Tuesday, June 12, 2012

1st Trashing Quantum Physics - Comments On Chabad and On NPR’s Fresh Air Program Edited


1:1  This blog is an further elucidated edit of a blog posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:00 pm to www.facebook.com/craig.nelson.hamilton
1:2  The original title of the Facebook note was, “Trashing Quantum Physics (Chabad) AND On the Finite Universe (Fresh Air)”
1:3  This blog contains some of my collected comments at www.chabad.org and in addition, where I feel it is needed further elucidation is given to the comments.  The website below in this blog post contains the original comments before they were posted as a note on Facebook.
1:4  Most popular names in science, philosophy, and what not have some truth, as in what is there in the universe that can’t be redeemed? Honestly, I don’t want to know. There is a lot of sifting to do through the various ideas academia presents to its students, but there is usually something there. For example, I am completely against the popularity of quantum physics.  When I first write this note, there were only a few survivors in academia that believed in the universe as the way Einstein described it, and at some time there may be more.  However, that is not to say that there are no uses for the study of quantum physics.  One person’s trash is another’s treasure. The tyranny of the exactness of this foolish mathematical religion is stupid. In that range, it is hard to tell what influences what. With the rout use of the scientific method, this foolish religion would most likely never have occurred. Eventually, either the math crumbles in exactness or the experimenter realizes the spiritual forces, such as the spirit of wind, that allow these experiments to occur, with or without the scientific method.
1:5  Quantum physics is essentially variable matrix reality, which easily suffices to create science fiction.  It is the variable nature of quantum reality that allows me to associate the idea of quantum physics with science fiction.  Usually, good science fiction is based in fact, but quantum physics is not based in fact even though it may help some people discover facts.  For example, for someone who has the type of mind that essentially turns logic into an idol, quantum physics may help him or her understand how the universe works in an oversimplified way.
1:6  One example of the way quantum physics can be used to generate science fiction is that there are no straight lines in biology and everything else for that matter, and quantum physics uses the Cartesian plan. In a few other blogs, such as The Physics of the Holy of Holies, and chapter 1 of, “Unlocking the Secrets of the Gsus Chord,” this is discussed by me.  That is, quantum physics makes the universe out to be a matrix, referring to the way the term is typically used in college level linear algebra, where a matrix is essentially a collection of adjacent squares or boxes, etc, depending on the number Cartesian dimensions that are considered.  In quantum physics, the things that can happen in these boxes are essentially completely variable, and thus unrealistic, and lacking understanding.  In quantum physics, once the Cartesian plane is accepted as a Gd, albeit a false Gd or what religion defines as an idol, then for those that have accepted a false Gd, quantum physics can help put them back on the pathway to reality, but the problem is that via quantum physics one becomes capable of generating an infinite number of problems, such that when one solves one problem, another problem presents itself.  Thus, if you are capable of putting it down, quantum physics can be useful in ideas such as computers, where the traditional monitor has a grid of pixels, which is comparable to the adjacent boxes of a matrix.  Thus, as pixels are capable of being made to produce various colors or lack thereof, and the way movement is achieve on a monitor which also may be called a television, may also be described in this way.  If one gets caught up in the religion, then the world becomes increasingly absurd, but if one keeps the idea of matrices to its more simple form, such as the dimensions of a television, and the colors of pixels, then this is religion may be useful for those who have unfortunately committed the idea of a matrix as their idea of Gd.
1:7  Everything at the minute level becomes subject to trivial electromagnetic mixing currents, which might be called spiritual forces; inclusive of an idea such as whether or not a person, place or thing is blessed. That is, having a GPS, which uses quantum physics, is not enough. It also has to work for you. If there is not enough resistance in circuit between you and the GPS, it is likely to collapse, getting you nowhere.  The problem with the idea of GPS, is that if a student of matrices meets a physics professor that tries to describe how one of these boxes can collapse and become a black hole, it becomes a problem that is only possible to be rationalized through Einstein’s electromagnetic understanding of the universe, as opposed to the increasing absurdity that results with further study of the religion of quantum physics.
1:8  The "straight lines" I mention in verse 6 are literal. The only place a straight line actually exists is in imagination. They, straight lines, can also be calculated with the mathematical formula y = mx + b, but they aren't realistic.  For example, one can’t draw a line that is completely straight, which is sufficiently described by the concept of Brownian motion, such that the discipline of quantum physics becomes unnecessary.
1:9  If a true straight line exists in this universe, then it is most certainly a rarity.  That is, when a straight line exists in imagination, it may be considered that imagination is a part of the universe where the concept of a straight line may exist.
1:10  In further exploration of the straight line fallacy, the instance a bow and arrow string may be used, and in verse 10, this verse, I define a bow and arrow.  The string is a taunt high tension wire that is a part of a bow designed for shooting arrows.  For example, native Americans, referring to the people who inhabited the Americas and where originally thought to be Indians used bows to shoot arrows when hunting.  Also, bows and arrows were used often in warfare in the middle ages, such that they are commonly used in movies to describe Medieval warfare.  Thus, the bow and arrow is a very ubiquitous idea, and I am unsure where the idea began.  Bows and arrows may be as old as the cavemen who first picked up rocks.
1:11  The string of a bow and arrow, when pulled tight is a straight line, no? No, it is not a straight line because it is subject to density/buoyancy. That is, because the string is a more dense liquid, then air, also a liquid, the string becomes curved, as part of it sinks more than other parts through thermodynamics, which in the past used to be described by gravity.  That is, the ideas of density and buoyancy fully describe gravity, such that Einstein’s gravity formula is not needed.  As a result, bowing of the string occurs when the sting is relatively subjected to what is known as gravity if it is not held perpendicular to the earth.  It should strike any person that does not believe in the matrices, god, that absolute perpendicularity to the earth is impossible due to the irregular curvature of the earth’s surface, such as hills, valleys, and that which has slope, referring to slope that roughly capable of being described through the equality of mathematical functions, such as parabolas.  In addition, since string is a finite material, it can’t be pulled infinitely taunt before breaking, such that it can overcome the impossibility of being absolutely perpendicular to the earth’s gravitation field, where gravity is defined in the Newtonian sense, as an idea that occurred to him when he was sitting under an apple tree and an apple fell on his head.  And, as the string is pulled more taunt it becomes straighter, but total straightness is impossible to achieve because of the thermodynamics of electromagnetism.
1:12  It is also worthy to note that I also disagree when science calls air a gas.  Since fish breath in water, and humans breath in air, it is not that there is a difference between a gas and a liquid, it is more that in the case of animals oxygen may be extracted from various media through different biological organs. Air is a liquid in that like a liquid it can be poured, and that pouring may be described by density and buoyancy.
1:13  Throw out gravity too. That is what gets people into the mess of the religion of quantum physics, as gravity is the theory by which quantum physics is derived.  Without gravity, which has already been disproved, quantum physics has no basis by which to generate its increasingly absurd mathematics.
1:14  Albert Einstein openly stated that he was unhappy with his theory of gravity when he made it, thinking it fallible.
1:15  The evidence of the electromagnetic mixing currents may be observed by simply pouring water through a funnel. The swirl is an elaborate pattern that is a mixing current. The swirl is an electrical current. It is not quantum indeterminacy that causes the results of quantum physics experiments, but complex electromagnetic mixing current.  This may be thought of conceptual as the ways which the wind blows on a windy day.  That is, the ways which the wind blows are complex patterns, and are not due to randomness only.
1:16  I am not the only one that criticized gravity. Einstein criticized his own theory. He sought to disprove it because thought it was wrong. If you consider him to be anybody, know that that he was as important to humanities learning of the concepts of the universe as say, Charles Darwin or Nicolai Tesla.  That is, his criticisms of his own theory should be taken seriously, especially because he was able to generate great respect among his peers in the field, exclusive of those that simply follow the crowd simply for its own sake because they accept that someone knows better than them, such that he or she is infallible.
1:17  The point of the straight line argument was to show you that mathematical representations are not even close to full proof. It is impossible to use math to disprove math, as calculus 101, meaning a college level class that includes limits and derivatives, etc, is considered to be math, where math is subject to the inconsistencies of logic.
1:18  Perhaps, it is because we humans have DNA, which may be described by a four letter alphabet (A, T, G, and C) that we can understand the concept of a straight line or math in imagination. It takes an alphabet or two to understand math, such as the English alphabet and numerals.  That is, math relies on proofs which use language and numerals. The concept of a straight line arises from a discontinuous mind, which may be possible for the human consciousness to fathom because there are gaps between neurons that are traversed by neurotransmitters, so we think.  That is that the DNA alphabet may give us the concrete chemicals we need in order to understand what a straight line is, and other things such as whether or not all three points of a triangle are mathematically required to be included or not included when describing a triangle, which may be described by three linear functions that overlap each other.  The overlapping of points of linear functions may be represented as differences in color on televisions, of which some computers are capable of generating matrices with millions of colors, or more, but the original color monitors only consisted of 256 colors, where black and white monitors are described as something different than 256 colors, though various shades of grey are considered to be colors.  However, a problem with matrices is that though a computer may be capable of generating, say 256 colors, the nature of these colors may be calibrated infinitely to produce more accurate image representations.
1:19  Water pouring through a funnel is an electrical current though it does not show up on our electrical bills from companies that supply power.  A reason that water pouring through a funnel may be described through an electrical current is that water is a bent molecule where negative charge collects near the oxygen atom of the water molecule, such that it is negative near the middle of the molecule and positive at the ends at the polar ends.  Water is most certainly charged. Water's properties, such as the swirl when you pour it through a funnel arise because of charge, which I have crudely described through commonly known ideas taught in chemistry, such as the way to draw representations of compounds on paper.
1:20  Do not ask me to give a firm mathematical foundation where the very nature of the foundation of quantum physics, the one you believe (believed?), because while it is rooted in mathematics, is not firm and is doublethink, such that it’s contradictions collapse upon inspection.
1:21  Reasonably, if the nature of quantum physics is rooted in mathematics, then mathematics can’t be a firm foundation as math has inconsistencies and though they are minute, that is precisely the reason why.  That is, the discipline of quantum physics attempts to describe matter, where it is concluded that the smaller the size of a unit of matter, the more absurdly it behaves.  However, this behavior in reality is not absurd, as smaller particles of matter are more easily influenced by various electromagnetic mixing currents, which are comparable to the ways which a speck of dust blows in a hurricane.  That is the speck of dust may appear to behave absurdly, but upon further inspection the reason why it behaved this way was because it was blowing in the wind.
1:22  Albert Einstein carelessly gave quantum physics his blessing at first, without giving it much thought, but then he recanted and tried to disprove it. The following is written on the subject, “One of the few perceptive readers of Planck’s early quantum theory papers was the junior patent examiner in Bern, Albert Einstein. To Einstein, the postulate of the energy elements was vivid and real, if appalling, “as if the ground had been pulled from under one, with no firm foundation seen anywhere upon which one could have built.” As it happened, the search for a “firm foundation” occupied Einstein for the rest of his life.” - William H. Cropper
1:22  “Everything in the quantum world occurs at random and there is no direct cause for quantum events.” – Roland Omnes
Does it seem that Einstein’s trying to contradict this by his saying, “God does not play dice?”  It seems to me that Einstein’s statement contradicts Roland Omnes, and his teaching on quantum physics which came to be accepted.  In my own opinion, parts of matter are variable, but that Gd and that this leaves Gd a way into the universe, such that He may operate upon it through manipulating the universe, such that His Torah that He gave to Moses at Mount Sinai are made to be truth.
1:23  Search the New York Times database for the word, "Gravity." You will come up with at least four articles that question it.  The 2010 article in the New York Times, which is possibly the most important newspaper in the nation of the United States of America, says that based upon the calculations of Stephen Hawking, the idea of gravity is actually describable as thermodynamics.
1:24  As I have stated before, quantum physics originated from Einstein’s theory of gravity, and the New York Times article mentioned in verse 23 grossly disproves this equation, thus removing the very fundamentals of the discipline of quantum physics.
1:25  From NPR’s various Facebook pages, “Fresh Air with Terry Gross
Time to put on your thinking caps folks. On Monday, we're going to dive deeply into the possibility that parallel universes exist. Your homework: study and understand string theory, by Monday morning. Oh, who am I kidding? Physicist Brian Greene is going to walk us through what he studies, what it means, and why it could mean parallel universes exist.”
1:25  My first comment to verse 25:
The universe is finite. Go into a room. Shut off the lights. It is dark. At nighttime we see that it is dark. Given that, what reason do we have to believe that the universe is not contained? Matter darks the universe, according to the philosopher, my only known son, Alexander Joseph Hamilton. Grey matter is the matter that is reflecting light. The lights in the sky are probably links to other universes.  However, on most nights we see some stars, such that at night there is not humanely observable total darkness.  That is, within all matter, even space, there is essentially a spark of light, but that the concept of the darkest black hole is something which light can’t escape from.  Thus, there is a such a thing as a border, though this border may not be described by matrices, gravity, or quantum physics, where parallel universes are something that was conceived of through quantum physics.
1:25  My Second Comment to verse 25:
More on the same subject. Sometimes we see what is outside our eye, while sometimes we see inwards, thought, our mind's eye. We see both waves of darkness and waves of light and their intermediates. When we see a star what we are seeing is probably a portal to the inside and the outside, in the same way that when we see an eye, what we are seeing is a portal to the inside and outside. Both light and darkness are portals made up of electromagnetic mixing currents, which are ox/redox reactions.  Matter emits darkness.  Light receives darkness.  There are also other ways of describing this, which are mentioned in my note Chapter 1 Secrets of the Gsus Chord.
1:26  I discuss verse 25 elsewhere on the internet, which I intend to post on this particular blog at some time in the future.

Monday, June 11, 2012

There Is No Known Way to Disprove Evolution (A Message for Richard Dawkins)

I'd like to point out an error in the thought of "The Greatest Show on Earth." First, let me clarify myself, I believe in evolution and I this is not an attempt to attack this theory. It is stated in your book by one of your scientist friends that there is a way to disprove evolution. The example given is that of finding a fossil in an odd time period would disprove evolution. However, this is exactly what happened with the Coelacanth fish. They were thought to be extinct for millions of years, and then someone found that they are commonly caught in fishermens' nets to this day. That is, by what is given in your book, this should have disproved evolution. However, it didn't disprove evolution. What happened was that scientists changed the dates of the geological strata where we are expected to find Coelacanth fish. That is, all we did is change what we know about Coelacanth.

Unlocking the Secrets of the Gsus Chord

1:1 IMHO, YHWH is outside of creation. YHWH is neither a he nor a she, in that He has no genitalia. YHWH is not an it, either in that YHWH is without gender. YHWH is a He in that I know Him by His voice, which at times speaks to me through creation, such as the walls. That is YHWH speaks to me through hallucinations. My understanding is my knowledge of YHWH's spit, of which all the universe is composed of. My wisdom is that He, YHWH, is concealed within all of creation, as a spark of Light, greater than all of creation, of which everything that is created derives from light that is brighter than the brightest sun, and darkness that is darker than night, but not less than understanding, of which she is a power or strength equal to Him. His daylight is as the mercy of all creation, such that through mercy there may be sin and forgiveness of sin. His darkness is His judgment. Judgment, she disciplines Him. Alex informed me that, "It is darking," and it is such that the pathways to sin all lead to the word It.

1:2 God is what we conceive Gd to be. Psalms 18:3 (a Psalm of David JPS 1917 corrected translation) YHWH is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.

1:3 Sky, whether black as night, or bright as day is His breath, derivatives of His 10 utterances that created creation. Matter is His spit, flung thought the universe of His breath.

1:4 Essence, spirits, air, cleaners, water, there are earthly things through which we may fathom Him, as he is on the outside of creation though He sustains creation from law and order, which are as the forms of matter, while He is the spark within that sustains matter, through expansion and contraction of imaginary coordinates on the dimensions of the Cartesian plane. Thus, it is such that chords like Gsus may be added to create suspense, and Gsus may be juxtaposed to Gadd4 to create a sense of exhausted suspense, while a G chord is an intermediate that stable, and may be stacked in various ways like all other ways. Thus, it is such that when one plays a chord, there are many ways, such as various triads, and some choices are more harmonious with creation than others, as we worship Him, the one who stabilizes creation, preventing it from returning to chaos, for in the beginning, before there was tension, God created time. Thus, it is such that a G chord or any other chord always has varying degrees of stability, via things such as expansions, and contractions, and thus it is that even in a stable universal chord, there is tension in the way that a chord may be played on wires with relatively high tension.

1:5 A wise teacher of music teaches his student about the chord Gsus. He teaches that a Gsus is composed of intervals, but the defining aspect of a Gsus chord is that the third with respect to the root note is raised to be a 4th, and thus it is such that I have made a mistake and Gsus is really Gadd4, and what I meant to say is that Gadd2 is a chord of relief in comparison to Gsus. In this situation, the location of ideas such as intervals in relation to the root note of a chord are commonly described in a plethitude of other books. The idea of intervals was first introduced by Pythagoras, and uses standard Pythagorean tuning. However, Pythagorean tuning is not the only type of tuning. For example, a good guitarist can play his guitar while it is out of tune and make it sound good.

1:6 Though Gsus, Gadd2, Gmaj7, G9, G major 7, and G minor, etc, are all G chords, due to the nature of tension it is impossible to be completely in tune though most people would be in agreement, especially as young musicians that being in tune sounds better than being out of tune. Yet, as one approaches being in tune due to the factor of Brownian motion absolute perfect pitch is not possible, and it is such that one may only approach perfect pitch. Then, when the wisdom of the Gsus chord is within understanding, then it is probably a good idea to play a different chord, such as a C chord, where one remains in the key of G, and C major is the 4th chord of Ionian modal playing. There are also other modes, other keys, other scales and much more to learn if one is to master the symphony of the universe, where all that I know around me is musical, from birds to waves of water crashing on the beach it is because in the beginning that God created time that this symphony was initiated.

1:7 It has been said that absolute zero, also known as zero degrees Kelvin is the point at which molecular motion stops, such that there is theoretically no temperature below absolute zero possible, but later it was found that it is possible to get colder than absolute zero, and since the thermodynamics of temperature are possible to be described through Brownian motion, it is necessary that some Brownian motion exists at absolute zero and even at temperatures below it. Thus, it is such that absolute zero as far as we know Kelvin’s absolute zero is a myth and that we can only approach reasoning about it, a true absolute zero, through limits which are usually taught in Calculus 101, though to be precise, limit reasoning is not calculus itself, but rather the style of reasoning that caused the arrival at the idea of calculus as a description of the universe, which so far as I know is infinite in every way, such that calculus in an infinite number of dimensions is incapable of accurately describing the universe in the most absolute sense, as calculus is subject to the Cartesian plane, but the universe is subject to more than that which Cartesian coordinates can describe. For example, there are problems with the concept of division, which is described elsewhere in my writing. Through the concept of reasoning of the existence of limits, that is how Sir Isaac Newton arrived at the concept of calculus reasoning, which by itself is incapable of accurately describing all there is to know.

1:8 The reason that the idea of division fails upon logical examination was pointed out by a Greek philosopher. Though Greek philosophy is supposed to be logical, and division is an accepted part of mathematical logic, one find that in order to run a marathon one must first run half the distance. The next time half of this distance is traveled, the amount of travel is only half as much. This pattern of first traveling half the distance has the consequence that one is unable to run the marathon according to logic. This same proof could be used with the idea of dividing by 4, as in first one must travel a quarter of the distance. Thus, though the distance may have 2 halves or 4 quarters, it is impossible to get there if division is in fact a logical property of numbers, and yet it does seem to be possible to describe the world by division. For my on this, see my blog on the physics of the Holy of Holies.

1:9 Thus, it is such that a black hole, with respect to the concept of a cosmic black hole, darkness does not emit, but ammunicates its desires through Brownian motion.

1:10 Thanks for the correction though I don’t know where it came from in order that I might give credit. I was unfamiliar that there is such a word a ammunicates, and I INTENDED to write communicates, but that would not have been as accurate. Thus, we can know black holes exist through units of matter being vacuumed up by them. Ammunicates would thus be a lack of communication, where the prefix “a” means without. Thus, while communication involves coupling, ammunication involves decoupling.

1:11 Thus, if we shoot units to a place where they collapse, in a vacuum, that is the definition of a black hole, of which the greatest of all black holes is subject to Gd. Likewise, the greatest of all suns and possibly brighter objects is also subject to Gd. I, myself, am a tan intermediate between the darkest of the dark and the lightest of the light. The motion of the darkest dark is to vacuum. The motion of the lightest light is to emit. For example, a sun emits photons in waves, and that is how the sun illuminates the earth, as far as we know. Thus, the way a black hole darks, to use a word my son made up, is through not emitting at all. Thus, it is such that the concept of zero is created, where zero is between absolute darkness and absolute darkness. However, absolute darkness is unknowable, except that it is a place that does not emit, and absolute light is not knowable either, because of its variability.

1:12 However, though zero is between the darkest dark and the darkest dark, that is only according to both the theologian Calvin, and the scientist Kelvin. This zero incorrectly does not take into account the existence of negative numbers. Thus, it is such that according to my definition of zero, black holes subtract from this zero, while light emits from infinity to zero, at which point if it gets to zero, then, the light may be captured by darkness via vacuum.

1:13 Thus, darkness may be described by the nature of the vacuum it emits. And, light may be described by the darkness it changes.

1:14 This paradox is described in the phenomena of ox/redox reactions in chemistry 101, defining the terms oxidation, and reduction, and what is an oxidizing agent, and what is a reducing agent.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

A Questions for Mitt Romney.


Mitt, you know something?  Before Barrack Obama ran for President, he said essentially the same thing you are saying, and yet years later we are on a collision course with raising the debt ceiling, and President Obama is preaching about our recovery.  On a daily basis, most of what I see is a lot of brokenness.  Our life expectancy goes down and most people I know are dismayed by this statistic, but when asked about their own personal quality of life, it is as if they say that they wish that the life expectancy was lower.  What makes you different from Barrack Obama, that I might know that you intend to keep your campaign promises?  I was completely duped by Barrack Obama and his promises.  Why should I believe your campaign promises over his other than that Barrack Obama has already proved that he doesn’t keep his promises?

Saturday, June 9, 2012

I Am Pleased to Hear that NFL Players Have Banned Together to Sue


For as long as I can remember, I have stated that though I believe safe football is possible at the high school level, that I do not believe that it is safe beyond that level, such as at the professional level.   Players get too strong and there is too much risk in order for players to have the risk of injury downplayed.
I do not neglect that injury and even death at the high school level is possible, but there is some risk in every sport, such that the line or rules should be drawn somewhere.  In fact, just being alive is a risk, so that the argument of risk may be made be made to the extent of absurdity.  However, the issue is that I don’t believe that there is a single pro player that has not ended up as a cripple, while I have never heard of a player that wound up as a cripple at the high school level.
Maybe it is as if the pro football player’s intelligence is pounded right out of them such that they can no longer think straight at the end of their professional career, and that they get pounded until they are essentially as vegetables, such that the NFL plays them until they are no longer intelligent enough to make a claim against the NFL, which is a process that the NFL may have used in order to prevent their heroes from talking back once they are done.  For example, professional football players are known to have high levels of tau protein, which is associable with dementia.  I am personally familiar with dementia in that my grandmother Nelson had it.  My experience with her was that she would do things like put down several items in front of me and ask me which one was the phone.  Sometimes she forgot what state of the USA she was in.  For example, once she went for a walk thinking that she was in Chestnut Hill, PA, when it was actually Sandwich, PA.  This is the predicament that a lifetime in the game puts players in.
What I do know is this, I have never heard of one high school football player getting crippled, while with respect to professional players to my knowledge they all play until they are cripples.  To me that sounds practically hideous.   Hearing that the league has banded together makes me wonder if the intent of the league is to get young naïve players and cripple them until they are no longer capable of speaking up for themselves.  Take for instance the very successful player Madden that wound up being a football game announcer that was famed for saying moronic things.  My guess is that he acted like this because his career as a football player beat up his mind until dementia was caused.  Thus, it should be assumed that encouraging a pro football player by downplaying risks is done for the sake of increasing damage to players to beat them beyond self recognition.
For years I have advocated not supporting the NFL for this reason: as I have essentially said, I believe football is stupid in that we take our most athletic gifted, and strongest men and smash them together from the beginning of their career, all the way to the end, at which point most of them are hobbled.  My attitude toward this professional sport has been negative, and I often refuse to watch it in protest.  My policy is not to watch it unless you play the game though I admit to having watched and enjoyed things that I would not like to be a part of.  This recent uprising of players has garnered my interest because it is the first time I have ever heard of players complaining about the game.  In fact, after protesting the game as a youth, I finally hit the like button on the New England Patriots Facebook account.  Every interview up to this point that I have heard from pro football players is that they enjoy their jobs, but that is from the television.  Finally, I gave in and hit the like button for the New England Patriots because I was pretty sure that I had ascertained that they thought the game of men beating on other men until they are cripples is fun.  My attitude toward this is very Libertarian.  That is, I feel someone should have the right to their own body to the extent that if they want to risk being a hero through a game of men beating on other men in front of millions of fans, then, who am I to tell them to stop?
I have mentioned the possibility of my son Alex growing up and becoming a pro football player due to his enormous  size.  However, I believe that I have ascertained that that sort of behavior does not fit his personality, and as such I haven’t mentioned football to him in over a year, as far as I recall.  Sure, we might toss the ball around in the yard, and tackle each other, but we try not hurt each other.  However, I do not believe it is his intention to want to hurt other men, which is impossible not to do at the professional level.  However, my Bible says that the way to raise a son is to, “Teach him in his own way,” and what I have learned from my mother is that some people don’t change.  Thus, the only reasonable way to act is to try to teach your son according to his purpose, such that if he wanted to be a professional football player, I would respect him for that.  When a person has made up their mind to the extent that all actions of causing them to see the proverbial Light of your own way of life as good fails, and your son makes it clear time and time again that he wants to be a football player, I do believe that it is reasonable to let the professional sports football league, the NFL that is, continue to assist people in accomplishing their dreams.  However, my Bible also discusses the point of warning people of what they are about to do, such that by downplaying the risk of professional football, I strongly believe that all participants in this crime are liable, including the audience both at home and in the stadium.
I, myself, have never been to a professional football game, such that I do not really know what happens there.  I know that it is possible to make a television screen or radio transmission say anything, such that it is impossible for me to testify as an actual witness.  Thus, it is such that prior to this date, I had heard many stories of professional football players that were crippled, and it is such that I have advocated against professional football, but not to the extent that I believe it should be illegal.  However, this much is certain, anyone found guilty of promoting professional football collisions or anyone found guilty of downplaying the risks of this sport, such that players are coerced into playing should be punished.  I have to admit that as a child under the age of 12, I watched a few games, but I stopped being a fan of the game at the professional level when I heard my first report that retired professional football players are a bunch of cripples.   However, I did desire to play at the high school level, but the opportunity was not available, such that I do not have experience enough even to make a ruling as to whether or not high school football is safe to play.  Yet, I can assure you I would have tried it.  My dad told me that he wanted to play high school football, but his dad forbade him to do that, and he has flip flopped over his opinion on this subject, such that I am unaware of what his current position on the matter is, except that he has watched Penn State to the extent of religiousity for as long as I have known him.  I, however, did not watch, and often found his behavior absurd during these games.  Exactly what he was getting out of these games, I do not know, and he may have even been trying to discourage me from watching football in a roundabout way, as his actions did not make me want to watch the game.
Thus, it is such that I do believe players should not only be warned when they are about to play football, but I also believe that they should be made to understand the extremity of the damages that may occur before engaging in the game if they are adults and if they are intelligent enough to understand.  Likewise, the pervasiveness and degree of damage of injuries that occur throughout most football player’s should be documented for the purpose of warning potential players.  If they are not intelligent enough to understand this document, I would rule that they should be forbidden from playing the game.
As for me, I like baseball.  I believe that it is likely possible to play baseball safely.  If you are a batter, though a pitcher may throw the ball at you, it should be realized that every time one gets in a car and drives that someone could intentionally cause a collision that can kill you.  As driving is potentially lethal, so should playing the game of baseball be legal.  To me it seems impossible to take all the risks out of this world, and as far as baseball goes, though players retire, it does seem possible to me that players could survive a career safely.  For example, a good pitcher knows when to ask when to be taken out of the game, and a good coach does not pitch a pitcher until his arm hurts, respecting that his player knows when it is a good time for him to be taken out of the game.  Though a little pain may be permissible, slavery is forbidden in America, such that players are legally capable of deciding whether or not they want to be relieved.  In fact, I have observed that pitchers that refuse to be communicative often damage their careers by causing the team to lose.  Thus, it is such that if a team desires to win, then it becomes more appropriate to pull a pitcher when his or her arm is sore than in the game of football.  Thus, it is such that not all professional sports are created alike.   

2nd Craig  J. or C – Actually, Maybe Serug
Another possibility is not K, but S, where Craig is actually a permutation of Serug, or Seeraig.  It is possible to arrive at Serug, because of one of the articles at chabad.org in the yearly Parshah Noach Torah reading, says that with respect to the flood story, the floodgates of the sky broke actually broke open in the beginning of an industrial revolution dated 1840CE-25 or 1815CE.  That is 1840 was the  expected by chabad, according to the Zohar, but 1815 was the actual date.  Based upon 4 generations of my family, the chabad calendar is also questionable, meaning that 600th year of Noah’s life equals 1840CE-25.  Following the line of Shem, the flood date, and birthdays, that would make me Serug.    Likewise, documentation shows that this pattern of birthdays has held true for 4 patriarchal generations.  Sometimes it does not matter to me personally as to whether or not I am considered a Jew, so Serug or Korah makes difference to me.  Given this estimate, that at least makes me a Hebrew, where Eber was the first Hebrew.

1st Craig – My Comments to “Why Is It So Difficult to Convert to Judaism?”




Ger vs. Bnei Isreal an "Ism" unto Itself
Trying to ascertain the Talmudic castes: whether or not someone is a goi, a ger, bnei Israel, or a Cohen is a "Ism" unto itself. I imagine many mistakes are made. It would make more sense to simply answer the question, "Who is a Jew?" with "One that says they are a Jew." That is the position Felix Posen took at Jpost.com (Aug 13, 2009). So much time is spent on, "Who is a Jew?" a matter of birth rather than ethic. I would suggest that if more time was spent on ethic, Bnei Noach would walk out the door, and no mistakes would be made ascertaining, "Who is a Jew?" 
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Posted: Aug 26, 2009
Israel: Orthodox and Reform
What is Orthodox, but taking religion and history more seriously than another denomination? Every Jew should study Orthodox Judaism. In the manner of study, I believe Orthodox Judaism is better, but I don't believe it is practical that a minority of Jews should be able claim monopoly on conversion. This hypocrisy becomes apparent in the Law of Return for Israeli citizenship that accepts Reform conversions, as Orthodox Jews deny them at the synagogue. Good enough to be Israeli, but not good enough to be Orthodox is a contradiction. It follows that Israeli law is for practice, but Orthodox law is for study. 
Posted By Craig Hamilton, Sandwich
Quasi-Jewish Is Not a Lie
All the indicators say that there is such a thing as quasi-Jewish, only the Orthodox minority denominations have the audacity to say quasi-Jewish is a lie. Gentiles commonly circumcise their young, and perform other Jewish mitzvahs. The 613 and the rabbinical commands are kosher for anyone, and it is hardly a tragedy if a gentile doesn’t properly perform a Jewish mitzvah. In the melting pot of America, Judaism is no longer as separate from other nations as it has been. Jews that don’t recognize “quasi-Jewish (more than Noah tzedeks)” are hijacking Judaism. Of course Jewish and Jewishness can exist as they have, but quasi-Jewish should be accepted for those people that feel a strong association with the Jewish tribe, but haven't been in the mikvah. 
Posted By Craig Hamilton, Sandwich, MA
One thing that doesn't sit well with me is that the Torah is bigoted to gentiles. For example, there is the Law to feed or sell something that dies of itself to a gentile. To me it wouldn't make any sense for me to eat that, as I keep kosher as much as possible. It does not bother me that this I do this of my own will and that it is not something that G-d ordained. I am not alone either, masses of people think like me, but don't use the word. For example, many people would support humane slaughter of meat if they knew that is part of what kosher means. 2. Personally, its not fun study for me to study as Bnei Noach, as if I should find joy knowing that as a gentile I need not be set free from slavery by the Torah. If that's not bigotry I don't know what is! On the other hand, I don't believe immersing in the mikvah will help me become a more ethical person. Yet, I study Judaism because there is so much good ethics! I hope not to throw out the baby with the bathwater. 
Religious Vote
Becoming Jewish should be like voter registration, quick and easy. I happen to be a Democrat. It wouldn't make me a better, more loyal, or more dedicated Democrat if the law made it harder to become a Democrat. The only thing that would happen is that there would be fewer Democrats, since it would be especially hard to register to this party. You probably even lose pro Jewish people this way. In my opinion, it just creates more confusion when people aren't able to join the political party or religion of their choice easily. Everytime a Rabbi tells me that I am not a Jew, I feel as if I, a Democrat, were handed the Republican primary ticket, and denied my proper chance to vote in the primary of my choice. 
Posted By Craig Hamilton, Sandwich, MA
What's with downplaying key Democrats?
What good is a brain without any muscle? Jews need both. I agree that their is no smart choice in politics, but yet some really smart people have been Democrats, and in fact this makes joining the Democratic Party a good idea. Bill Clinton's IQ is over 160. People here are arguing as if Bill Clinton's intelligence or even still others that the condition of his heart is related to the difficulty his conversion to the Democratic Party. Jewishness shouldn't be an issue of brains, soul, or muscle, but a combination of these things. I hate to speak ill of Stephen Hawking, but for all his supposed brains he has not much when he contradicts himself and certainly he could certainly use some muscle. 
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Posted: Sep 28, 2010
Elite Earthworms
Some people say that converts blow away Jews by birth in observance. That is a horrible tone. However, the Talmud does say, “How much more sincere the heart of the convert?” A convert should feel connected to the Jewish people, not better. Also, converts should expect some exclusion because most Jews are cousins. We tend to be more altruistic toward people with similar genetics. Read the Richard Dawkins book The Selfish Gene. Oppression would give you a whole new perspective. Moses was the most oppressed prophet, and that helped him to be compassionate even toward animals. If you believe Jews are elite, or that converts are better, you should compare your ideas to that of the Baal Shem Tov. He taught humans were no greater than worms. Biology tells us that our ancient ancestors were worms. Jewishness is not about belonging to an elite group. Read Habakkuk 2:4, and see how puffed up some of these commentators are. How foolish is an idea of elite earthworms? 
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Why would anyone want to convert?
As the number of laws given in the Torah increases, the average life expectancy of a patriarch goes down. And, before you get on your high horse and knock the age of people like Methusaleh or Serug as being mystical or something like that, understand that there are people that today live to be the ages of the patriarchs in the Bible and especially how absurd this would probably seem to someone living in the Dark Ages whose life expectancy was only 25. That the ages we attain in modernity are possible is yet another example (like the technological revolution) that we are sampling the soup prior to the age of Mosiach. In fact, I read the other day that a baby born today has a 50% chance of living to be 100yrs old. That is to the person in the Middle/Dark ages the ages we attain now would have seemed as mystical to them as the ages given when reading the Bible. 
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Righteous gentile doesn't sit well with me. I love the Torah for the most part, but parts of it don't sit well with me. To me this makes me quasi-Jewish because I never sealed the deal and I have no plan to.
Posted By Craig Hamilton, Sandwich, MA
1. That's interesting that you deny quasi, as if G-d never created a hermaphrodite or something similar. Why can't quasi be a level? For me, quasi or shades of grey is how I see most things. Take for instance chemicals in chemistry, all have a purity rating. 
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I disagree that the idea of quasi has to become one thing or another and that it is the anti-thesis of Torah. The world is ripe with quasi-Jews looking for a place to socialize. This is partly due to how popular the Tanach is and literacy. Consider how many people support Israel and how unpopular Christian fundamentalism is in the highly educated North East. Many people not classified as Jews are hungry for a religion that is both about a Jewish G-d and contains the ethic of the Law of Moses. I believe if such a religion were started, then it could last the test of time even if members never officially converted to Judaism because in my experience it is not the Tanach holding people back, but it is Jewish culture that seems a little scary. 
Posted By Craig Hamilton, Sandwich, MA


Why would anyone want to convert?
As the number of laws given in the Torah increases, the average life expectancy of a patriarch goes down. And, before you get on your high horse and knock the age of people like Methusaleh or Serug as being mystical or something like that, understand that there are people that today live to be the ages of the patriarchs in the Bible and especially how absurd this would probably seem to someone living in the Dark Ages whose life expectancy was only 25. That the ages we attain in modernity are possible is yet another example (like the technological revolution) that we are sampling the soup prior to the age of Mosiach. In fact, I read the other day that a baby born today has a 50% chance of living to be 100yrs old. That is to the person in the Middle/Dark ages the ages we attain now would have seemed as mystical to them as the ages given when reading the Bible. 
Posted By Craig Hamilton, Sandwich, M
J. or C
Actually, K is probably the phonetic answer. Craig is a permutation of Korech, or as I have heard it pronounced Koreckh. - See Korah 1917 JPS translation 
Posted By Craig Hamilton, Sandwich, Massachusetts