Impostors, The
March 14, 2010
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IMDB rating: 6.00 Plot: In an attempt to resurrect the slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy or The Marx Brothers, Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt team-up as two out-of-work actors who accidentally stowaway on a ship to hide from a drunken, belligerent lead actor who has sworn to kill them for belittling his talents. Of course, the lead actor end up on the ship as well. Also, a madman (Tony Shalhoub) plots the destruction of the ship and Steve Buscemi is a depressed, suicidal lounge singer named Happy Frank. |
Actors: Platt Oliver,Tucci Stanley,Jones Walker,Lipman David,Guidall George,Hill William,Molina Alfred,Emerson Michael,O’Connell Jack,Malloy Matt,Blumberg Ted,Shalhoub Tony,Comedy,
Why did God choose the Jews to be his people?
I am not anti-semitic, I have the utmost respect for Jews-at least real Jews and not the Zionist impostors-but that’s a whole another story. Moreover, are there particular reasons God chose the Jews, does the Torah or Holy Bible describe something along those lines? Thanks.
There are 12 tribes, not just one. You cannot lump all of them into one tribe, Judah.
The 12 Tribes of Israel:
Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Reuben, Simeon, Gad, Ephraim,
Manesseh, Benjamin, Dan, Asher, and Naphtali.
David G | Jan 26, 2010
God made an offer to Abraham and Abraham accepted it. There’s really no reason to believe He didn’t make the same offer to others who rejected it.
HTacianas | Jan 26, 2010
Will the REAL ISRAELITES ……PLEASE STANDUP!
Because they got lost.
Lost their Identity….and the memory who they are every since they left Egyptian bondage.
They have no-memory of who they are…even today.
They stayed in Egypt for 400 years; they were egyptian by culture but OUR CHARATER IS ISREALITE.
WE WILL REGAIN THE KNOWLEGE OF WHO WE ARE AS YAH’S PEOPLE…..SOON.
WE BEGAN TO CALL HIS NAME; HE WILL REVEAL HIMSELF TO US AS A NATION.
HALLELU YAH!
MATTHEW 10: 6.
GO RATHER TO THE LOST SHEEP….NOT THE GENTILES…GENESIS 10: 1-5..ASKENAZIES [3]..
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
ISAIAH 52: 5[6]7. | Jan 26, 2010
God is always looking for people who have a desire for righteousness. He searches the earth, looking for hearts that are open to Him. God found Abram to be such a man.
Gabbylittleangel | Jan 26, 2010
The Chosen People
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Appreciating an often-misunderstood idea.
The Jewish nation is often referred to as "the Chosen People."
Many people (including Jews) are uncomfortable with this idea. They perceive the concept of a "Chosen People" as racist and mindful of the Nazi concept of a supreme "Aryan" nation. It appears to contradict the accepted Western ideal of all people being equal before God.
Is the Jewish concept of choseness racist?
When the Torah refers to the Jewish people as "chosen," it is not in any way asserting that Jews are racially superior. Americans, Russians, Europeans, Asians and Ethiopians are all part of the Jewish people. It is impossible to define choseness as anything related to race, since Jews are racially diverse.
Yet while the term "Chosen People" (Am Nivchar) does not mean racially superior, choseness does imply a special uniqueness.
What is this uniqueness? Historically, it goes back to Abraham. Abraham lived in a world steeped in idolatry, which he concluded was contradicted by the reality of design in nature. So Abraham came to a belief in G-d, and took upon himself the mission of teaching others of the monotheistic ideal. Abraham was even willing to suffer persecution for his beliefs. After years of enormous effort, dedication and a willingness to accept the responsibility to be G-d’s representative in this world, G-d chose Abraham and his descendents to be the teachers of this monotheistic message.
In other words it is not so much that G-d chose the Jews; it is more accurate that the Jews (through Abraham) chose G-d.
Chosenness was not part of G-d’s "original plan." Initially all of humanity was to serve the role of G-d’s messengers, but after the fall of Adam, humanity lost that privilege, and it was open for grabs. Only Abraham chose to take the mantle. If others would have (and they were offered the choice), they too would have joined in this special covenant which was sealed upon the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
If a privilege is offered to everyone willing to pay the necessary price, nobody can protest that those willing to make the extra effort are being shown favoritism. For example: It is reasonable that an employee who agrees to work overtime, attend training seminars, and manage special projects, should be entitled to a performance bonus — particularly if each employee was given the same opportunity.
The essence of being chosen means responsibility. It is a responsibility to change the world — not by converting everyone to Judaism, but by living as a model community upheld by ethics, morals and beliefs of one God. In that way, we can influence the rest of mankind, a "light unto the nations" (Isaiah 42:6).
Judaism is Universal
Further, Judaism is not exclusionary. A human being need not to be Jewish to reach a high spiritual level. Enoch "walked with God," and Noah had quite a high level of relationship, though neither were Jewish. Our tradition is that all of the 70 nations must function together and play an integral part in that "being" called humanity.
According to Judaism (Talmud - Sanhedrin 58b), any person can achieve a place in the World to Come by faithfully observing the seven basic laws of humanity. These seven laws are named the "Laws of Noah," since all humans are descended from Noah:
1) Do not murder.
2) Do not steal.
3) Do not worship false gods.
4) Do not be sexually immoral.
5) Do not eat the limb of an animal before it is killed.
6) Do not curse God.
7) Set up courts and bring offenders to justice.
Torah is for all humanity. King Solomon built the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, he specifically asked God to heed the prayer of non-Jews who come to the Temple (1-Kings 8:41-43). The Temple was the universal center of spirituality, which the prophet Isaiah referred to as a "house of prayer for all nations." Non-Jews were welcome to bring offerings to the Temple as well. In fact, the service in the Holy Temple during the week of Sukkot featured a total of 70 bull offerings, corresponding to each of the 70 nations of the world. In fact, the Talmud says that if the Romans would have realized how much they were benefiting from the Temple, they never would have destroyed it!
Most other religions say that non-believers are condemned to eternal damnation. Even the calendar systems of Christianity and Islam reflect an exclusionary philosophy; each begins with the birth of their respective religion. The Jewish calendar, on the other hand, begins with the creation of Adam, the first man, teaching us the intrinsic value of every human, even though the Jewish religion was not yet born.
For this reason, Jews do not proselytize in search of converts.
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Everyone has a place with G-d and heaven.
D Aravah - JBC | Jan 26, 2010
It was their God and their religion. They thought they were chosen to show their neighboring countries the one true God.
SBR32277 | Jan 26, 2010
If you truly want to learn about this then check this out.
It’s from a (Jewish) resource (chabad.org)
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cd o/aid/112063/jewish/Abrahams-Early-Life. htm
jrrose | Jan 26, 2010
Martian Child
February 7, 2010
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IMDB rating: 7.10 Plot: A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he’s really from Mars. |
Actors: Cusack John,Coleman Bobby,Platt Oliver,Bud,Schiff Richard,Kaye David,Bonneville Braxton,Charles Samuel,Ludwig Zak,Chu Samuel Patrick,Morrissette Ryan,Drama,
Baseball Quote from Martian Child?
Does anyone have the quote from Martian Child that was about baseball — it was something like "baseball is great because you can fail 7 times out of 10 and still be considered great." It was something like that, but I can’t find it anywhere!
"[Baseball is] the one game where if you fail seventy percent of the time you’re considered good. If you’re just a few points better, failing just sixty-seven percent of the time, you’re superior."
Brad | Feb 03, 2010
Manuel Curtis