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The US has been at war for 222 out of the 239 years it has been a country.
Roughly 13% of the US population lives in poverty. Unsurprisingly, the poverty level is lowest among white Americans. It's highest among Native Americans, at 24%.

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The US has the 13th highest rate of rape in the world. It's higher than any country on Jared's list for which we have statistics. By a lot.

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The US has the 27th highest rate of suicide in the world. Of the countries Jared listed, only Russia is higher. Many of the countries he listed are significantly lower - the UAE is 170th. Algeria is 161st.

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Life expectancy in the US is steadily decreasing - in part because of rising suicide rates in especially poverty-stricken parts of the country.

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I have no idea how to measure "darkness". Most of the countries listed - arguably all of them - are not communist, so I don't know what that's about. In terms of hoplessness, the US has the third highest rate of depression and anxiety in the world.

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Maybe "more Jesus" isn't the answer you think it is, Jared.
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I'm posting my usual jokey snark tonight, but I want to say something to whatever non-Jewish following I have about the reaction I'm seeing to the damaged Torah scrolls at the Nessah Synagogue. There's a theme to the reactions on my TL.
It hurts to see it.
It physically hurts.
I've seen it described as a gut punch. As being hit with a hammer. As being strangled. I felt like my lungs were being squeezed. Someone said it was like looking at pictures of dead bodies.
It's hard to describe what the Torah scrolls mean to us. I don't think 'sacred object' captures it. I've heard people learning to carry the Torah being told to hold it like a toddler. We kiss it (indirectly) when we greet it on Shabbat. When it's too damaged to repair, we bury it
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This is a perfect example of how Christian atheists don't leave behind Christian readings, and continue to propagate antisemitic ideas born of Christian supercessionism. Also, let's talk about Sanhedrin 70b-71a.
Sanhedrin 70b-71a is largely an examination of the Mishnah (oral Torah) around Deut. 21:18-21. It's just one of the sections mentioned in the graphic above, but the way the Talmud examines it is informative for how Jews deal with problematic parts of scripture in general.
This is about the "wayward and defiant son", and how the way you deal with him is to stone him to death. I think we can all agree that's a bit extreme, and it's a big one Christians and Christian atheists point to in saying "OT God" (i.e., Jewish God) is bloodthirsty and cruel.
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This is still pissing me off, so let's talk about how well Christian atheists "know their bible." This verse, the only one applicable to Judaism at all, is a very slanted translation. This is *not*, objectively, what the verse means.

1st point - the idea that Chava (that's Eve's actual Hebrew name, sorry it's hard to pronounce) is caused *pain* because it's all her fault. The Hebrew word translated as "pain" here is translated as "toil" in the next verse, talking about Adam. It's literally the same word.
The impact of the consequences are *literally the same*for each of them, but the translation says 'pain' for the woman and 'toil' for the man. That asymmetry is not in the Hebrew, it's in the translation. It was chosen to support the NT.
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Folks keep asking if they can help me financially with my medical bills.
I keep saying I don't want to do that until I must.
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Please give your money to poor people.
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I am just speaking up for poor people who have no access.
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