V = I·R

...between the Church of England and the Church of Reform and/or Conservative Judaism. (Although, based on the dvar Torah I heard this Shabbos in the local presumably Orthodox shull... well, never mind...) Starting 0:30:

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“...theology is a device for enabling the agnostics to stay within the Church.”

— One of them wants to get G-d out of Church of England, and the other one wants to get the Queen out.
— Well, the Queen is inseparable from the Church of England.
— I see. What about G-d?
— I think He is what’s called “an optional extra”.

See also this, starting from 1:26:

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— I’ve heard he is very religious.
— Well, it’s all right for a bishop, is it not?

… literally. (Warning: somewhat R-rated.)

“Teen [alegedly] pregnant after swimming in a pool.”

I guess the whole “Holy Spirit did it” excuse has been so overused nobody would believe it anymore.

There is a famous joke that I may have told several times already. A son comes home and tells his Jewish atheist father about X-mas, the tree, the mamzer, the whole spil, and asks to have an X-mas tree. The father starts screaming at him that they are Jewish and they don’t do this. The son asks: “But I thought we don’t believe in G-d?..” The father answers: “Yes, but it’s the Jewish G-d we don’t believe in.”

I heard this story first time from my rabbi when I told him about a Jewish — but not religious — scientist from Russia who came to the US on a job offer. Her boss was showing her around and brought her to a reform shull. She entered, saw the rabbi without kippa, men and women sitting together, turned around and walked out. She may not keep Shabbos or kosher, but she knows treif when she sees it.

This story reminded me of the joke and the scientist. Especially the last sentence.

A conversation with one X-ian:

— In Isaiah 53:2, there is no “Israel” inserted in brackets. It’s just something “Talmudists” made up to get out of the prophecy about [idolatry].
— And in expression F = ma, there is no multiplication sign. It’s just something some physicists made up.

Nor, by the way, is there in V = IR. It’s just something I made up to prove a point.

When printing press came out, Catholics called it the Devil’s machine and a danger to civilization. No concept of making a vessel for G-dliness.

Lehavdil, Jews started printing Shulchan Aruch, Tanach and Talmud.

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Some news are serious, some news are disturbing, some news are terrifying and bringing tears to eyes.

But after reading certain news, one starts thinking — how will the planet turn now? What will hold the Universe together?

A couple examples: one and two.