Re: Comment on a Huffington Post Article?

[Guest guest]

I think the Rabbi's intent was well meaning, but his message gets muddled and twisted as we try to work past very inflammatory and incorrect statements that hurt rather than heal. I find myself almost encouraged by his words, but then I fall off the cliff of understanding when he veers off into a sea of misunderstanding of the reality we live. He almost gets it right, but more often gets it wrong which creates a wall of mistrust between his message, and those who universally know differently. I do not blame him for not knowing our reality because he does not live it, but he should not speak as if he does. For this reason I give the Rabbi a D- on his Essay, and ask him to rethink how the words are a jab in the eye of families who know differently.It is not the disability that creates the suffering. It is the misunderstanding of it that creates the suffering. It is the misunderstanding of what is perfect and what is not perfect that creates the suffering. Perhaps the Rabbi would entertain the thought that we are the disabled ones, and those he labels as 'suffering with disabilities' are the one's who are actually perfected in G-d's image.Our own 'perfection' is further from the image of G-d, than children born with the lifelong ability to love themselves and others for a lifetime. I think we all mistakenly suffer from the shock of of a less than perfect child in the beginning, but some of us more than others, chose to carry that baggage of suffering which leads to poor choices and rash decisions. Some poor souls choose to give back the gift before even opening the package to find out what it really is. I have sympathy for those who lament and often make the 'choice' that destroy lives in more ways than one. I would speculate the divorce rates for that sub group is inexplicably high.Which is just another sign that we are the one's severely disabled and not the other way around.

i saw the original article by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and it was such garbage. This woman's rebuttal is pretty good, with some errors.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-adams/looking-for-suffering-in-all-the-wrong-places_b_1503069.html?show_comment_id=158881554#Anyone want to comment? Or read my comment? (see the bottom of the page) Liora Pearlman , ModeratorMom Please consider calling me at 5130 3931 or texting 139 1030 6022 if it is time sensitive.

[Guest guest]

you are so right. And the way you write this is especially true:

" It is not the disability that creates the suffering. It is the

misunderstanding of it that creates the suffering. It is the misunderstanding

of what is perfect and what is not perfect that creates the suffering.

Perhaps the Rabbi would entertain the thought that we are the disabled ones, and

those he labels as 'suffering with disabilities' are the one's who are actually

perfected in G-d's image.

Our own 'perfection' is further from the image of G-d, than children born with

the lifelong ability to love themselves and others for a lifetime. "