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Watching part of it this evening, and Oprah asked the women about their role in the family, are they subservient to the man. The women were quick to say no, and to further make it clear that they were the more knowledgeable and worldly than the men because they have multiple degrees, and spend a lot of reading (no TV or computers), while the men typically study only the Torah.
I suspect the same is true for those that spend the majority of their study time with their mind immersed solely in any single book, and especially when that book is so absurdly out of touch.
Perhaps that's why one of the more mopic theists believed that if you look at an object in space that was a light years distant, that through a telescope you saw events in real time. The original thread was about creation and that the entire universe was only 13,000 years old. I asked why then was it possible to see light just arriving from 100,000 light years distant. To which I was set straight with this gem of astounding ignorance.
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ok, if your using a telescope doesnt this bring your vision closer. And when a light is turned on can't you see it instantly? Sure, the light may travel at a speed but my eye can see instantly, especially if I bring my eye closer to what I'm looking at. Think about it. Does it take light years for your eye to see millions of lightyears away? Of course not. It's pretty instantly, as soon as you put your eye up to it. Do you see the light now?
I didn't even have to pray about this one. wow.
Sorry to hijack a thread about Hasidic Jews, but this was the question that immediately came to mind watching the interview with the Hasidic women tonight.
Sorry to hijack a thread about Hasidic Jews, but this was the question that immediately came to mind watching the interview with the Hasidic women tonight.
Oh, that Oprah! She'll do anything for television. She asks Hasidic women if they're subservient to men. You might think there would've been a little more research going into the process beforehand. (That's probably just me; I majored in journalism at school, and the standards have evidently decreased since those days).
You might think there would've been a little more research going into the process beforehand. (That's probably just me; I majored in journalism at school, and the standards have evidently decreased since those days).
Then as a journalist you would think that you would know that from time to time journalist ask questions for which they already know the answer to. The purpose of which is to allow the subject to speak in their own words, answers to questions that their viewers/readers might have.
Or don't they teach such thing in journalism schools these days?
(That's probably just me; I majored in journalism at school, and the standards have evidently decreased since those days).
Oprah's not a journalist. She's a personality who asks questions.
I watched her afternoon show when she went to the FLDS compound in Texas a few years ago. Unbelievable. They pretty much led her around and told her what they wanted the world to hear. She never challenged any of their statements. She never asked a follow up question.
It might be an interesting program to watch (I'd like to learn more about the community), but no one should watch Oprah and expect in-depth reporting.
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