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Well, that's true, but by that logic you would have also refused to put the lamb's blood on your doorpost at Passover, or offer sacrifices at Yom Kippur, since those animals were all "created beings".


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there is nothing he (Chaim) is lacking that Hashem Himself can't provide, or hasn't provided a means for through His Torah.


I don't know where you come up with this stuff, mark. Do you read the responses people make to you, or do you just post responses to what you would have preferred them to say?

No matter how bad you wish it to be so, pagan theology antithetical to Torah will never be the same as or equivilent to the word of Hashem and His Torah.
I asked for strength, and G-d gave difficulties to make me strong. I asked for wisdom, and G-d gave me problems to solve. I asked for prosperity, and G-d gave me brawn and brain to work. I asked for courage, and G-d gave me dangers to overcome. I asked for love, and G-d gave me troubled people to help. I asked for favors, and G-d gave me opportunities. I received nothing I wanted. I received everything I needed. My prayers were answered.