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@alainastruc He already found it easier to belive in aliens planting humanity (and I guess further aliens planting those aliens) than God.

If you're surprised, you haven't understood much about Dawkins. At this point in his life, he has no choice. He must think this, so his science and his angry atheism can finally meet, the machine becoming conscious and him a great thinker. The problem is that Dawkins's view of religion is basically the one of a narrow Protestant English man who replaced God with science. He never bothered to update his views on religion or spirituality. He just went on raging against the dumb version he was taught as a child, with the confidence and arrogance only a top scientist, and he is one, can have. Now that his brand of new atheism has fallen apart while he's still alive and made him look bad, there's only one thing left to do. Go all in. Say Claude is conscious. If you laugh at the idea that he can believe it, remember he has a real interest in believing it. And tomorrow you'll see a wave of strange cult-like people show up, people who hate the idea of God but are ready to worship a machine. Mark my words. This is what happens to people who are not philosophically grounded.

@KolHaolam She actually did so? She could have come back any other time. No one has had to so this for a license.

DISGRACEFUL: A Jewish woman filed a federal lawsuit against the NYS DMV after being forced to remove her shitel (head cover) for a driver’s license photo at the Brooklyn Atlantic Ave office. Despite law allowing religious exemptions, staff allegedly refused her request.

@TRobinsonNewEra What's not ok? There wae a crime done by a criminal and the police arrested him. Perfect end of the story, and nothing new or unique about that. Here's a shortcut: Go read the prison list and complain about each inmate.

THIS IS NOT OK Israeli Police arrested a man who shoved a French Catholic Nun to the ground, he then went on to kick her while she was lying on the ground. This happened near the site of the last supper. That man needs locking up for a long time after doing that, what a total scumbag.

@memecrashes Same for a triangle

@HananyaNaftali The Zionist dream was to have our own criminals. Why be beside yourself when you get your wish? Deal with your anticipated criminal and move on. Do Americans feel the need to announce disapproval of every American criminal?

BREAKING: A Christian nun was attacked in the old city of Jerusalem by a Jewish extremist. As a Jew living in Israel, I strongly condemn this disgusting crime. I commend the police that arrested the criminal and I hope he will pay the highest price. Most people in Israel are appalled by these radical acts, and we are not defined by a radical minority. Christians are thriving in Israel, and we stand with them and cherish them.

@narwhaldevil95 Idol worship brought about the destruction of the Temple. The Haskala is absolutely to blame for the fact that religious jews are now the minority and have a title rather than simply being 'Jews'.

They also speak as if the haskalah movement was the first time in which Jews went off the derech, and so the Holocaust was a punishment for that. Jews were worshiping idols for 3,000 years before that. So yeah, they still have problems. 3/3

While Satmar Hasidim are very nice people and their form of "antizionism" isn't the same as leftist "antizionism," it's still not perfect and includes a lot of revisionism. Like they're obsessed with the idea that the Zionists wanted to make people not religious. 1/3

@EYakoby Not necessarily them, but their target audience.

There’s no way they’re this dumb.

@HonestReporting Are the Brits doing as much about this as they did during the Hebron riots?

1/ Want to know why Jews are being stabbed on UK’s streets? Look at Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. After Golders Green attack, she REJECTED her own adviser’s warning that anti-Jewish attacks are the biggest national security emergency in nearly a decade. Now watch the rest.

@JeffreyWoolf What would really be helpful would be an interactive 3D model in which you can remove parts, and see each one from many angles. I've found the drawings to be much clearer than the photographs, but can still be messy.

When I learned Shechita and Terefot, aside from going on a field trip to the slaughterhouse, all there was to help concretize the study, was מדריך להלכות טריפות by Rav Yisrael Levinger ז"ל (brother of R. Moshe Levinger ז"ל, R. Prof. Yaakov Levinger ז"ל and brother in law of ייבדל לחיים טובים וארוכים Prof. Hagai Ben Shammai. Lots has changed. Curiousity: I studied Terefos with Rav Yaakov Moshe Savitzky, the uncle of Mr. Daf Yomi, R Eli Stefansky. (We didn't have cute videos though, only big pieces of slaughtered calfs to examine).

@PolitlcsUK Thank you so much for your spft, air-filled words.

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer's full address to the nation over the Golders Green terror attack "If you stand alongside people who say Globalize the Intifada, you are calling for terrorism against Jews" "I call on everyone decent in this country to open their eyes to Jewish pain"

@jewishmemequeen We tried implementing לובש שחורים but I don't think it worked out that way.

If you’re going to wear a yarmulke in public, please be a decent human being

@NYCREMilton @USArmy If this is one fellow, then they're doing a pretty good job with their vetting.

The military needs to do better vetting. The signs of a deranged wannabe mass murderer need to be recognized and not be allowed to besmirch the sterling name of the awesome @USArmy

@RationalSettler Nothing wrong with mocking כפירה. Don't try to אלו ואלו this.

Will there be animal sacrifices in the rebuilt temple? I just had a fascinating discussion on Twitter generated by a post I wrote about the red cow and a comment made by Eylon Levy about whether korbonot, including the red cow, will exist in the Messianic era. The Rambam was crystal clear in his position that the mitzvot are eternal and will never change. In his Mishnah Torah, he wrote that Mashiach will rebuild the Temple and “[animal] sacrifices will be offered… as commanded by the Torah.” This is the consensus and traditional opinion. Yet there are sources that suggest korbonot might change. The medrash in Vayikra Rabbah taught that in the future, “All sacrifices will be annulled — but the sacrifice of thanksgiving will not.” In an opinion I neither understand nor can find any source for in Chazal or the Rishonim, Rav Kook wrote that when humanity reaches its highest refinement, “Man will no longer feel the need to take animal life,” and only grain offerings will remain.” Rav Kook urged students not to rush practical questions before prophetic guidance returns. I don’t claim to resolve the sugya, it’s a complex Torah topic with legitimate sources on multiple sides. The position that there will be korbonot in the future seems more convincing, and more importantly, based in Jewish tradition. The vitriol of the discussion was upsetting, this wasn’t a discssion led by derech eretz. People on both sides responded with anger and mockery instead of wisdom and ideas. Whether or not there will be korbonot in the future is a Torah question about the geulah, not a political fight. During these days of Sefirat HaOmer, when we mourn Rabbi Akiva’s students who died for failing to treat each other with basic kavod, we should remember: derech eretz comes before everything, especially the Torah. Let’s debate Torah with respect.

@EylonALevy @RationalSettler But the problem of not celebrating Atzmaut is כופר בעיקר, don't forget.

@RationalSettler We’re not going back to animal sacrifice. They can remain a museum piece.

Holy cow! I was able to visit the פרות אדומות (red cows) in Shilo this week. I’ve never seen a red cow - let alone an entire group - before. I’m still processing what it means to have these cows ready to go for the Jewish people to restart the service in the בית המקדש (Temple). It seems everywhere you turn in this land we are all ready to go to the next stage of Jewish destiny. I’m ready!

@DwdNtn פשוט הכנסת דעתך בתוך דיון בראשונים. אבל רש"י ותוס' לא חשו לדין חדש שחידשת. daf-yomi.com/DYItemDetails.…

האם בית מקדש שנופל מהשמיים כשר בכלל? נאמר בתורה "ועשו לי מקדש" ולכאורה יש כאן בעיה של "תעשה ולא מן העשוי". לענ"ד אם בית המקדש נופל מהשמיים צריך לסתור אותו ולבנות מחדש.

@JamesChiavarini They were protesting what they knew they deserved.

Chants of 'Globalise the Intifada' and the like were made loud and clear on the high street the day after October 7th and long before any action had been taken by Israel in response to the atrocities caused by Hamas. The police did nothing to stop it. /2

I'm (briefly) back on here to say something important. I have two restaurants in Kensington. The Israeli embassy is at the top of the road. /1

@figueiraboy69 @MikeyMacDee @codek_tv Remove the ... and try it. 9.99 - 0.999 = 8.991 Being infinite doesn't supply you an extra digit.

@MikeyMacDee @codek_tv how??

@Osint613 Are they attracted to blue light?

Oh wow Israel starting to use these against Hezbollah drones.

@Osint613 Follow a strict protocol. Or make one if you don't have one. Then you can quietly deal with it, without prior announcements.

PM Netanyahu is holding a security meeting over the flotilla heading toward Gaza. Israeli officials assess the convoy includes several boats from multiple countries and around 1,000 people. One vessel reportedly carries the sister of Irish President Michael D. Higgins. How should Israel respond?

@BorderWatch_PK @Osint613 @PolitlcsUK Yeah, maybe not so special: thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap…

@Osint613 @PolitlcsUK Britain is America’s true and loyal ally, not Israel. Time to ditch the one-sided favoritism and restore our genuine special relationship with the UK.

Christian Turner, Britain’s ambassador in Washington, said in leaked private remarks that the U.S.’ only real “special relationship” is likely with Israel rather than the UK. Via @PolitlcsUK