On a more positive note concerning Judaism.
I know I have sort of blasted the Hebrew god as a character, and am aligning myself with a gnostic interpretation that calls him a devil. But that is not to say I find Judaism abhorrent. I have nothing against peaceful, informed and heartfelt individuals going over their culture's ancient texts, philosophies, meditating, praying -on the contrary, I think the way Jacob lives his life is usually something to be encouraged and greatly envied.
His attitudes supply him with a wealth of emotional resources with which to deal with despair, celebrate in the face of cruel fate, comfort those who are downtrodden, and generally live abundantly as whoever wrote the part in Ecclesiastes where it says "my cup runneth over." He says this because this state is a kind of over abundance of spiritual energy, of spiritual wealth, elation of the heart,intensity. Some Anthropologists refer to a kind of boiling over when they speak of the trancing of shaman in so called 'primitive' cultures, and I think this is the same thing.
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