moshe on
Sinai? Of course such a thing,
even if believed by some, could never be "proven." In fact it has more or less been proven that the Torah was a
compilation of various texts dating from different periods. Rather like evolution in biology, this
is not longer even a matter of scholarly debate: it is accepted as
obvious.
It may annoy you somewhat that in fact I
am more or less a "pro-Semite," that my admiration for Jewish culture from all
periods is very strong, and that in fact I spend around as much time reading
Jewish writers as I do reading Christian writers.
Thanks for your invitation to your Gaza
summer home. Tell me, what do you
do there for relaxation?
Cheers,
Eric
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Dear Eric
Your research has pointed you to the possibility
that Jesus was an illegitimate son. I wouldn't recommend you to resort to that
possibility because by Jewish law an illegitimate son is a Mumzer or a bastard.
A bastard cannot be a Prophet, let alone the Messiah. This is Halacha or Jewish
law, which was the only law at that time regarding the one God. It doesn't
matter if he has a soul: a Mumzer cannot be anything. There's even a problem
for him to be a Rabbi. Your proving your own religion wrong. Thank you for
pointing all this out to me.
Once again he cannot sacrifice himself because
that would be killing himself and murder is a major sin. He not only murdered
himself but brought millions of others to sin.
Regarding your question of How do I personally know
that the Torah has been unchanged?
I personally have compared ancient Torah scrolls
that are in Israel as well as parts of the Dead Sea scrolls to today's edition
of the Torah that you can buy in the book store and NOT ONE LETTER HAS CHANGED.
I personally have in my possession in my house in America a Torah scroll 800
years old which I also compared and not one letter has changed. I have also
checked copies of the Talmud from the Middle Ages, which are also the same. I
also know many experts in Ancient history and Jewish History that teach in Tel
Aviv University, Yeshiva University, New York University, Harvard University
and that have confirmed all my research. Even a former Bishop of the Catholic
church has also confirmed this and a Bishop from the Armenian church has
also confirmed this. Rabbi Mordechai Eliahu the former Chief Rabbi of Israel
can also confirm this at my request. Also Rabbi Johnathan Sacks the Cheif Rabbi
of England and even the Archbishop of Canterberry in England can confirm
this. If you want I can send you the technical data so you can compare yourself
and I can send you comments from many other well known people that can also
confirm this.
And by the way: evolution is not something
accepted by everybody. Evolution has been rejected by many educated people and
if you want to believe that your a descendant of a monkey than you can believe
it.
Your own personal beliefs are flawed and have
many contradictions. The so-called New Testament has many contradictions too.
If Yeshka had a clear vision of what God said
then why did he give his teachings in parables?
Prophets wrote in parables because they were
directed by Hashem to do so. Mosha wrote the 613 commandments clearly because
he was directed by God to do so.
If Yeshka had a clear vision of what God told
him then why did he use parables when their was no reason to? If God really
gave him a new law to pass on to the people then why wouldn't he make it clear
like Mosha's commandments?
Did Hashem just say the 613
commandments I gave don't count anymore, so hear is this (so-called) New
Testament with all these contradictions so you should just follow it?
That doesn't make sense that he would cancel out
the whole Torah for this so called "NEW LAW" that is full of contradictions.
All of it doesn't make sense!
Anyway you should use your brain and think about
your fake religion.
Your welcome to come to my house in Gaza at any
time. What we do for relaxation is we swim and then we go Arab hunting.
Roman
******
Dear Roman:
Your reply is in a legalistic mode, which is
what I would expect. But how can
such legalistic reasoning against Christianity have any meaning for me?
To make a political parallel: Decades after a
political revolution one can no longer take a man to court based on some
statute in the laws of the Ancien Regime.
And the statutes you cite, in terms of Christianity, are from the Ancien
Regime.
Granted, I recognize that in this case the
revolution was only accepted as valid by some. You do not accept it as valid, and so you will consider
things according to your own standards of validity. Such is the normal way of things in such debates.
According to the Gospel of Mark, Jesus speaks in
parables precisely in order not to be understood by the legalists, who only hear in
legalese. But for Christians this
is only the beginning of what it means to speak in parables. I think there is nothing self-contradictory
in a scripture made mainly of parables.
Self-contradictions only come about when we (and I mean any "we") try to
codify what is revealed in such parables.
When we try to turn what is revealed into a code of conduct with
detailed legislation about everything.
Our languages, whether English or Hebrew or
Japanese, are not up to conveying everything in the form of law codes or
systematic theology. There are
truths that can only be revealed obliquely: truths that are ambivalent, even
uncanny.
On another point: I don't doubt that the Torah
is essentially unchanged since ancient times. But this isn't what you originally wrote. You wrote:
"the Torah (which has been unchanged since it
was given to Mosha on Sinai and this has been proven)"
It was the part about being able to "prove" just
what was given to Moshe on Sinai, i.e., the question of how the Torah
originally came to be written down-this is what I think can't be proven. The first "writing down"--and how that
writing down relates to divine inspiration--is something one can have ideas or
beliefs or theories about, but not something that can be proven.
Thanks for your invite. If I get to Israel some time, I'd try
to look you up. And I'd even try
to buy you that beer. But as for
your notions of hunting, no, I'm not interested.
Eric Mader
*****
Dear Eric
Your argument is very amusing. After I read your
email, you made things crystal clear to me. You made me understand what true
ignorance is about.
Lets make things clear Eric. During the time of
Yeshka, approximately 2000 years ago, the only laws that were valid regarding a
religion that involved one God were the laws of Judaism. Now since Christianity
or the New Testament is based on Judaism or the Torah it is completely insane
to say that Jewish law is no longer valid.
WHO ARE YOU TO DECIDE SUCH A THING?
IF A MAN IS MUMZER THEN HOW CAN HE THROW AWAY A
CULTURE WHICH HAS LASTED THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND SAY THAT HE IS THE MESSIAH?
Its completely insane. Your New Testament is
based on my Torah and by saying that my Torah is not valid then you might as
well burn both parts and convert to Islam. That Ancient Regime you speak about
is the Regime that almost everything today developed from.
IF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SUPPOSE TO BE A JEWISH
MESSIAH DOES NOT FOLLOW AND EXIST BY JEWISH LAW THEN HE IS NOT A MESSIAH. ITS
CLEAR AND SIMPLE. YOUR RELIGION IS NO BETTER THAN ISLAM AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL
BE PRAYING TO A BOTTLE OF VODKA AND SAYING THAT ITS GOD.
Also my friend in the Torah the Messiah is
suppose to be accepted by ALL JEWS. But clearly this did not happen. And so?
THERE ARE NO DEBATES ON THIS SUBJECT AND WILL
NEVER BE. A FACT IS A FACT, IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
Also legality is the foundation of the Torah.
The reason for that is because God gave the 613 commandments and we, as in JEWS,
are suppose to follow those commandments. Without law there can be no order, so
therefore law is required, and that is why God gave us law and also God
gave gentiles SHEVA MITZVOT BNEI NOAH or the seven commandments of Noah. If the
Gospel is not meant for legalists then their is no way it came from God.
Also do not compare English or Hebrew because
you do not know Hebrew and because you can't understand the complex internal
structure of the Hebrew language. If you want to begin to understand look into
Gematria. Then things might become a little more clear to you.
Another thing: the only way the Torah scrolls
could have been Kosher or clean is if every letter remained the same and I
truly doubt Mosha would have changed around what God told him since the law
that only God could change the Torah was very important and if broken severe
consequences would occur. For example: when Jesus got crucified that was his
punishment for changing around the word of Hashem.
MOSES GOT THE TORAH FROM GOD AT SINAI AND GAVE
IT TO JOSHUA THEN JOSHUA GAVE IT TO THE ELDERS AND THEN THE PROPHETS THEN TO
THE GREAT ASSEMBLY. The Great
Assembly consisted of 120 people who founded the liturgy (the words of the
prayers), edited scriptural books, provided intensified study of oral law and
precautionary measures to safeguard against transgression of the law.
The prophets were Ezra, Mordechai, Haggai,
Zechariah and Malachi.
THE GREAT ASSEMBLY SAID 3 THINGS:
1 BE DELIBERATE IN JUDGMENT.
2. DEVELOP MANY DISCIPLES.
3. MAKE A FENCE FOR THE TORAH.
THE TERM TORAH MEANS WRITTEN AND ORAL LAW.
WRITTEN IS THE 5 BOOKS OF MOSES AND ORAL MEANS THE TALMUD OR GEMARA WHICH YOU
CANNOT STUDY BECAUSE YOU ARE A GENTILE AND IT IS A SIN FOR YOU TO STUDY TALMUD.
Roman
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