האם הפחד מהדת ומהאמונה הפך לחסם בפני מקצועיות אמיתית? פרופ' אשר כהן טוען כי בצמרת הביטחונית והמשפטית בישראל מתקיים פחד עמוק – לא רק מהדתיים, אלא מהרעיון של אלוהים בכלל. לדבריו, זהו פחד שיוצר בוז כלפי כל מי שמביא עמו מחויבות ערכית עמוקה – גם כשהוא פועל במקצועיות מלאה.
כהן מציע זווית שונה למחדלי 7 באוקטובר: הוא שואל האם מערכות הביטחון והמשפט היו פועלות אחרת אילו בתוכן היו אנשי מקצוע שהביאו עימם אמונה ויראת שמיים, לא רק כלים טכניים. לדבריו, כאשר אנו משליכים על האויב הנחות מערביות בלבד – אנו שוגים בהבנתו. האויב מביא את אמונתו לשדה הקרב, ואילו בצד הישראלי – הזהות הרוחנית הפכה כמעט לטאבו.
הוא מזכיר כיצד בעבר נחשדו בכירים כמו יורם כהן, רוני אלשיך ואביחי מנדלבליט בנאמנות כפולה – רק בשל זיקתם הדתית. לדבריו, החשש הזה מבטא לא רק דעה קדומה, אלא בורות עמוקה – שמובילה לביטול אנשי מקצוע מעולים, רק משום שהם מאמינים באלוהים.
כהן מסכם כי במציאות הישראלית, אדם דתי שרוצה להשתלב בצמרת המערכת חייב לא רק להצטיין – אלא גם להסתיר את אמונתו, כדי שירגישו איתו בנוח. וזה, לדבריו, כשלעצמו מחדל מוסרי ומקצוע
It is not clear to me how to fight the secular, when they have this small mind, and they do not even realize it. I used to be secular, so I can remember thinking, wow, you have an entire worldview that I cannot explain the motives or reasonings of whatsoever! I can remember being frightened, that someone was operating under motivations completely detached from any interests or behaviors I could manage or negotiate with. How do you fight against a man who tells you the reason he is doing something is because G-d commands it, and I and we, don’t believe in G-d in the first place?
It would seem like introducing an idea that was very threatening to our freedom and way of life. I was religious friendly, because I grew up in exile where finding another Jew was a cause for celebration, something Israelis don’t appreciate. In Israel, the take over of the religious, would seem naturally very frightening to the secular.
I wonder if the secular can understand the religious though. We live under terrible censorship, and clearly there are aspects of demonization we need to desensitize the secular to. But besides that, I wonder if they could understand our system, even disconnected from the Torah and the word of G-d? We fundamentally believe in all the laws of the physical world, which have difficult to measure power that we should respect, and in general, comply with. Where we fundamentally deviate, is that we believe that G-d is our creator, and He is good, and His creation lends itself to morality and goodness over almost every consideration. Those good behaviors, can be discussed, studied, and implemented.
So, for example, we do not steal, not because it is bad for our reputation, or bad for society, or because we understand that society and government has to fight against those who steal, and they will make consequences for those who do steal. We believe that stealing is forbidden to us by G-d, it is bad for our souls, it is written in every strand of our DNA, and the laws of the universe as well. When you realize that our Creator has made the world the way it is, you become committed to upholding the ideals he has documented for us.
Because G-d is good, He has designed good to dominate evil, and therefore our fundamental objective is not to follow the words of a document written 3,000 years ago. But to look at each situation and consider what is the better way to be, what better represents our creator. A commitment to what is good fundamentally, what is moral. We live in a time where we are at war with a very evil population and government that represents them, implementing different standards and ideas to manage and combat what is bad, but the commitment remains.
This has ramifications for how Jews who do not believe are treated, and what freedoms they are permitted. It is true, there is great power in pushing people to think one way or another. We do not pretend that we do not long for the opportunity to promote our ideas, and our beliefs, so that we can strengthen our nation. But that doesn’t change the fact of what is moral and good pertaining to minority beliefs as well, like the secular belief that there is no G-d, or that He is unknowable.
There is also considerable historical record, of how Jews treated non believing Jews, under difficult circumstances.
If we focus on promoting understanding of how secular Jews should be treated, how they should be permitted their own places, then we will diminish fears of us. The world was dominated by the religious for thousands of years, and usually those who did not believe did not need to, and still had access to a great deal of freedom. On top of that the Jewish people, are a far more tolerant people than the white gentiles or the Arabs. In our nation, I believe non believers will be able to have what they want in life, and they may even grow to like living in a world covered in a dedication to being good and moral.
It is the better narrative with the people of the world. Especially towards the Arab Muslims, but also towards the white gentiles of America and Europe. They will have to acknowledge that we are a people, and a religion. Some will foolishly scream obscenities, pretending to be facts in a debate, but the near majority, our target audience of sane people in America and Europe, will have to acknowledge that we exist, and therefore by extension that we have rights and interests.
We are fundamentally fighting against the leftist systems that dominate the minds of hordes of Americans, Europeans, and Israelis. By telling them that we Jews are leftists as well, instantaneously gets us accused of blasphemy, we are causing harm in the community, we are spreading upsetting thoughts. We are harming the cause of building a Utopia.
The secular right is also flawed. They have their moral convictions and ideals, but without a unifying theory, different right wingers, champion different ideas, that only they and a few others that they have met in their lives can see. They are aware of their weakness, and the result is that they push as much as they can, they repeat as many times what they know to be true about the makeup of the world over and over again, but then in the end, they will take whatever amount of people they have convinced and persuaded, and they cut a deal.
The feelings of anger, and rejection of the left over inequality are a bottomless pit. They are feelings that will watch the Jewish people exterminated before they are satiated. They will most certainly want the white gentiles to be exterminated as well. As their minds become smaller and smaller, they would theoretically still hate the mixed Arab Muslims, for their discrimination against black Muslims.
But we are not a world without faith in G-d, in great numbers. And our banner of G-d, can be joined with the right wingers, who can see a better deal emerging, one that may be survivable, by operating under our banner. If you support the religious Jews of Israel, you can defeat the racist, authoritarian, exterminating left. Wouldn’t you want the religious as your competition or enemy, rather than the left? We need a world of morality, a world of ideals. We can deliver a gigantic percentage of the population, to massively improve our demographics. To support our initiatives, to uphold our ideals.
You are welcome to persuade Jews towards secularism, just don’t promote Christianity as egalitarian while Christians oppose non white immigration, and we are not allowed to talk about the reality of their promotion of supremacy in our media or western media to western Jews. Egalitarianism is a sickness of the mind, and we will not allow Christians pretending to be representatives of G-d, promote their racial supremacy objectives, by claiming to be anything but what they are. Free speech is not an infinite ideal, preying on the weak in it a time of great anguish is evil. There is a difference between those who genuinely believe in equality, and those who are poisoning our people for the objective of delivering victory to western Christian supremacy. Morality supersedes ideas.
The objective isn't a majority opposing immigration, its a majority that understands racial inequality. In G-d I trust.
If Israel does attack Iran, then Trump can say publicly that America is not involved with the matter. If Iran does attack American troops, then Israel cant be blamed, and Trump cant be blamed for being forced to bomb Iran.
I think its also important, to bringing about the Kingdom of G-d, to persuade the right amount of gentiles, that they should support the redemption through Israel, in our time.
The left thinks that Israel is their cause, their secret power, their weapon that allows them to destroy and conquer the west, and everything else. But Israel is not the weapon of the left, it is the weapon of the right. The weapon of the believers. Every step taken towards greater Israel, is a step towards defeating the left. Every time that Israel kicks butt against the Jew haters, the sovereignty of every people on earth is strengthened, especially the white gentiles. Even the CCP weakens, when liberty in Israel rises.
We did not make the rules of this world we only live under them. If America and Europe are ruled by dictatorships, you can be damn sure that Africa and South America will be ruled by dictatorships. The wests relationship with the Jewish people and Israel is no different.
For many decades, we have tried to tell the truth about racial inequality, but the women would not listen. They did not care, they were afraid, and even if we made progress, they would often forget, or lack fortitude. The people in charge, stood over a people, who were still overwhelmingly speaking the narrative about equality. The ruled over a people who would rebel against them if they tried to force the truth upon them. That resulted in the balance of power being such, that the left and the lies continued to dominate America, which continued to pressure Israel to accept the same belief system that America believed in.
But G-d has shown us another way. A way to prove to everyone that we are not equal, and to do so while still standing up for what is right. A way to fight for the truth, while forging enough power to overwhelm the liars, and the censors. That path is through the Jewish people of Israel. When Israel wins, the left of the world squeals! When Israel is victorious, the racism of the left is exposed. When Israel wins, it becomes obvious that they are not fighting for justice and morality, they are fighting for racism, and oppression, and those idiots know it!
The left are weakened by the realization of their own evil, and we are strengthened by the evil majorities exposure. Our people become certain of the truth, and certain of what is right and what is wrong. Through Israel we can finally defeat this great enemy, G-d willing during the Trump and Netanyahu administrations. This is our time.
For all the wonderful daughters, who were smashed and defiled, by the legion of hate. To all the sons of the world, who spent so many years wandering the world in pain, with nowhere to turn to, with no one to speak to.
Is it wise for the Jewish people to put all its eggs, in the white gentile basket? Versus a model around merit? Or perhaps hiding ourselves from the world, by claiming we have a right to be just as racist and discriminatory as all the other nations of the world, because they are not open to being treated any other way. I don’t think there is any realistic chance of attaining the support of non white Americans, or Arab Muslims, in any meaningful way, that would impact Israels fundamental security position in the middle east.
Far more valuable to promote clarity as to the reality of the existence of hostility on the part of Arab Muslims. The leftists among the Jews, are going to take any proof, or imposition of reality about the non practicality of multiculturalism and egalitarianism as a punch in the stomach. Their thinking must be changed, it is going to result in a worse reputation and thinking of some people, and to the female left, that is hurting people in their community. No getting around it. A better generation in the future, will rarely or never form those relationships, they will know the reasons not to. For now we suffer the pain of the transition, and we save what we can save.
We can work the white gentile narrative, while we claim our rights to be just as racist as the rest of the world is, because we need to manage the Jew hatred of the world, where as white gentiles do not. The western leftists don’t even agree to live with the non white peoples of the world, they don’t even say they think that they can turn them into tolerant people that they can live with in peace and equality. Not the vast majority of the leftists anyways. In G-d I trust.