@torahls1- I too accept that God created everything and commands us in right and wrong. I too attempt to carry out His wishes. I too am secure and steadfast in the knowledge that God wrote the Torah and gave us commandments which help us emulate Him. I do not deny and have never denied the eternal truth of God and His Torah. I have never seen myself as a “missionary” and do not wish to be perceived as such. I’m sorry that you feel that Chazal needs defending against the “likes of me”. . Just what danger do you think I pose? Do you see me as one of the goyim? I believe in the rightness of God and in striving in all aspects of life to do what God wants me to do. I don’t understand where any of this comes from; what did I write that convinced you that I am an atheist? I sincerely hope that you do not represent the general membership of this website in wildly jumping to conclusions and making baseless assumptions about me and my yetzer tov. Everything that I have written here is completely rational; it is you who are irrational in believing that feminism + vegetarianism= lack of belief in God.
@Bentzy18- I wouldn’t necessarily say that eating meat is as bad as smoking, but it has been proven to be very unhealthy. Sarcasm aside, a large portion of the medical world has indeed “caught on” to this. It is proven fact that meat-eaters have far greater chances than vegetarians of contracting heart disease, stroke, and many types of cancer.
@eli lev- You don’t know me; how can you say so dismissively that I “have issues”? You seem to regard feminism as the enemy; I, on the other hand, think it good news, and not bad, that feminism has “infiltrated”, as you put it, the frum community. As I have now stated more than once, the belief that feminism and Torah observance/belief are incompatible often stems from a misconception of what feminism actually is. I suggest (and I say this quite seriously) that you do a little research into the matter, and you will find that feminism (except for the radical feminism branch) is fully consistent with Torah values, and even that the Torah encourages feminism. You seem to think that the rabbis have simply given up hope of stemming the tide of feminism, and that is why they don’t speak about it. This doesn’t seem very convincing to me; there are many inappropriate behaviors practiced by today’s Jews that are so widespread that it seems impossible to reverse them. Loshon hara, for example, is everywhere, even among the most respected Orthodox communities. It seems to be “so far gone” that a loshon hara- free world is nowhere in sight. Yet do rabbis cease to give shiurim on the topic of loshon hara? Do you see them refraining from rebuke since it is unlikely to change the situation? Of course not!
@zevi8- Thanks for coming to my defense and joining the discussion. You seem to have many intelligent ideas, some of which had never occurred to me before.