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Rabbi Deutsch from the living Torah museum has put out a video of himself inside a cage with lions BEFORE feeding time and the lions haven't devoured him. He claims if one is not fearful of lions they won't attack or eat you. The reason being since we are created in the image of God and they sense this hence they won't attack. It is only those who have "lost" their tzelem elokim that need to fear.
ReplyDeleteCan you explain this in a rational way? Why was it not a big deal then, that the Lions didn't consume Daniel in the den?
PLS post video link. BTW Numerous gentiles have been in close contact with lions, bears,other wild animals and emerged with not a scratch. How to explain that ? ACJA
DeleteDo their stories need explaining also? If they do post their videos also.
DeleteThe usual YA
It’s not a science-violating miracle when a lion declines to eat a given person on a given day. R’ Slifkin’s _Encyclopedia_ Vol. 1 discusses this concept in great detail, no need to re-hash here. The ‘81 _Big Book of Jewish Humor_ cites R’ Tanhum in San. 39a! But as a general lion-safety principle, how convenient - if some shlemazel tries this stunt and gets eaten, nebach he just didn’t have emunah! Would this work with snakes too?
DeleteSome anti-rationalists might similarly suggest that if Col. Patterson had treated the lions of Tsavo as peace-partners and not feared them, they would have miraculously turned vegan instead of killing scores of men.
I would discount this person for the following reasons:
Delete1-Trying to demonstrate that he is special enough to warrant the 'tzelem Elokim' which he must assume not everyone has. Nu, everyone has a tzelem Elokim, and his 'demonstration' is ga'avah.
2-Putting himself in a situation of sakana.
3-Influencing others to put themselves in a situation of sakana.
These are red flags that something is seriously amiss.
Simple: The lion wasn't hungry. That's pretty rational.
DeleteI would actually want to see the video before deciding what he did or motives.
ReplyDeleteThe usual YA