>>40702769
OP here:
Thank y'all for responding!

>>40702937
That's how it feels to me intuitively, but a part of me understands the Zionist Argument in this sense: I think there are aspects of Judaism that *may* intrinsically draw angry resistance from the world. As I come from a Christian culture, I can see his sense that a Godly, genuinely Monotheistic orientation is ontologically repellant to the outside world, as it partly consists in disrespecting beloved idols. Similarly, perhaps the spirit of Judaism foreknew that it required a certain set-apart land to truly exist. Likewise, in the Thirteen Petalled Rose, the author describes, realistically, the Jewish God as being "separate"--ultimately immanent and connected, but also *an infinite distance from all things.* So, there is a unique importance to separation. Furthermore, literal genocides are commanded in the Bible over this, so, though that is highly evil to my conscience, then and today, I can see why someone who is already Jewish might find it easier to theoretically say: "Well, it can't be evil to seize Israel by force today, or else Hashem is evil, which is blasphemy." And if I were strongly persuaded that the Law of Moses is objectively perfect, that position would not feel so far away either.

>>40703259
Thank you! I am more where you are, now, actually. /G\ But I'm still searching. Kaplan's Sepher Yetzirah has blown my mind when I read it a few years ago. I will revisit, and also look more into Abulafia.

>>40703297
Fair points! I agree Christian Fundies are about to find out, unfortunately.


I am very pleased to find earnest people on 4chan.