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Qualified by YHWH? Or by mortal man?

That's not Jewish, it's Gentile talk. It's nowhere near unique in imagined Judaism, either.

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The Rabbinate claims a line of descent from master to pupil starting with Moses.

This is gibberish.

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But then 'rabbis' were masters of demonic fantasy. They should have been stoned.

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But rabbis had existed since Moses!

No Robots

Compared to the Governing Body, the Rabbinate is positively benign.

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Demons get around.

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Heh. You're okay, sotto voce.

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C'rect.

http://www.rense.com/general21/tal.htm

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You have to keep things in perspective here. Look at what the Greeks had to say about the barbarians.

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There is perspective there. But it illustrates one of the dangers and the folly of a rabbinate, of a caste of experts.

The danger comes in allowing oneself to be called 'Master', or 'Teacher' in the sense of an authority source. That is an act of hatred towards the person who does the calling, because that person should make up his own mind. That's the fundamental objection to 'rabbi' or 'Rabbi', to Catholic 'Father', even to Protestant 'Pastor'. Moses had no successors. That was the point, that he acted to lay down the rules for all Israelites to understand and put into practice. They were to 'wear it on their own foreheads', not trail off to a guru to get the SP.

“Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.' Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (NLT)