Poland’s gay rabbi http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/polands-gay-rabbi/ Poland has its first openly gay rabbi, reports The Associated Pres en-us uheilman@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-06-26T;20:33:00-05:00 Comment by Ari H marty_jar@hotmail.co.uk Pete - do you believe that all Rabbis are infallible? Even in Catholisism, it’s acknowledged that the Clergy aren’t infallible, and sin, in keeping with God’s creation. I’m against this guy PRACTICING homosexuality, but if his congregation wish to treat homosexuality rather like you and I treat other sins, then that’s their theological decision, and it’s actually a wholly logical one, given that we are more than willing to go to Rabbis in the knowledge that they too sin. Pete - do you believe that all Rabbis are infallible?

Even in Catholisism, it’s acknowledged that the Clergy aren’t infallible, and sin, in keeping with God’s creation.

I’m against this guy PRACTICING homosexuality, but if his congregation wish to treat homosexuality rather like you and I treat other sins, then that’s their theological decision, and it’s actually a wholly logical one, given that we are more than willing to go to Rabbis in the knowledge that they too sin.

]]> 2012-05-24T;14:04:00-05:00 Comment by Pete pete_eriksen@yahoo.com What next? “Poland’s first pork eating Rabbi”, or “Poland’s first non-Sabbath-observant Rabbi”? You can’t have your cake and eat it too. You can’t represent a religion and defy its doctrine at the same time. And clearly he is defying the doctrine.. Leviticus 20:13. If a man also lies with men, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Deuteronomy 22:5. The woman shall not wear that which belongs to a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for all who do so are abomination to the Lord your God. What next? “Poland’s first pork eating Rabbi”, or “Poland’s first non-Sabbath-observant Rabbi”?

You can’t have your cake and eat it too. You can’t represent a religion and defy its doctrine at the same time. And clearly he is defying the doctrine..

Leviticus 20:13. If a man also lies with men, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Deuteronomy 22:5. The woman shall not wear that which belongs to a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for all who do so are abomination to the Lord your God.

]]> 2012-05-24T;14:04:00-05:00 Comment by Ari H marty_jar@hotmail.co.uk Wow - I didn’t realize you were THAT David Ben-Ariel...wow… Clearly you’re wholly against homosexuality, as evidence from this headline from your website:- “David Ben-Ariel warns about a German-led Europe that God will permit to nuke the American, British and Jewish peoples for our national sins. Whether it’s Christmas, Easter, abortion or homosexual marriages, they’re all to blame and abominable” http://beyondbabylon.blogspot.com/2009/05/im-not-terrorist.html Well, as a Christian Zionist you also have countless reasons to believe in tolerance and democracy. If you are against homosexuality, don’t do it. God ultimately decides the morality of a person’s actions, and I don’t think you can claim that because this Rabbi is openly gay, that that somehow makes it everybody else’s business. It’s between him, his flock, and God. Wow - I didn’t realize you were THAT David Ben-Ariel...wow…

Clearly you’re wholly against homosexuality, as evidence from this headline from your website:-

“David Ben-Ariel warns about a German-led Europe that God will permit to nuke the American, British and Jewish peoples for our national sins. Whether it’s Christmas, Easter, abortion or homosexual marriages, they’re all to blame and abominable”
http://beyondbabylon.blogspot.com/2009/05/im-not-terrorist.html

Well, as a Christian Zionist you also have countless reasons to believe in tolerance and democracy. If you are against homosexuality, don’t do it. God ultimately decides the morality of a person’s actions, and I don’t think you can claim that because this Rabbi is openly gay, that that somehow makes it everybody else’s business.

It’s between him, his flock, and God.

]]> 2012-05-24T;14:04:00-05:00 Comment by David Ben-Ariel davidbenariel@bex.net The “rabbi” has made it everybody’s business by “outing” himself and professing to be a Jewish religious leader. Katz has further exposed his confusion by his chutzpah to speak of hoping for “a normal Jewish life in Poland.” The sinful practice of homosexuality is not normal among truly Torah-observant Jews or Christians and remains an abomination, as I dare to share within God and the Gays. The “rabbi” has made it everybody’s business by “outing” himself and professing to be a Jewish religious leader. Katz has further exposed his confusion by his chutzpah to speak of hoping for “a normal Jewish life in Poland.” The sinful practice of homosexuality is not normal among truly Torah-observant Jews or Christians and remains an abomination, as I dare to share within God and the Gays.

]]> 2012-05-24T;14:04:00-05:00 Comment by Rocky rocky2345@hotmail.com I never realized there was so much hatred among Jews until I started reading this board. Many of you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Even a gay rabbi deserves a little happiness. And in case you didn’t know, the actor who played Motel the tailor in “Fiddler on the Roof”, Leonard Frey, was also gay. I never realized there was so much hatred among Jews until I started reading this board. Many of you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Even a gay rabbi deserves a little happiness. And in case you didn’t know, the actor who played Motel the tailor in “Fiddler on the Roof”, Leonard Frey, was also gay.

]]> 2012-05-24T;14:04:00-05:00 Comment by Ari H marty_jar@hotmail.co.uk If you don’t like it, don’t have him as your Rabbi! Other than that, it’s nobody’s business… If you don’t like it, don’t have him as your Rabbi!

Other than that, it’s nobody’s business…

]]> 2012-05-24T;14:04:00-05:00 Comment by Judy Pollock judypollock@comcast.net Homosexuality is sin, and it is a disgrace that this ‘rabbi’ is living the perverse lifestyle that his Orthodox father would be extremely ashamed of. Homosexuality is sin, and it is a disgrace that this ‘rabbi’ is living the perverse lifestyle that his Orthodox father would be extremely ashamed of.

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