2nd Why I Say That I Am the Messiah

A part of the reason why I cleave to the idea of being the Messiah is because I have bipolar. I gave up on the cyclic idea of, "Now I am manic and the Messiah, and then when I am not feeling so good saying that I am not the Messiah."  There will always come another time when I think that I am the Messiah, so I will own it and I will wear it on my soul.

Does Kerry Have A Conscience?

I can't believe Kerry is on board with bombing the Syrians. I would have expected him to resign. I voted him for President. This action, bombing the Syrians, is something he is saying is something that only someone with a conscience would do. However, the way I see it is that the people of Syria had no good choice! Most of the people we are going to bomb had no other choice but to be in the S...yrian military or be a rebel. Those in the military were just following orders where the price for disobedience was death. The other alternative, being a rebel, was never really an alternative at all, as that also carried with it the death penalty. Either side you may choose if you are a Syrian is a death penalty because President Obama is only going to be kicking Syria, our enemy, when they are down. This military action by us is far from courageous.

“ We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.” – Virginia Satir - My Commentary

To look at reality and think that there are no miracles leads one to believe that everything is absurd. "Why would there be anything at all, a universe, etc," I would say to someone who doesn’t believe in miracles.

On a deeper scale, not only is there a universe, but the universe is so vastly complex, just as our bodies are vastly complex, which can only be the result of intent by a fundamental Creator, one who does not belong to time, and one who did not have to be created, Himself.

The greatest minds of modernity have dedicated themselves in whole and in full to grasping even parts human body through medicine. Clearly, if you took your body, and placed a small pin, or thumbtack, upon some part of it, the vast quantity of meaningful knowledge to our humanity could be represented by the part of the skin that the pin does not occupy.

How the universe came into being is another matter, I believe that there wasn’t a first other than what God uttered, and those 10 divine utterances in Genesis created the world. Thus, it is such that the universe is the breath of God, a God that created us miraculously. That is, everything is the breath of God, both good and bad.

Where Is Endgame In Syria?

If you have been following the situation in Syria, then you probably know that whether Assad is in power or the rebels are in power, neither is an ideal situation.  In fact, sitting back and thinking, perhaps the situation now is ideal.  We have the rebels taking up Assad’s attention, such that Syria’s hands are tied. 

We don’t like Syria because they say only Muslims should rule, or at least practically all of the people of Syria.  Personally, I don’t consider Islamic rule as ideal, such that I don’t see any sort of world advantage war in Syria will gain for the USA.

I can’t say that I agree with the use of chemical weapons, but I don’t see use of chemical weapons as a line of demarcation where it becomes paramount that the U.S. gets involved.  Please Congress, send a message to the President that we do not want another war.  If it is true that the Syrian’s are willing to use them on their own people speaks volumes for how low of a nation this country is.

Strangely, this is coming at a time where we are thinking of raising the debt ceiling again.  I am wondering if there was foul play and Assad didn’t use chemical weapons, but some other party used them, so that the President and Congress can gain the patriotic momentum that they will need to raise the debt ceiling through war.  We won’t be able to go to war in Syria if we don’t raise the debt ceiling. 

Remember, this was the time that the Republicans were going to put down their foot on the issue of the debt ceiling.  But, will they put down their foot at the risk of not having another war?  The Republicans have long been the party that is more trigger happy than the Democrats.  So, will we go to war?  The answer is yes, and only because someone has played the war card in Syria, throwing House Republicans in a tizzy.  They can’t be the world policeman if they vote against raising the debt ceiling!!!

So where should the endgame be?:  The endgame should be now! 9/2/2013

More of My Comments to Why Do Rabbis Discourage Conversions? By Aaron Moss

If we are keeping a low profile, then we are not doing our job. As Rabbi Tzvi Freeman elucidated in another article it is the mission of Hassidic Judaism to bring Torah to any place that needs it. This was the idea of the Baal Shem Tov. And, that is to bring Torah to the world, and that when this is done the age of Messiah will be here.

If why are bringing the Torah to the world, why then would it be prudent to discourage conversions? So far as I understand, conversions are discouraged in order to give potential converts a push and pull with the culture and religion of Judaism. It is expected that converts accept the entire Torah, and if they can’t do that, then gentiles are still welcome as friends.

I, personally, find the idea of turning away converts to be difficult. Several times it has made me very angry. However, I do not accept the Torah in its entirety, and thus as I understand the Bible, which is paramount in my life, it is not right for me to become Jewish. Specifically, I do not believe that the command to be fruitful and multiply has any relevance in today’s world, as there are billions upon billions of people. If you ask me, then I would say that we are headed toward population dystopia, which I believe is already happening in places like China, where all their major rivers are polluted. However, the vast portion of Torah; I believe, and usually far more than most anyone I ever meet, including Jews.

Really, if we are keeping a low profile [at chabad.org], then what is the deal with this website? Millions come here!!! And, anyone, Jewish or gentile, can ask a question to a Rabbi. I like the rules, as long as I am not excluded. When I was informed that as a friend of the Jews, I would not be treated as a gentile; that was all I wanted to hear!

True I have heard that there once was a time when Jews evangelized, but if anything, we no longer do so because most of us know how obnoxious it is to be evangelized to, us usually being in the minority. All Chabad.org does is to make the Torah available, which is not like evangelizing, except in the most abstract sense. It is putting out loving information that if someone is stumbling upon the Hebrew nation: they are likely to enjoy it.

A reason I don't like evangelism is because it has the potential to rip apart families. I know that my pursuit of Judaism has been somewhat of a stumbling block for my own family, which I might describe as Judeo-Christian. For example, my wife observes Passover with me, but we don’t go all out for it doing things such as clean every last inch of the house to get rid of bread crumbs though usually I do some cleaning. However, I do admit, as far as Judaism goes: I am an addict.

I still believe in encouraging folks to do as they feel is correct. Sometimes folks practice parts of Jewish Law though they aren't Jewish (like myself), and that is great when someone goes the extra mile when they don't have to. I encourage those folks that do so without fear. Fear Gd; not the bully!

Judaism doesn't actively seek converts, and especially it is taught that one does not have to be Jewish in order to be a good person. As we speak, I am happy being a good person. A part of that is that Judaism is at the center of my world, as Torah teaches. I don’t feel like I have to be Jewish though. Conversion would probably only alienate me from my family even more, and I don’t think any Rabbi would support that. Even my wife recognizes that the time I spend at chabad.org has at least taught me a few good things.

Judaism does seek to make Jews observant, such that there is almost evangelism within the religion. Really, this is not evangelism in the sense that Christians or Catholics practice, as Jews believe that the residue of Gd’s speech in Genesis 1 is in all, and that one cannot accurately ask Gd into his or her heart because Gd is already there! That is, all that is what created in the 10 Divine Utterances of Gd, and everything we know of is somehow a derivative of these words.

One reason I choose Judaism over Christianity is that it is accurate. Granted, I probably have a few typos, but for the most part I try to say what I mean. When the words born again come up, to me that means starting from nothing. Being born again sounds as if someone is going to be relearning everything that they have learned up to that point. However, Christians say that it doesn’t really mean that. In fact, whenever I use the literal definition of anything with Christians, they almost always back down and say, “That thing [in the New Testament] doesn’t mean what is says it means. It means something else," such that a whole jargon of Christian speak is created based upon New Testament inaccuracy. Jews often try to make Jews to be better Jews, through Jews trying to get other Jews to be more observant. Rather than a Christian born again experience a complete starting over from nothing. Differently, Jews believe that the goodness in all souls is already present and that it only needs to be revealed if it has in some way become hidden.

Call me Korah (Craig) (Koreck, Korah)

The following blog describes how I am immersed in Torah, which is a command of the Bible.

Genesis Chapter 36:(5) and Oholibamah bore Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, that were born unto him in the land of Canaan.

I was born an Edomite.  Additionally, I belong to Haplogroup I, which is, according to the Jews of the Middle Ages, the Haplogroup of Edom.  For example, the Jews often depicted the rulers of Europe in the Middle Ages as Edom.  Like Edomites, I was wicked, but it wasn’t my fault.  Nowhere in Torah does it say that wickedness is the fault of the child.  However, when I was 21, I encountered Gd, and he spoke to me, and I repented.  When I repented, it was revealed to me that I had a dietary issue where it was that eating certain foods caused me to be wicked.  The test was performed by the Great Plains Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Greenblatt, and the results were that I had opiates that came from eating both gluten or casein, such that if I cut out these foods, my sense of myself as being a wicked person was removed.

(14) And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife; and she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

As a youngster, Korah had a chief.

 (18) And these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau's wife: the chief of Jeush, the chief of Jalam, the chief of Korah. These are the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.

Exodus 6: (21) And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

Thus, Korah was a Cohenim.  I should note that after a few generations Edomites are permitted to be in the assembly of Jews.  My grandfather had become interested in being a Jew, and now as the generations of time have worn on, it is okay for me to be in an assembly of Jews.  For example, twice I attended service at Cape Cod Synagogue.  However, I feel Orthodox is a better denomination than Reform.  There is no reason for me to convert as, my family is Christian, though I am not Christian, such that I could not hope to have a Jewish child, because Jewishness is matrilineal.

First Chronicles Chapter 6:(3) And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

Korah had sons that went to Egypt, where sons are not necessarily genetic, but are raised by a father.

(24) And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

Numbers Chapter 16 describes the rebellion of Korah against Moses.

As a result:

(32) And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

Many died as a result of what happened to Korah.  I believe that my leaving of New Jersey after having committed idolatry, as the Torah says my father would turn my head away such that I believed in a false G-d, and I did though I realized my mistake in having committed idolatry, such that I moved to a new locality and I repented.  It was amazing that I lived after calling 9-11.  I am suspicious that my having committed idolatry and calling 9-11  resulted in the 9/11 terrorism.  However, I am not proud of that incident, and wish that 9/11 never happened.  However, when I was sick and called 9-11, I was glad that G-d visited me, and I immediately repented from my idolatry and worshiped YHVH, who spoke to me as I AM. 

Numbers 17:(14) Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.

However, the sons of Korah, the ones that where loyal to him as a father did not die. 

Numbers 26: (11) Notwithstanding the sons of Korah died not.

Korah becomes a Levitical clan, where Levites are spread out throughout the world.

Numbers 26:(58) These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begot Amram.

Many great songs are associable with the Korahites.

Psalms Chapter 42, Psalms Chapter 44, Psalms Chapter 45, Psalms Chapter 46, Psalms Chapter 47, Psalms Chapter 48, Psalms Chapter 49, Psalms Chapter 84, Psalms Chapter 85, Psalms Chapter 87, Psalms Chapter 88, 

Why Many Scientists Are Atheists

According to my religion, doctors are supposed to act as if there is no Gd when it is time to heal.  This action, suspension of belief for the sake of administering healing, is fundamental to the way modern medicine is currently practiced.  When doctors find suspension of belief in the practice of medicine works, this is often when pride becomes puffed up, such that they take their job disbelief home with them, and IMO miss out on the joys of faith.