Article on humor in philosophical counseling.
"Philosophers have certainly written about humor, but their essays have been completely humorless. True, there are a few undergraduate texts available in such areas as informal logic that dare to include the odd cartoon or two." I have one of those books! It's really good.
It has some really cool quotes from Woody Allen in there also. (The article, not the book.)
(1:45AM) One update before I go to bed. I spent the Sabbath with my Orthodox relatives in Monsey. I'm really glad I went. My mom's cousin Joanie made great food, and I got a lot of exposure to the culture I never had before. I'm glad they invited me. Thanks!
The most recent Jews for Judaism newsletter reiterates what one of the Rabbi's said on the Larry King Live show last week.
One of the reasons he gives as to why the Southern Baptist Convention has been deceptive is because "You have co-convened with a "Messianic" organization the recent "To the Jew First..." Conference in New York City." I don't know how that is deceptive, and I like the name of the conference. Those are Paul's words in Romans 
Here are some excerpts: "Though Hebrew Christianity claims to be a form of Judaism, it is not... ". He claims that Christianity is "a belief system antithetical to Judaism" and "another religion". He says "Those who adopt another religion discard any true connection with their Jewish faith and heritage, thus making any claim at Jewish identification devoid of meaning, disingenuous and, ultimately, false." And finally, "Jewish converts to Christianity may pray in so-called synagogues, they may go through the motions of observing Jewish holidays, they may even use Hebrew words and Jewish rituals, but their religion is Christianity, not Judaism. To claim otherwise is wrong. You say that you do not want to offend. Please understand, the Southern Baptist Convention's support for this mis-use of core Jewish symbols, rituals and terminology is not merely offensive, it is deceptive."
I agree that to him, and by his definition of Judaism he is right in calling Christianity "another religion" etc. but that is the very question at issue, and why the SBC is doing what it is doing. To say that the SBC is being deceptive because of this begs the question and is silly.
There's a big difference between saying, in a letter to the Southern Baptist Convention, that "Yes, we understand what you believe, but we don't think that Jesus is our Messiah" and calling them deceptive. Because they do so I can just as well reverse the charge on them. And if they're not actually being deceptive because they don't understand what Christianity is in the first place, then they have no right to level the charge that the SBC is being deceptive.
Awwwww... look at the cute monkey! You know, we used to look like that! HAHAHA.
I just found an amazing site: ApologeticsIndex.org. There's SO much there!
Monday, January 17, 2000
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