by Shmuel Parzal | Aug 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
Shalom everyone, I was recently asked to explain why I disagreed with Bart Ehrman’s opinion that, since the Romans executed Jesus as a messiah, that he must therefore have been executed for political reasons. Ehrman believes that the Romans executed Yeshua...
by Shmuel Parzal | Aug 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
Introduction: The Problem of Psychopaths and Sociopaths There is a difficult question that any religious faith committed to goodness eventually has to confront: What do we do when we encounter a person who appears to have little or no capacity for genuine empathy,...
by Shmuel Parzal | Aug 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Conflicting Worldviews Talmidaism uses “Yahwism” normatively to mean the system of ethics, values and beliefs given by YHVH, through holy men and women, prophets and sages, that together produce a monotheistic faith in a holy God, YHVH. Yahwism is the faith and...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jul 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
Why I wrote this article When we encounter uncomfortable views on a daily basis from religious and political extremes, it is always helpful to know what the biblical Yahwist view would be (Yahwism is what the theology of the original Israelite faith is called, which...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jul 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Why I wrote this article Occasionally I like to examine the values of other religions and philosophies, in order to understand them; also, to understand where we align in our outlook, and where we differ. Doing this will help us understand in what areas we can build...