Dr. Brian Keating
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I said to Richard, you know, I said, look, Richard, I also don't believe in the God that you also don't believe in. It's so simplistic. And Sam, to some extent, is worse just from the perspective that he's so persuasive. I mean, he's the only person besides you that I've ever known, I've spent four hours with, that never uses the word, you know, has any verbal communication.
I said to Richard, you know, I said, look, Richard, I also don't believe in the God that you also don't believe in. It's so simplistic. And Sam, to some extent, is worse just from the perspective that he's so persuasive. I mean, he's the only person besides you that I've ever known, I've spent four hours with, that never uses the word, you know, has any verbal communication.
crutches whatsoever, and I don't mean to jinx our conversation, but he just speaks in complete—he speaks in prose, as they say, you know, paragraphs. And, you know, when we talk about things, very simple things, why don't you do—you know, what is your feeling about, you know, Judaism that made you reject, you know, I guess his dad is Jewish, I forget— And, well, it just takes slavery.
crutches whatsoever, and I don't mean to jinx our conversation, but he just speaks in complete—he speaks in prose, as they say, you know, paragraphs. And, you know, when we talk about things, very simple things, why don't you do—you know, what is your feeling about, you know, Judaism that made you reject, you know, I guess his dad is Jewish, I forget— And, well, it just takes slavery.
crutches whatsoever, and I don't mean to jinx our conversation, but he just speaks in complete—he speaks in prose, as they say, you know, paragraphs. And, you know, when we talk about things, very simple things, why don't you do—you know, what is your feeling about, you know, Judaism that made you reject, you know, I guess his dad is Jewish, I forget— And, well, it just takes slavery.
And he just asserts that, you know, slavery is, there's no such thing as, he said to me, Brian, Brian, you and I create a religion. Are we going to have slavery in it? I said, Sam, this is so, this is like my, you know, seven-year-old learns this, you know, in school, in her Talmud class. Like, you can't be serious.
And he just asserts that, you know, slavery is, there's no such thing as, he said to me, Brian, Brian, you and I create a religion. Are we going to have slavery in it? I said, Sam, this is so, this is like my, you know, seven-year-old learns this, you know, in school, in her Talmud class. Like, you can't be serious.
And he just asserts that, you know, slavery is, there's no such thing as, he said to me, Brian, Brian, you and I create a religion. Are we going to have slavery in it? I said, Sam, this is so, this is like my, you know, seven-year-old learns this, you know, in school, in her Talmud class. Like, you can't be serious.
Like, you think that slavery meant like black African slave trade, you know, in the deep South in America. And it's just not that. And once we go through it, and I taught him, you know, what it meant to have a slave. By the way, Moses is called a slave of God. Did that mean that Moses was whipped by God? No, it means he's a servant.
Like, you think that slavery meant like black African slave trade, you know, in the deep South in America. And it's just not that. And once we go through it, and I taught him, you know, what it meant to have a slave. By the way, Moses is called a slave of God. Did that mean that Moses was whipped by God? No, it means he's a servant.
Like, you think that slavery meant like black African slave trade, you know, in the deep South in America. And it's just not that. And once we go through it, and I taught him, you know, what it meant to have a slave. By the way, Moses is called a slave of God. Did that mean that Moses was whipped by God? No, it means he's a servant.
And there was this concept called indentured servitude, which is actually a kindness. If you couldn't pay your debt to me, Jordan, and you were going to steal something, no, no, no. I would give you, basically employ you, and I provide food and shelter. And by the way, sometimes you wouldn't want to leave.
And there was this concept called indentured servitude, which is actually a kindness. If you couldn't pay your debt to me, Jordan, and you were going to steal something, no, no, no. I would give you, basically employ you, and I provide food and shelter. And by the way, sometimes you wouldn't want to leave.
And there was this concept called indentured servitude, which is actually a kindness. If you couldn't pay your debt to me, Jordan, and you were going to steal something, no, no, no. I would give you, basically employ you, and I provide food and shelter. And by the way, sometimes you wouldn't want to leave.
After six years, you wouldn't want to leave because I treated you so well as my slave that I would have to take your ear and hammer it into the door with a nail. And this was a part of a tradition that Jewish slaves had to undergo in order to remain with their masters because we're meant to be free. And so this was meant to show as an outward symbol to the world that I chose not to be free.
After six years, you wouldn't want to leave because I treated you so well as my slave that I would have to take your ear and hammer it into the door with a nail. And this was a part of a tradition that Jewish slaves had to undergo in order to remain with their masters because we're meant to be free. And so this was meant to show as an outward symbol to the world that I chose not to be free.
After six years, you wouldn't want to leave because I treated you so well as my slave that I would have to take your ear and hammer it into the door with a nail. And this was a part of a tradition that Jewish slaves had to undergo in order to remain with their masters because we're meant to be free. And so this was meant to show as an outward symbol to the world that I chose not to be free.
And we know many people choose to be slaves of a different kind rather than be free men and women. But I said—he—
And we know many people choose to be slaves of a different kind rather than be free men and women. But I said—he—
And we know many people choose to be slaves of a different kind rather than be free men and women. But I said—he—