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Madonna's new album, Confessions On a Dancefloor, has a song called "Isaac" about Rabbi Isaac Luria, the founder of Kaballah -- the retarded cult celebrities join when they don't want to be Scientologists. The song has pissed off Rabbi Rafael Cohen, seminary director and the custodian of Isaac's tomb:

We'll see what Scientology has to say about it when Beck comes out with "L.Ron".

As deep into Kaballah as she is, you'd think she'd have already known this. If the song meant so much to her, why didn't she just post it as a free download on her site?

the kaballah is a "retarded cult", eh? well, nice to see some impartial reporting here. glad you're not letting your opinions get in the way of telling an objective story.

also, i should probably point out, the kaballah has been used for thousands of years, and was not just dreamt up to make money as scientology was. but i guess it's all just retarded to you, cos you don't subscribe to it, eh?

If you want objective reporting, you're in the wrong place, buddy.

I should point out that the following religions are also in the "retarded" category, in my opinion: Buddhism, hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, Paganism, Wicca, Goddess worship, Mormonism, Zen, Shinto, Taoism, etc, etc.

[Edited on Oct 11, 2005 by Keith]

And you should read what Rick A. Ross, an expert on cults, has to say about the form of Kabbalah that Madonna and other celebrities practice.

"The Rick A. Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups and Movements."

...sounds like a cult of personality to me.

that having been said, madonna changes religions with every album.

Well, whatever, whoever you want to listen to, read up on the Kabbalah Centre -- the organization run by Philip Berg -- which is where Madonna studied Kabbalah, and compare it to whatever you call "real" Kabbalah.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah_Center

I hate the Kabbalah Centre almost as much as I hate fucking Scientology.

Flying Spaghetti Monsterism!?! You've gone too far with that one, he will strike you down with his noodley appendage!.

Yeah, sorry dude.
Meatball in teh fase!

That was exactly what I was thinking of. And then when she did "Like a Prayer" she got churches upset with her for the religious imagery in the video. (Of course, this may have something to do with the fact that the song was blatantly about blowjobs and the imagery in the video was sexual) She just seems to piss everyone off sooner or later.

scientology just means : learn how 2 learn.And they do a great job

The Kabbalah and the Zohar are books of mysticism that only really mean anything within the context of Judaism. They're not a separate religion and the ones who claim it is *are* only out to make money, what with those bracelets and "specially blessed Kabbalah water".

What these people are practising is not Judaism.

Yeah. They also use those tapes to blackmail you if you ever leave. Sometimes worse.

My friend's brother "disappeared" when he tried to leave.

[Edited on Oct 11, 2005 by Meridon]

Madonna is Madonna. She sings about what she wants to sing about. She's toned her act down quite a bit since her Like a Virgin and Material Girl days, but she obviously STILL knows what buttons to push. Madonna enjoys controversy. Controversy sells.

Personally, I think Rabbi Rafael Cohen is bitching because he can. Seems to be the world we live in today; people are just not happy unless they have something to bitch about. If you don't like the song or you don't like the singer, there's a simple solution; don't listen.

Just the title of this told me it was going to crack me up!



Except the Beck part--he's a Scientologist? No, Beck, no! I know you're weird, but be weird on your own--not with Tom Cruise!

Yeah! And how is this news?!

Buddhism, Zen and Taoism are not religions FYI...

Wait... do you even know what "cult of personality" means?

Are you telling me that Rick A. Ross is really Stalin? Or is he Mao Zedong?

I'm confused...

I'm pretty sure they do:

That's funny. Have you ever lived in a Zen Monastery? Well, I have, so... just FYI.

By the way. Wikipedia:

Webster's Dictionary:

So... take it up with the dictionary and the encyclopedia, is what I'm saying.

[Edited on Oct 11, 2005 by Keith]

Living Color was pretty cool. I bet they know everything.

[Edited on Oct 11, 2005 by penates]

funny because traditional buddhism has no deity...The Buddha isn't worshipped as a God and in fact did not want people to follow him on his path after he defected from Hinduism...Buddhism is a philosophy on life and many of the teachings within it you can find in Western Philosophers such as Descartes, Spinoza, and Kant...So I really doubt that any such organization can be "retarded" even if you don't agree with it...

Madonna, bastion