I feel like there's been an influx of new users yesterday and today. Were we linked anywhere? My searching turns up a couple of comments, but nothing very pominent-looking.
@IsaacMoses new users sorted by creation date shows about 30 in the last week out of about 70 in the lsat month. There've been several in the last 2 days, but it's part of a larger trend. (That said, the trend isn't flat. :-) )
So I'm guessing they're coming from a variety of sources, not just a single link, for what that's worth. (There's been some recent discussion on BH, but I don't think that's responsible for many (one for sure, don't know about more).
@IsaacMoses yeah, it would be handy to have that information. AFAIK that's not availble to us in any form. (Well, I suppose if we were being flooded SE staff might check for a common referer or something, but I mean we can't just look it up.)
In the chat, one can link one's next message as a reply to another message. This way, the thread is easy to follow, especially when replying to a message that is further up the page.
Why can't one link to one's own previous message? If I posted something yesterday, and then want to comment on it...
Questions about the Hebrew language or about history or news of the Jewish people, Jewish individuals, or the State of Israel, except as related to Judaism, are off-topic. If this question does relate to Judaism, please edit it to indicate how. — msh21041 secs ago
@CharlesKoppelman I don't know why names would be in scope. Let's leave that alone for the moment if you don't mind. I know we have a bunch of name-relatd questions.
@Daniel Ah, true. Good point. Okay, fine, thanks, I retract.
@SethJ I was quoting my indication of a lack of daas, not a daas at all. He had presented an argument that name questions were no more in-scope than some other questions, and I deflected it with, essentially, "let's not discuss that now".
@SethJ You're welcome (re raising the issue). If you're thanking me for letting the question stand, that might mean I'm generally too quick on the draw.
@IsaacMoses Surely you could have come up with something here. I'm disappointed. :-P
@MoriDoweedhYaAgob, that's certainly true. Is that the case here? "G-d is salvation" connotes something from which to be saved; perhaps he was born on Pesah? — Seth J1 min ago
@MoriDoweedhYaAgob Do you have an Android phone? Because I can recommend a really great Hebrew keyboard app that only cost $2. It is very easy to use, and it's even easy (and quick) to change back and forth between it and the regular keyboard. I use Swype usually, and I have no problem going back and forth in the same sentence between the two.
@MoriDoweedhYaAgob It's actually easier for me to type in Hebrew on my phone now than on my computer.
"Shituf" is the heretical idea of some sort of co-mingling of something with G-d (Has VeShalom). According to many rabbinic opinions, Christianity is Shituf (cf., Is Christianity Avodah Zara?), and there are differences of opinion as to whether or not this is permitted for non-Jews.
Is Shituf:
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"Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre, a nun whose order prayed to the pope after he died, said she was cured of the disease, an ailment that also afflicted John Paul II."
The phrase "pray to" confuses most people as it gives the impression that anyone who asks a saint to "pray for" them is actually praying to the saint as if he/she was God. This isn't true and is probably an artifact of language.
The word "pray" also has the meaning to "make an earnest petition"...
@JonEricson Both my parents are English, and I went to a Church of Ireland primary school.
(And sat out of religion classes, both there and in the first three years in my "Catholic ethos" secondary school. I did go to religion classes for the last three years, but they didn't really have much to do with religion. Some ethics. Some "let's improve kids' self-esteem so they're less likely to do drugs" stuff.)
"Shituf" is the heretical idea of some sort of co-mingling of something with G-d (Has VeShalom). According to many rabbinic opinions, Christianity is Shituf (cf., Is Christianity Avodah Zara?), and there are differences of opinion as to whether or not this is permitted for non-Jews.
Is Shituf:
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