Subj : On The Mount
To   : CONSTANCE RAWLEY
From : Curtis Johnson
Date : Thu Nov 02 2000 08:30 pm

 >             You are invited to participate in
 >                  Laying and Annointing a
 >                      Cornerstone for
 >                      the Third Temple
 
 CJ> Why bother?
 CR> 
 CR> Why bother doing anything, Curtis?

	Why bother igniting a war?
 
 CJ> It would only get blown up anyway by animal rights activists.
 CR> 
 CR> Or radicals of another stripe, eh?
 
	As if folks who weren't coldly and deliberately trying to
ignite a war by this weren't themselves "radicals."

 CJ> (Just like what more or less happened to the Elephantine Temple.)
 CR> 
 CR> And the World Trade Center? Since when do terrorists get to dictate
 CR> what we do?

	What do you call people who are deliberately trying to ignite
a war?  (Consider the timing and what happened the last time this stunt
was tried.)

	Continuing on this topic, with your message to Joshua in the
same packet:
 
 > The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement
 > Jochanan Horkanos 4, P.O.Box 18325 Jerusalem, Israel
 > Tel: 6251112 Tel/fax 6251113
 
 JL> This is a small group of nuts, who inevitably are kept from
 JL> ascending the Temple Mount by Israel's own security forces.
 
 Are you saying that the news release made fraudulent claims?
 It said that they had permission and promises of protection.

	If they said that, you bet it was fraudulent.  Sorta gives
you a clue about what type of folks these are, doesn't it?

 Did they ascend the Temple Mount and lay the corner stone?

	You're kidding, aren't you?  Or are you really clueless
about what would have happened?		
 
 JL> (Too bad security forces didn't do the same thing for Sharon.)
 
 What, keep him away from the Mount? So you're displeased with his
 attempt to stir up the people and make a bid for the Mount?

	Uh, Constance, just which people got stirred up?
 
 JL> Ironically this is not allowed according to traditional Jewish
 JL> law, which forbids the ascending onto the Temple Mount in a
 JL> ritually impure state.
 
 Does Sharon consider himself above the law? Or does he not agree
 with your interpretation of it?
 
 JL> [Which all of us are in due to the ashes of the Red Heifer
 JL> being no longer existent.])
 
 You called the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement nuts?
 So... "all of us" are in a ritually impure state because the ashes of
 "the Red Heifer" no longer exist?  That must be some sacred cow!
 
	You really might want to go deeper into Judaistic thought on
the Temple before trying to cheer these provocateurs on.


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