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A Response to Terror – “Flooding the World with Goodness”

posted by Paul Raushenbush | 5:18pm Sunday November 30, 2008

This is an inspiring video of two Rabbis, one Chabad, one Reform, both talking about countering the evil in Mumbai with Good.

Embedded video from CNN Video



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posted December 1, 2008 at 11:01 am


Great message. I would add that as we flood the world with goodness we do so with out fearing the consequences or be attached to certain outcomes.
I don’t know for sure, but maybe this is “the” answer to terrorism and the worlds problems, (it is a very excellent worthy answer) yet regardless, if we took this message and made it the dominant priority I believe the inspiration and by products of such attitudes would lead to even more solutions/soul-utions.
I would say it’s a win win way to underlay and overlay our responses to the ills of the world backed by our loving intelligent creative highest Imaginings we are capable of.



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Marko from Milwaukee

posted December 1, 2008 at 11:07 am


My name didn’t show uP, but that was my post. -Marko



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susan

posted December 1, 2008 at 12:16 pm


shalom… great message!



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stewp

posted December 3, 2008 at 10:57 am


On the other hand we might consider calling an extermination company, uh, like the Green Berets.
Stu



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Hali

posted December 3, 2008 at 2:10 pm


I didn’t see a link for a video on the page. Is my Internet Explorer screwy? :(



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martin dosick

posted December 3, 2008 at 7:11 pm


Ah : another paragraph in the continuing saga of homicidal
thuggery against Jews people…line up the terrorists against
the walls and pelt them with marshmallows. Not my choice.



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Rosalie Gottlieb

posted December 3, 2008 at 8:23 pm


My response was too Barack not going to church. I’ll wait for another subject that I would address.



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