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Dog sentenced to death by stoning
Rabbinical court rules spirit of secular lawyer who insulted judges 20 years ago transferred into wandering dog's body.
A Jerusalem rabbinical court recently sentenced a wandering dog to death by stoning. The cruel sentence stemmed from the suspicion that the spirit of a famous secular lawyer, who insulted the court's judges 20 years ago, had been transferred into the dog's body.
Several weeks ago, according to the Behadrei Hadarim website, a large dog entered the Monetary Affairs Court near the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim. The dog scared the court's visitors and, to their surprise, refused to leave even after they attempted to drive him away.
One of the judges suddenly recalled that about 20 years ago, a famous secular lawyer who insulted the court was cursed by the panel of judges, who wished that his spirit would move on to the body of a dog (considered an impure animal by Halacha). The lawyer passed away several years ago.
Still offended, one of the judges sentenced the poor animal to death by stoning, recruiting the neighborhood's children to carry out the order. Luckily, the dog managed to escape.
The head of the court, Rabbi Avraham Dov Levin, denied that the judges had called for the dog's stoning. But one of the court's managers confirmed the report to Yedioth Ahronoth.
"It was ordered by the rabbis because of the grief he had caused the court," he said. "They didn't issue an official ruling, but ordered the children outside to throw stones at him in order to drive him away. They didn't think of it as cruelty to animals, but as an appropriate way to 'get back at' the spirit which entered the poor dog."
Jerusalem City Council Member and social activist Rachel Azaria sent an urgent letter to the attorney general, calling on him to "deal with the criminals". The Let the Animals Live organization filed a complaint with the police against Rabbi Levin.[/quote]
Source: [url]http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4082843,00.html[/url]
Wow
Its not a human so 99% of the posts will not be shitty puns.
But still, that is backwards and messed. :frown:
"Rabbinical court rules spirit of secular lawyer who insulted judges 20 years ago transferred into wandering dog's body."
I'm AMAZED people have these medieval thoughts these days. remember that movie where that dad dies and is reborn as a dog, and returned to his family as a dog? Thats called 'fiction' for a reason.
I feel like they're barking up the wrong tree.
[QUOTE=J!NX;30527695]Its not a human so 99% of the posts will not be shitty puns.
But still, that is backwards and messed. :frown:[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure its the exact opposite.
Facepunch flips shit if something happens to a cat or a dog.
Thats a fucking horrible way to die. Especially for animals.
[quote][b]The cruel sentence stemmed from the suspicion that the spirit of a famous secular lawyer, who insulted the court's judges 20 years ago, had been transferred into the dog's body.[/b][/quote]
Are you fucking kidding me? It's the 21st century and people still believe in this shit? Come on.
Why must that Rabbi be so doggone stupid.
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[QUOTE=AnalDestroyer;30527765]Are you fucking kidding me? It's the 21st century and people still believe in this shit? Come on.[/QUOTE]
inb4 someone says "religion :rolleyes:"
[quote]Rabbinical court rules spirit of secular lawyer who insulted judges 20 years ago transferred into wandering dog's body.[/quote]Oh come on, there can't really be a society on earth still standing with people this stupid.
religion :rolleyes:
Ah well I hate dogs so no loss.
[QUOTE=Moby-;30527824]Ah well I hate dogs so no loss.[/QUOTE]
We should stone you instead
I like how they don't even pretend to do it because of justice or anything, but simply because they didn't like the lawyer.
[QUOTE=PunchedInFac;30527778]Why must that Rabbi be so doggone stupid.
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inb4 someone says "religion :rolleyes:"[/QUOTE]
I've got no problems with religion. However, the idea that you put any living creature to death because they might host the spirit of someone from twenty years ago is completely idiotic.
[quote]Luckily, the dog managed to escape. [/quote]
oh good
It is a result of religion because if these people were atheists, they wouldn't be stoning a dog because of a "spirit transfer".
[quote]They didn't think of it as cruelty to animals, but as an appropriate way to 'get back at' the spirit which entered the poor dog."[/quote]
yerp let's kill this dog because he is possessed by a dude that made me butthurt twenty years ago.
What's more is someone could be put to death because they insulted some judges.
Since when is being rude a crime punishable by death?
[QUOTE=Hakita;30527715]I'm pretty sure its the exact opposite.
Facepunch flips shit if something happens to a cat or a dog.[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure you flip flop read that. I was talking about them killing a dog.
but yeah, pretty much what I said.
[QUOTE=Alex_DeLarge;30527861]It is a result of religion because if these people were atheists, they wouldn't be stoning a dog because of a "spirit transfer".[/QUOTE]
no because you can't blame "religion" in all of it's incarnations and forms over the course of thousands and thousands of years on an action taken by a small group of people
it's like blaming "drugs" every time a corpse floats to the surface of a pond in juarez. it's childish and reductive
Only a country dominated by religious ways of thinking would have a legal system this retarded.
EDIT: Better?
This could need a source...
[QUOTE=Snipehamster;30528009]Only a theocracy would have a legal system this retarded.[/QUOTE]
israel is not a theocracy
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[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;30528036]This could need a source...[/QUOTE]
just google any portion of the text
"His spirit is in the body of the dog". I stopped for a second and lamented on our intelligence as a species, then wept. It sounds so unbelievably retarded I'm pretty sure that a small part of me died inside.
[QUOTE=SigmaLambda;30528039]
just google any portion of the text[/QUOTE]
Shouldn't need to do this...
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;30528095]Shouldn't need to do this...[/QUOTE]
its easier than posting a reply to a thread and then also posting a second reply to the reply you made
[QUOTE=SigmaLambda;30528185]its easier than posting a reply to a thread and then also posting a second reply to the reply you made[/QUOTE]
not entirely. Its easier for the OP to put the source in there and credit the news outlet that wrote the content he posted. You know, so its not a copyright infringement of some sort.
Oh my god why!
[QUOTE=Zoran;30528252]Oh my god why![/QUOTE]
Dude, chill. I get my dog stoned all the time.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;30528268]Dude, chill. I get my dog stoned all the time.[/QUOTE]
Bro, it's that insane shit, man. It's not the same, his body isn't ready!
This article makes me want to :barf:
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