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sakabatou

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39. I remember being prayed over while I was in the hospital.

Fri Oct 1, 2021, 09:45 PM

Oct 2021

I only remember the last two or three days of my stay due to my injury. If it made those praying over me feel better, that's fine, but I found it ridiculous.

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There's a teacher on CNN who says her belief in Judaism prevents her from being vaccinated [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 OP

There is a serious problem malaise Oct 2021 #1

It's crazy. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #3

Yep. If your choice is eating pork or starving, it's okay to break kashrut. sakabatou Oct 2021 #31

It's about doing the most to please God at the moment. Starving to death isn't pleasing God. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Oct 2021 #2

I hope it also prevents her from having a job Chautauquas Oct 2021 #4

Was this just now? moriah Oct 2021 #5

In the last fifteen minutes or so DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #6

You would think that if there was something in Judaic Law or Tradition... Caliman73 Oct 2021 #9

You are absolutely correct Mossfern Oct 2021 #11

Thanks for confirming that understandng. moriah Oct 2021 #23

and that rates an appearance on CNN stillcool Oct 2021 #7

The Media is scraping the bottom of the barrel for crazies, pwb Oct 2021 #8

After I saw an interview with a nurse on CNN earlier today, it became crystal clear their Vinca Oct 2021 #10

No, that's not it. Mariana Oct 2021 #21

Thats not religion. If god is talking to you its mental illness and I believe the institutionalized NightWatcher Oct 2021 #12

I agree. That "teacher" needs mental health intervention, not TV time as if valid traitorsgalore Oct 2021 #17

Try again frazzled Oct 2021 #13

You are allowed to violate the dietary laws if the choice is eating non-kosher food or dying. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #27

And CNN gives her a GD platform. MontanaMama Oct 2021 #14

Wisdom from Susan B Anthony Runningdawg Oct 2021 #15

I saw this segment. HoosierDebbie Oct 2021 #16

So, Israel isn't vaccinating its citizens? MineralMan Oct 2021 #18

And a Talmudic scholar would say you are full of shit. Aristus Oct 2021 #19

I know a Jewish diabetic who, as a child, refused insulin when she found out it was from pigs unblock Oct 2021 #20

RSO rso Oct 2021 #22

How Israel Persuaded Reluctant Ultra-Orthodox Jews To Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Klaralven Oct 2021 #24

So, then, "God" pledges to smite her by "telling her not to be vaccinated?" hlthe2b Oct 2021 #25

GOD didn't tell her anything. She is manufacturing this so she doesn't get vaccinated. Trueblue1968 Oct 2021 #26

Jewish law, and most authorities, say get vaccinated. But... TreasonousBastard Oct 2021 #28

Where in the Talmud or Torah does it say "thou shall not get vaccinated"? DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #29

Nowhere that I know of. Ask in Crown Heights. TreasonousBastard Oct 2021 #33

Fundamentalists are scary to me, regardless of their religion. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #34

Me too. When fundies get hold of a religion, peace and love go out the window. TreasonousBastard Oct 2021 #36

True. sakabatou Oct 2021 #37

A few years back I was at this town center in Woodland Hills. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #38

I remember being prayed over while I was in the hospital. sakabatou Oct 2021 #39

Nowhere. They should know by now that life trumps your personal beliefs. sakabatou Oct 2021 #35

Apparently, my conservative Rabbi and Cantor were wrong to initiate calls to elders as they became karynnj Oct 2021 #30

Yeah, that was some lazy shit. She also admitted to having Maru Kitteh Oct 2021 #40