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always: I think this is a joke. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

Besides, she doesn’t know how old the posters are.

Um. Are there people suggesting here that certain rishonim held that people could do things to other people against Hashem’s will and that Hashem is powerless to stop it?

Because that is definitely what you are saying if you say something could happen to someone without Hashem wanting it.

If that is true, I don’t know why we worship Him. What’s the point of asking Hashem to not get fired if He doesn’t control it?

I was also shocked by the matter of fact question why texting is ok.. Like it’s a given!

No, it wasn’t a given, it was a troll.

Ok. That is fine. I guess I just got confused about your intent here.

I suppose my follow question is that you seem to assume that the kids who text on shabbos are really doing something so bad and it is what the gemara’s you reference are talking about.

I disagree. I think these kids have been misguided and mistreated, and are barely to blame for what they are doing, and it is not at all what the gemara’s are talking about.

You might wonder: how did it happen that suddenly we just have so many reshaim? The answer has to be that they really aren’t such reshaim. Because any other answer supposes there is a cause, and if there is a cause, then they simply are not that bad.

Bomb:

Here is what I think about this article.

You provide a lot of background to the story, but almost don’t tell the story. If you want to tell a story about yourself, it needs to be about yourself, with the background added in as needed. Like your first one.

Unfortunately today too many folks don’t realize how hot gehenim in fact is. If we would stress more how bad the punishment (gehenim) for sin is, there are some people who otherwise would sin that would then refrain.

lol

I am moved to write this

But do you think this is helpful? Do you really think the problem these kids have is nobody convinced them sufficiently that gehenom is really hot?

Just wear a sweater over it.

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I’m not sure about that. I’ve always been told that we hate ????? ??? ??????. Sins but not sinners.

Bungalow living is bad for your marriage. Once your husband finds out how much quieter the house is without you, and how many options there are for cholent at 2 in the morning, you are finished.

I don’t know about this.

Judging things is an essential part to having ideals and morals. If you are afraid to call something wrong, then how can you call something right.

To give a funny example- consider this thread. You are criticizing those who judge. Aren’t you judging?

I think we need to differentiate between judging ideas and judging people.

So that, while I try to be understanding of people based on their individual struggles and backgrounds, that does not mean that I approve of the ideas they espouse.

So I will judge ideas. I will judge groups based on the ideas they represent. And I think that means that I have the courage of my convictions to say that this is right and this is wrong.

Yes. In fact I looked up Igros Moshe 1:39. He specifically says that the purpose is not that the men not see the women. Rather, the purpose is to separate them. Therefore, he says it needs to be shoulder height, which he says is 18 tefachim.

So you made it up. The women may in fact be visible to the men.

Modern Orthodoxy is a description used for modern movements in Orthodoxy, such as chassidus and the mussar movement.

Why is it ok for kids to read Arthur books but not watch it?

I don’t approve of the Arthur books. They are full of boy-girl relationships, and also full of bad middos.

I post more conservatively under my mod 80 name since it is a mod account.

I use YWN as a verb, or more usually I’ll say I’m “yeshiva worlding”

Anyone who works in a camp must be mentally deficient. There must be some sort of law that you can pay them less.

I got a new used car yesterday(new to me but it’s a 2010 with 40,000 miles on it)

What kind?

How much?

There should be a way to delete your own comments

Or a way to delete other people’s comments.

Mazel tov C.

From the onlysimchas page, it looks like you got your football player.

(That is, the Hashkafically MO as opposed to “I like cholov stam and rock concerts” MO).

Firstly, no talking on this thread. Secondly, I am more comfortable with the I like cholov stam and rock concerts MO.

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