Clarification: It turns out that FFOZ does not promote divine punishment for full-rabbinic Gentile Torah observance after all. Today (12/12/11) the representative who posted this statement on a Torah Club forum post two weeks ago, corrected his initial reply which was missing the word “not”. For the past couple of weeks, comments have been coming in challenging the idea that Gentiles will be punished for “full” Torah observance, which I’m sure caused the FFOZ rep to scratch his head. Today, someone pointed out the statement he made about FFOZ promoting Gentile punishment for full Torah observance. Quickly this statement was corrected to say; ”FFOZ does NOT promote the idea that Gentiles will be punished by HaShem if they keep a full rabbinic Sabbath”.
My previous post “When Divine Invitation Promotes Divine Punishment; the Implications” has been removed, because it was based on the (previous) erroneous premise. I have also removed comments associated with this post.
I guess DI is not self-cannabalizing after all. Lesson learned regarding creating a post from a comment on a forum.
LOL Thank you for the update. It’s good to hear of the clarification as that does make better sense.
I suppose it’s a lesson learned all around. Missing a critical word can really send the wrong message!
Shalom, I did not even learn of this until you posted this note and retraction. I will look into it a bit further. I do appreciate you clarifying this on your blog. Grace and peace, Boaz M.