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Hitler hated the Jews because they wouldn't let him be a rabbi.

Also, Nazis are people too, misunderstood people who shouldn't be looked down upon because of a few bad things some of them did.

Is he conflating Nazi with German do you think?

[pixy0stix]

Look what happens when I stop reading threads.

[Deleted]

Yup! I thought you should all be aware that hilarity is ensuing and you're missing it.

[marie427]

Those poor Nazis.

[mominatrix]

Which thread is all this fun in?

Sent from my HTC Glacier using ProBoards... So excuse any wonky autocorrect.

[Seesaw]

It was the Jewish Columbus thread. The original one I think.

Don't blame me for the brain washing your local education systems gave you. Those are the facts from several different teachers and several different schools, including college. I actually think it's neat how we all have a different version of history. You may think your version defends your bigotted beliefs, but it doesn't. History never defends your bigotted beliefs imho. This foolish idea is why we still have black/white racism today.

Since no one seems to be able to grasp that, I'm becoming more and more for the idea of deleting Nazi stuff and slave stuff from all history books. Tada! No more hate!

Nazis are people about as much as homosexuals are still people. Hating their clothing as though the style committed genocide is asinine.

[lazyshadow]

Seesaw must not have read Hitler's wikipedia page. According to that, there was some speculation that a grandparent may have had a jewish father, i think, but that's about it. And he wanted to be a priest, not a rabbi.

[housegeek]

Don't forget he's ok with his mommy calling his college professor to ask for better grades

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

When my public school brainwashed me they taught me to spell "bigoted." Damn you, public schools!!!

[laurenpetro]

May 25, 2012 16:40:14 GMT -5 @Seesaw said:

It was the Jewish Columbus thread. The original one I think.

Don't blame me for the brain washing your local education systems gave you. Those are the facts from several different teachers and several different schools, including college. I actually think it's neat how we all have a different version of history. You may think your version defends your bigotted beliefs, but it doesn't. History never defends your bigotted beliefs imho. This foolish idea is why we still have black/white racism today.

Since no one seems to be able to grasp that, I'm becoming more and more for the idea of deleting Nazi stuff and slave stuff from all history books. Tada! No more hate!

Nazis are people about as much as homosexuals are still people. Hating their clothing as though the style committed genocide is asinine.

i hear Iran's been doing that for a while. nice job.

[Seesaw]

May 25, 2012 16:49:50 GMT -5 @lazyshadow said:

Seesaw must not have read Hitler's wikipedia page. According to that, there was some speculation that a grandparent may have had a jewish father, i think, but that's about it. And he wanted to be a priest, not a rabbi.

I don't get my history from Wiki. I could go correct that page for you if you want. Psst, rabbi's are jewish priests.

[ttt]

What the what?

[dev22]

[Deleted]

Oh hell. I can't even now lolol

[KateAggie]

[gpw]

May 25, 2012 18:38:03 GMT -5 KateAggie said:

/ded

I cannot catch up to all these things!

[AJL]

May 25, 2012 17:51:01 GMT -5 @Seesaw said:

I don't get my history from Wiki. I could go correct that page for you if you want. Psst, rabbi's are jewish priests.

[myst]

May 25, 2012 18:38:03 GMT -5 KateAggie said:

LOL, that about sums it up.

I must have missed the if-only-I-could-have-been-a-rabbi chapter in Mein Kampf.

[MrsAxilla]

May 25, 2012 16:54:38 GMT -5 housegeek said:

Don't forget he's ok with his mommy calling his college professor to ask for better grades

seriously? How did I miss that?

[overture]

May 25, 2012 19:05:11 GMT -5 AJL said:

May 25, 2012 17:51:01 GMT -5 @Seesaw said:

I don't get my history from Wiki. I could go correct that page for you if you want. Psst, rabbi's are jewish priests.

This is the most useful gif I have seen in a while.

::saves::

[Deleted]

May 25, 2012 19:07:07 GMT -5 myst said:

I must have missed the if-only-I-could-have-been-a-rabbi chapter in Mein Kampf.

Why did this make me giggle so hard?

[KateAggie]

I like this one even better.

[ringstrue]

www.jewfaq.org/rabbi.htm

A rabbi is not a priest, neither in the Jewish sense of the term nor in the Christian sense of the term. In the Christian sense of the term, a priest is a person with special authority to perform certain sacred rituals. A rabbi, on the other hand, has no more authority to perform rituals than any other adult male member of the Jewish community. In the Jewish sense of the term, a priest (kohein) is a descendant of Aaron, charged with performing various rites in the Temple in connection with religious rituals and sacrifices. Although a kohein can be a rabbi, a rabbi is not required to be a kohein.

A rabbi is simply a teacher, a person sufficiently educated in halakhah (Jewish law) and tradition to instruct the community and to answer questions and resolve disputes regarding halakhah. When a person has completed the necessary course of study, he is given a written document known as a semikhah, which confirms his authority to make such decisions.


YWIA!

[Deleted]

I'm not sure how true this is of the Jewish community at large, but the rabbi whose children I nannied for said that many rabbis don't view it as a calling the way your average priest or christian pastor does but as a career choice no more or less valuable than a doctor, dentist, etc.

I thought that was interesting. Again, no idea how that applies as a whole or if this was just his opinion, probably the latter. lol

[Seesaw]

May 25, 2012 19:07:51 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

May 25, 2012 16:54:38 GMT -5 housegeek said:

Don't forget he's ok with his mommy calling his college professor to ask for better grades

seriously? How did I miss that?

Because it didn't happen. Believe me, check the thread, believe this guy's account of me, or none of the above... but know I refute this claim.

[StrawberryBlondie]

May 25, 2012 19:57:52 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

I'm not sure how true this is of the Jewish community at large, but the rabbi whose children I nannied for said that many rabbis don't view it as a calling the way your average priest or christian pastor does but as a career choice no more or less valuable than a doctor, dentist, etc.

I thought that was interesting. Again, no idea how that applies as a whole or if this was just his opinion, probably the latter. lol

IIRC, one of the pastors at the church I grew up in (Lutheran) said something similar. Something about how he had a history degree, so he knew he needed to go to grad school to get a job, and seminary sounded more fun than law school.

[sporklemotion]

May 25, 2012 19:57:52 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

I'm not sure how true this is of the Jewish community at large, but the rabbi whose children I nannied for said that many rabbis don't view it as a calling the way your average priest or christian pastor does but as a career choice no more or less valuable than a doctor, dentist, etc.

I thought that was interesting. Again, no idea how that applies as a whole or if this was just his opinion, probably the latter. lol

Random Jewish person chiming in here, but this generally fits with my understanding of it, too. Most of the rabbis I know have expertise in Jewish law, customs, etc. and they have more of a "guidance" function. They may see it as a "calling" in the sense that they are usually relatively devout and feel compelled to keep Judaism alive and active, if that makes any sense. Just as doctors may feel a "calling" to heal others-- not really a religious or spiritual thing, but more of a pull. They will help their congregation navigate halakhah (as PP said) but other than their education and learning, they don't bring any special authority to the table (no higher powers speak to them).

One rabbi I know does it because he enjoys teaching, counseling, and organizing community events. Not to say that he doesn't believe in the religion deeply, but I get the sense that he has the job more because of the activities than because of some sense of spiritual mission.

This may be different in Hasidic communities. In those communities, the "rebbe" (head rabbi) is viewed as more of an authority and I think that people seek his permission to do things. I remember that back in the 80s, the Lubavitcher rebbe (Schneerson) was viewed almost as a messiah, and when he died it was kind of a problem. I'm woefully uninformed about Hasidism, though, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.