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Ancient Egyptian Childbirth Frog GodThis is a picture of an ancient Egyptian idol, a frog god, on display at the Toledo, Ohio, Museum of Art. The more you learn about the Torah, the deeper and heavier it gets.
Egypt worshipped the frog, the curators tell us, as the Deity of pregnancy and childbirth. This factoid adds a little depth to the history in the Book of Exodus of the plagues of Egypt. The first plague turned the River Nile’s water bloody- a reminder, to the Egyptians, of their people’s slaughter of the People of Israel’s babies. (Remember how they drowned Moses' generation in the Nile?) HaShem, the Master of the Universe, turned their own idol, the Nile, against them - it testified against their murders of the innocents. Then came the second plague, a fantastic indundation of their own “god"...further testimony to remind them and all Creation of their people’s crimes. When Life BeginsAfter the fertilization of a lady’s egg by the gentleman’s sperm, it remains “mere water” or just a hairy egg, for the next five-weeks. Only 40-days post-conception does its acquire the ability to feel pain, through the development of a nervous system, and a beating heart, and the beginnings of recognizably human features, faces, hands and feet, fingers and toes. Its gender also gets settled, and perceptible. At that point, anyone with any brains ought to know enough not to try to kill the fetus - by now, him or her – unless, of course, the further development of the fetus goes wrong to the extent that he or she directly endangers the life of its mother. The idea that “life begins” sometime about when the gentleman asks “How’s about it?” and the lady replies, “My place or yours,” is false. The idea that “all abortion should be banned” as of conception is not a Torah idea. At the same time, the idea that the developing fetus can be killed for any or no reason after he or she has reached 40-days past conception is genuinely inhuman and contrary to God’s Law. In fact, pretty nearly any idiot ought to be able to make his or her own determination that it's truly wrong. As such, it's a violation of the Noahide or Universal Law, the First Covenant Law - since the essence of the Seven Universal Laws is that they are OBVIOUS!
Thanks to whoever orginally wrote and posted this on Facebook [click here to go to Rainbow Covenant on Facebook]. A gentle admonition against violating the Universal Law against eating a limb torn from the living.A Farmer’s Tale A man is lost in a rural area and stops at a farm to get directions. As he is talking to the farmer he notices a pig with a wooden leg. “How did the pig get a wooden leg?” he asks the farmer.
Israel Burns with AmericaLet us not feel too terribly bad, as Americans and Westerners, when they who delight in reviling Israel revile America too. There are a lot more Arabs and Muslims than Jews and they have immensely more earthly wealth and power... So, many "Realist" leaders in government and business put a lot of emphasis on this. Nevertheless, it’s good to stand with Israel!
The Thinker and the DoerAll depends on deeds. – Rabbi Akiba, of blessed memory: Pirke Avot 3:15
The Thinker and the Doer. Thanks to brilliant English cartoonist Keith Reynolds, c. 2012 By Michael Dallen
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