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Surprisingly I rarely get censored or edited, I would have thought I would be censored more, but I am not. . The mods dont censor as much as people think they do. The only posts I ever get censored are ones where I suspected before I posted them that were a bit iffy.

Posting here you need to think a bit before you post and if you think a bit and dont rush to post, and post from your head and not your heart, you should be OK

I do belive the torah is the proper roadmap, However When travelling between 2 places there usually is more than one way to go and each way might have reasons not to take that direction

One way might have more traffic and another might have no highways and a longer travel time

I think the problem here people are told there is only one way to get from point A to point B and all other routes are wrong. If the direction you are given does not work for you for whatever reason and you are told no other routes are valid, You just decide not to make the trip and give up.

And Unless we stop telling people There is only one route from Point A to Point B, nothing will change and for some people that might require a whole new route (New Routes arent wrong, just different and serves differnt needs)

Gambling is legal in most parts of the country and Vegas realized this. There was no need to go to Vegas to gamble when you could gamble in Atlantic City, New Orleans or even NYC

They realized if they were going to survive they would have to expand the business and offer things like shopping and shows. Atlantic City did not see this and the main focus was gambling and AC is dying while Vegas is thriving. Only about 60% of the income in Vegas is from Gambling

And finally there is a KOLLEL in Las Vegas from Chofetz Chaim, I am sure their rabbanim felt differently that you did and they are big talmidi Chachamin there

Only Pink and Neon Green

If you knew the story behind Project Makom, that is exactly what happend and was the inspiration behind it

I have seen him directly blog that he was not allowed to see his kids and he posted an entire pictorial of him crashing his daughters wedding (Which I think was very wrong).

He also blogged about his first kids wedding (Not sure if its a male or female) and how he wasnt even allowed to go and only got clandestine pictures

He doesnt seem like a very nice person, but that doesnt mean he should have been cut off

Lots of Frum people go to trade shows in las Vegas, especially the CES show in january.

The Anti-Kiruv organization is actually telling some people to go to Project Makom

DY is correct

Project Makom was founded by a frum woman who runs a kiruv organization who was making Slick videos explaining orhtodox judasism to many in a way more palatable to the non-frum

Many people would comment on her videos and give their “criticism” however most of the criticism was just trolling, but one woman was a former chassidic woman who said, she left being chassidic because she couldnt take that lifesyle and tried to become a modern orthodox . However she could not integrate into the more modern community as they were not so nice to her and she totally left. The woman who runs Project Makom then heard about some similar stories and got some seed money to help those from chassidic backroounds who wanted to be frum, but just couldnt live the life as a chassid.

You havent heard of the MLM Movement? (Mosquito Lives Matter)

The Bronx is where Yankee stadium is

The only sizeable jewish community there is in Riverdale where Avi Weiss is, I suspect any comments about the Bronx were related to Avi Weiss

many Chaddish women dont drive.

But I think you missed the point, there are things that are really takanas not Halachas and they do drive people away. We are not supposed to veer from the torah from the left or the right. People have no problem not veering to the left, but the veer to the right all the time and sometimes too much

There was really nothing wrong with the survey. Unfortunatly many are unwilling to accept the survey or its results.

Of course there are flaws, any survey has flaws. Its impossible to make a perfect survey.

You cant make a survey with the following question either, Its just as flawed

Q) Why did you leave Yiddishkeit?

1) I’m Lazy

2) I was abused

3) I want freedom

you will also get a flawed result

it has to do with logic. Since it’s impossible to prove that G-d doesn’t exist, some say that it’s impossible for someone to “know 100%” that G-d doesn’t exist (kaviyachol).

We have Faith not logic. You have to prove a positive, not a negative. “Prove to me I wont win the Lottery tommorrow” . You cant prove such a thing. However I can prove to you that I won the lottery, if I show you a winning lottery ticket

We have emunah in hashem existance

I really dont want to defend the atheists position, I am only giving what their position is from people who have told me they are one

I said generally against relgion. its the Atheists who want to remove in god we trust from the bills. Its the Atheists who run Pork Festive meals on Yom Kippur.

Agnostics want to eat at home on Yom Kippur and go to the mall on Shabbos, not run a shuttle bus to the mall on shabbos.

There are people who are psychologically healthy who just don’t believe.

In general religion is on the decline in western civilization and trends affected the general popultion do trickle down to the frum population.

The fastest growing religion in the US is NO religion

Before the Enligtenment (General enlightenment not Haskallah) it was illegal in Europe not to be religious. You had to belong to a religion. However In France the church was seen as corrupt and when Napoleon conqured Europe and you were no longer forced to worship in a religion as Napoleon conqured Europe. And unfortunatly not all Rabbanim of local towns were so on the up and up either and people left because of those who were not up to the job

The reason its a larger number than before is because there are more frum jews than before and another reason is that issues that might have been issues swept under the carpet and people lived with, they are not willing to live with anymore (IE abuse)

Not that my opinion matters, but this is my observation

But it seems the Meshicsten’s are more in Crown Heights than elsewhere. You will see them in Crown Heights or nearby, but you not see them elsewhere.

Lots of Frum jews go to places without Minyans or Kosher food (THey bring it with them) , If you are only going to travel to a place with a minyan you will miss most places.

Lots of frum jews go to the National Parks (Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite) for example, and there arent minyans and Kosher food there.

Its only very recently that you could go to most major European Cities and go to a Kosher Restaurant

In Josephs Defense, there are plenty of people who like to go for a drive

Ever hear of the term “Sunday Drive”

They make plenty of vehicles that are fun to Drive (A 15 year old Mini-van with 50 dents is not fun to drive)

They wouldnt make Mustangs ,Camaros , or Jeeps if people didnt want cars that are fun to drive

There is a Kollel in Las Vegas, Any city with a Kollel must have some Kedush to it. I think its associated with Chofetz Chaim, but Im not 100% sure

I was in Petra, The tour guide showed us where Aaron is buried (Its high on a mountain)

We loved Petra, It was pretty awesome there, just have to watch out as the bedoins are all trying to sell you something, they all want money

Joseph is just having fun at other peoples expense.

Ive been to 2 Muslim Countries Egypt and Jordan. Different experiences in Both. Very positive in Jordan and ok in Egypt (Just border guard was a jerk)

They even take Shekles in Jordan(They give you a bad rate for them though)

I only speak english in a Muslim country (Obviously I have an american accent) so I pass for an american