12-23-2012, 10:13 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-06-2019, 10:25 AM by Director Michael.)
Hi asknoah,
1) Someone told me that the Talmud says in Tractate Hullin that there were no idolators outside of the Land of Israel, and that this still applies today.
2) Some take this to say that worshiping a sheetuf (intermediary) is OK for Gentiles as part of the definition of sheetuf that is not forbidden to Gentiles to practice, and I emphasize the word "practice" as opposed to believe. Now I know that final sentence contradicts the footnote in "The Divine Code" - footnote 9, page 138.
3) But does the earlier statement and mention of Hullin agree with what is said in Part 1, Chapter 4, topic 2 of "The Divine Code" which seems to imply that since a Gentile lived in a community that didn't know/teach the seven commandments, he is not liable for worshipping idols if he does, since he wasn't taught?
1) Someone told me that the Talmud says in Tractate Hullin that there were no idolators outside of the Land of Israel, and that this still applies today.
2) Some take this to say that worshiping a sheetuf (intermediary) is OK for Gentiles as part of the definition of sheetuf that is not forbidden to Gentiles to practice, and I emphasize the word "practice" as opposed to believe. Now I know that final sentence contradicts the footnote in "The Divine Code" - footnote 9, page 138.
3) But does the earlier statement and mention of Hullin agree with what is said in Part 1, Chapter 4, topic 2 of "The Divine Code" which seems to imply that since a Gentile lived in a community that didn't know/teach the seven commandments, he is not liable for worshipping idols if he does, since he wasn't taught?