Seriously though, onto (what hopefully we both consider to be the larger point, or the point)–Keeping GMOs out of our food system.

The rabbi we are citing (never heard of him before my google search) was from my point of view finding a politically acceptable way (Kosher Law) to argue that a particular group of humans (Jews) should be against GMOs. For those who are truly committed to halting the march of GMOs, wouldn’t this be an ally? Why judge his motives? Anyway, who even knows what all his motives are? We only know what his one argument is. If it works, and resonates with a few million more humans who otherwise wouldn’t think twice about the “issue” of GMOs, is that not good? Is that not how people get things done?

Anyway, you are quoting from the second link. If you had clicked on the first link you would have viewed a list of the Five Reasons to foresake GMOs, according to an action group formed by Jewish, Christian and Muslim clerics — and unlike the point you chose to raise, they are anything but red herrings, or, as you put it, human salmon:

-The simple acknowledgement that it is man’s God-given right to know what we’re putting in our bodies and feeding our children.
– Concerns about the health dangers of genetically engineered foods, which have not been adequately studied for their health impacts. (Several studies do show serious health problems.)
-Environmental impacts of genetically modified plants, which contradict man’s role as steward of the land.
-The disproportionate risk to low income and inner city residents, who have less access to organic and unprocessed foods.
-Spiritual concerns that since the technology transfers genes between species and creates combinations of organisms that could never naturally occur in nature, it is a violation of God’s law.

Now that does sound about right.

I am replying so fully here because I care about fighting GMOs, fighting ignorance and intolerance, and also about liberal, passionate people making sure that we use our time and brainpower and civil rights to fight the good fights, to repair the world, or in Hebrew “Tikkun Olam.”

Cheers

Josephus’s account of “Jesus” has been soundly disproven by Carrier, who has done a nice job of revealing the mythological origins of Christianity. No respectable scholar continues to support Christianity as authentic, but a fabricated mythological fantasy embraced through the ages by deluded believers. To wit, Jesus never existed and the majority of the New Testament is an outright forgery.

So… by way of explanation (briefly) expecting them to understand genetically modified organisim with ample scientific evidence and reams of literature – dream on.

The “Church” is defanged for the toothless vampire it really is.

While the Roman Empire’s physical boundaries have been diminished, the Empire remains firmly in place – with all its wealth and influence still intact.

Through Christianity and its millions of believers, the followers have become the soldiers, the defenders of the realm.

Watch Caesar’s Messiah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM2KONcLKQU