11-02-2009, 06:52 PM
Kate, thank you for stepping me through that. I did find it in the end and you are right that such a law does exist.
So far as I can fathom from a round of Googling, there is a lot of Christian rightist hype about this which has (designedly imo) added the belching flavour of brimstone to things.
But it looks to me as though this law was proposed and adopted only as a mark of respect to the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and I personally don't find that harmful -- although again I stand ready to be corrected by ay pertinent facts that might reveal this position to be in error.
The Rabbi was also awarded, posthumously, the Congressional Gold Medal, which was proposed and passed unanimously.
For those who might wish to research further the following links contain the bare bones.
Firstly, a Wiki bio of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Secondly the Bill that became law
Thirdly, a direct Congressional Library link for the Bill
So far as I can fathom from a round of Googling, there is a lot of Christian rightist hype about this which has (designedly imo) added the belching flavour of brimstone to things.
But it looks to me as though this law was proposed and adopted only as a mark of respect to the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and I personally don't find that harmful -- although again I stand ready to be corrected by ay pertinent facts that might reveal this position to be in error.
The Rabbi was also awarded, posthumously, the Congressional Gold Medal, which was proposed and passed unanimously.
For those who might wish to research further the following links contain the bare bones.
Firstly, a Wiki bio of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Secondly the Bill that became law
Thirdly, a direct Congressional Library link for the Bill
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14