Transcript [00:02] life audio [00:04] >> on today's episode of Timeless Wisdom. [00:08] >> Why do we not see Jewish evangelists or [00:13] missionaries or it seems like they're [00:16] almost kind of content to sit back and [00:18] let the world come to them and I was [00:20] just wanting to get your feedback on [00:22] that. [00:22] >> Eric, you have asked one of my all-time [00:24] favorite questions. Dennis, my friend. [00:26] Yes, sir. [00:27] >> Um, I have a son who has a very high IQ, [00:30] but he does not perform well in school. [00:34] >> And, um, I've followed your suggestion. [00:36] >> How old is he? How old? [00:38] >> He's 12. [00:39] >> In what grade? [00:41] >> Um, six. Well, my question was to you, [00:44] when's the last time you had to [00:46] hitchhike? Actually, stick out your [00:47] thumb and hitchhike. God, I don't [00:49] remember hitchhiking, but I have picked [00:52] up hitchhikers uh frequently. And you [00:55] want to hear an eerie story? I never [00:56] told this one. [00:57] >> Uh my question was, I was wondering if [00:59] you're able to trace back through your [01:02] family history which tribe of Israel you [01:05] are descended from. [01:06] >> What? I can tell you how to properly [01:08] adjust your mirrors in your car to [01:10] eliminate blind spots. Get out of here. [01:12] No. Get out. It is possible. Len in [01:16] Garden Grove, California. Dennis, [01:18] >> it is possible. [01:20] >> Yes, it is. [01:21] >> That's coming up on Timeless Wisdom with [01:23] Dennis Prager. [01:24] >> As prices keep rising, social security [01:27] is even more important to older [01:29] Americans. [01:30] >> I counted it to pay for groceries and [01:32] prescriptions. Everything costs more [01:34] now. [01:34] >> AP is fighting to protect the Social [01:37] Security Americans earn through a [01:39] lifetime of hard work. [01:40] >> I've paid into Social Security since I [01:42] was a teenager. It isn't a handout. I [01:46] earned it. Join us to stand up for [01:48] Social Security. Visit aarp.org/social [01:52] securitycurity voter. Paid for by AARP. [01:59] Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis [02:01] Prager. Here, thousands of hours of [02:04] Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic [02:06] radio programs. And to purchase Dennis [02:08] Prager's rational Bibles, go to [02:10] dennisprager.com. [02:12] >> Dennis Prager here, and this is the hour [02:14] of the week where you set the agenda. I [02:16] set them the other 14 hours of the week. [02:18] This is yours. Whatever you want to talk [02:20] to me about. From politics to the [02:22] meaning of life to my shoe size to what [02:25] pipe tobacco I like to uh [02:28] recommendations on music or books or [02:32] anything you've just been curious about [02:35] about me or about my ideas or what have [02:38] you. 18 Prager 77618 [02:41] P R A G E R 776. this is the time for [02:46] you. [02:48] Let me immediately go to uh some of your [02:51] calls. [02:53] Now, there's an interesting one [02:56] uh to Al in Grand Prairie, Texas on [03:00] Casey. Hello, Al. Dennis Prager. [03:02] >> Hey, Dennis. I uh wanted to uh I was a [03:05] little surprised that you're well not [03:08] taking certain calls, but I'll get right [03:10] to the point. I've noticed that you [03:12] >> Wait, you were surp You were surprised [03:14] at my not taking certain calls. [03:16] >> Uh, yeah, because I called a few minutes [03:18] earlier and uh [03:19] >> Oh, well. Oh, I see. Well, come up with [03:21] an alternate. [03:22] >> Oh, okay. Well, I won't ask you what it [03:24] was that Eva said no to. [03:25] >> Yeah, we'll find out. He emails me. [03:28] Okay. [03:28] >> Okay. [03:29] >> Go ahead. [03:30] >> Uh, I've noticed that you, unlike u [03:32] every other talk show host I know you [03:35] play the same 12 pieces of bumper music [03:37] in order. [03:38] >> That's right. Time. Yes, we do. And [03:40] every very rarely we uh throw in [03:42] something new. Uh that was Allen's idea [03:45] and I liked it. It uh and I have to get [03:47] his thinking once again. I like it [03:49] because it gives a certain rhythm, [03:53] predictable rhythm to the show. I happen [03:56] to like it. Do you not like it? [03:59] >> Uh no. It uh it sparked my curio I mean [04:02] I'm okay with it. It sparked my [04:03] curiosity. I wondered if uh the [04:06] >> It almost becomes No, not really. Uh but [04:09] the uh the opening theme of course [04:11] represents something that we're in a uh [04:13] we are in a a battle for the country and [04:15] now at a war abroad as well. But the and [04:19] that's the theme of course from Han [04:21] Zimmer's Gladiator, [04:22] >> right? And you changed that in uh last [04:24] half of 2002 was it [04:26] >> was when did I change that? No. Uh let's [04:29] see. We're in 2004. [04:32] It's about two years ago after [04:35] a decade at least of using the the uh [04:38] Hey Sean, do you have the old handle [04:39] theme around? [04:41] >> Give you I was not of course on KK Sky. [04:44] You don't know my old theme, do you, Al? [04:46] >> I do know your old theme. Uh you were on [04:47] another station in this area for Oh, [04:49] you're right. Couple years. You're [04:51] right. Of course I was. KLD. That's [04:52] right. [04:53] >> Right. And much on a tape delay, which [04:56] was fine. If I could not hear you at [04:58] work, I got to hear you in the evening [05:00] hard to call. Now you hear me live. [05:01] Anyway, that's that's Thank you very [05:03] much for the call. That's the uh the [05:05] thinking. Uh uh Sean, do that again. Do [05:08] it again. Let let uh let the folks [05:37] Is that gorgeous, folks? I I you know, [05:40] you know how many times I've heard that [05:41] thousands of times. [05:43] >> I did. I know. And I hear it now. It It [05:47] is I'll never forget. I will never [05:49] forget. I first heard that [05:53] on the on a classical radio station [05:56] about 25 years ago. [05:59] I I stopped my car. [06:03] I just I I I I I wanted to just hear it. [06:07] Stayed in the car till the piece was [06:09] over to find out what it was. Now, I [06:11] know classical music really well. It's [06:13] the I'm not I'm not proud to say it's [06:15] the only music I listen to till about [06:18] six years ago. Now, I'm I'm crazy about [06:22] many forms of jazz. I'm nuts about film [06:26] music and and and uh and jazz is so [06:29] broad with because it's blues and it's [06:31] jazz singing and as well as a jazz uh [06:35] you know the classic jazz uh trio. But [06:39] anyway, [06:40] uh I had never heard this piece. It's by [06:42] handle lived in the 17th century. H A N [06:45] D E L and it is the conurto number two [06:49] movement five. Very rare very rare piece [06:52] but it's it's a beauty. [06:54] >> Denver and KN US710. Hello Eric. [06:58] >> Hey Dennis. [06:59] >> Hi. [06:59] >> Uh honor to talk to you. My question [07:02] switching gears is [07:03] >> that's why I switched. Yes. [07:05] >> Yeah. Yeah. is why do we not see Jewish [07:09] evangelists or missionaries or it seems [07:13] like they're almost kind of content to [07:14] sit back and let the world come to them. [07:17] And I was just wanting to get your [07:18] feedback on that. [07:19] >> Eric, you have asked one of my all-time [07:21] favorite questions and I have I have uh [07:24] I have a lot I have a real good answer [07:27] for you because I have worked a lot to [07:28] find out the answer. Uh you will note [07:31] are you Christian? [07:32] >> I am. [07:33] >> Yeah. uh you may I don't remember which [07:35] uh book of the New Testament but uh Paul [07:38] says that the Jews and I'm paraphrasing [07:41] uh the Jews would sail seas and cross [07:43] continents to make one convert. The fact [07:46] is that at the time of Jesus Jews were [07:49] missionizing. Jews don't know this [07:51] generally and and non-Jews certainly [07:52] don't know this. Uh in in fact uh [07:56] onetenth of the Roman Empire was Jewish [07:58] at the time of Jesus. that is how many [08:00] converts uh had been made in the Roman [08:02] Empire. What happened was sad to say uh [08:06] for for both religions. But uh by the [08:09] time Christianity was made the uh the [08:11] state religion of Rome, it was banned. [08:14] No one could convert to Judaism. And [08:17] then began a terrible period in uh in [08:20] Europe of persecution of Jews. It was [08:22] banned as soon as the Roman Empire [08:24] became Christian and then the church [08:25] banned it forever. Indeed, there were [08:27] Christians who did convert and they were [08:29] killed and the Jews who who facilitated [08:32] it. Then Jews were put in ghettos and [08:34] certainly could hardly the last thing [08:35] they were going to do was try to make [08:37] anybody Jewish. They were happy to stay [08:39] alive. Then unfortunately what happened [08:42] and you ask well what about the last [08:43] couple of hundred years where Jews were [08:45] far more free. Why didn't Jews return to [08:48] that? Well, that's an internal then it's [08:50] an internal Jewish problem which is uh [08:54] number one that because of almost 2,000 [08:57] years of being uh forced into insularity [09:02] uh that that came and these are these [09:04] are my take now uh it came to prevail [09:07] where Jews uh were got so used to living [09:11] among themselves that the more religious [09:13] the Jews were the more they retreated [09:15] from society rather than entered it. You [09:18] with me, Eric? [09:19] >> Yeah. [09:19] >> So, that that is a that is a problem. It [09:22] is it is it is being undone by a handful [09:26] of uh of Orthodox Jews. I'm not [09:28] Orthodox. I'm religious but not [09:30] Orthodox. So, I I'm not making any case [09:33] for any denomination so that people [09:35] listening will understand. I'm I'm truly [09:36] objective here. Uh but there are Jews [09:39] like Kabad. I don't know if you are [09:41] familiar with them. the [09:42] >> they uh they uh they have houses all [09:45] over the country and they have an [09:47] outreach not to make people who are not [09:50] Jewish Jewish but to bring them to what [09:52] what are called the seven laws of of [09:54] Noah or the children of Noah universal [09:57] moral laws and recognition of God. Does [09:59] that make sense? [10:00] >> Yeah, I appreciate your help. [10:02] >> All right. I thank you for asking. Okay. [10:04] Be well. [10:05] >> Okay. Um, let's go to [10:11] and let's see here. Oh, Ryan. Okay, [10:13] Ryan. I love when 10-year-olds call in [10:16] Littleton, Colorado. It's Ryan on KN US. [10:19] Hello, Ryan. [10:20] >> Hi, Mr. Frager. [10:21] >> Hi, Ryan. What What uh what has you [10:24] calling my show? Why are you calling? [10:26] >> Um, I want to repeat Shama to you in [10:29] Hebrew. [10:30] >> And how do you know it? Well, I go to a [10:34] a private Christian school and we we [10:37] were we're learning it at our school [10:39] right now and we keep repeating it in [10:41] chapel in our classroom. [10:43] >> Oh, that's very touching. Okay, let me [10:45] hear it. [10:46] >> Sh is aduadoni [10:52] ela. [10:59] Amen. [11:00] >> Wow. So it's not just the shamat. It's [11:03] also the first uh sentence of the [11:05] paragraph. Love God with all your heart, [11:07] your soul, and your mind. [11:09] >> Yeah. [11:09] >> Now, that's very impressive. I am very [11:12] touched that you called and that's what [11:13] they're teaching you uh to to say in the [11:16] Christian school [11:18] that you learned that in your Christian [11:19] school. [11:20] >> Yes. [11:20] >> That's very impressive. Now, Ryan, I [11:23] want you to try to work on one sound [11:25] with me right now because otherwise it [11:27] was just about perfect. Can you say [11:39] >> that's a toughy? So, that's the only uh [11:42] letter there that you were having a [11:43] little tough time. And I'll bet your [11:45] teacher probably has a tough time [11:46] because we don't we don't have that in [11:48] English because it would be [11:57] so there were a lot of in there. Ryan, [12:00] God bless you. [12:01] >> Thank you. [12:02] >> Thank you. Made my day. [12:05] Yes, folks. Only in America. [12:08] Only in America. [12:11] The Jewish Christian Alliance to save [12:13] this country. That's my dream. That's my [12:17] project. It's my mission. We'll be back [12:19] in a moment. You're listening to the [12:20] Dennis Prager show. [12:22] >> This episode of Timeless Wisdom will [12:24] continue right after this. [12:27] >> What happens when faith and mental [12:29] health meet for real? [12:31] >> What's up? I'm Grace Gra. Welcome to [12:33] Breaking Through with Grace Greyber, a [12:35] podcast for honest conversations about [12:37] anxiety, trauma, healing, hope, and the [12:39] God who never backs away when life gets [12:41] heavy. [12:41] >> We are going to talk about everything [12:43] mental health. [12:44] >> No pretending, no perfect answers, just [12:46] real stories, real faith, and a reminder [12:49] that you're not alone. [12:50] >> Get ready. You're going to be absolutely [12:52] obsessed. [12:53] >> Breaking through with Grace Graver, [12:55] available now wherever you get your [12:56] podcasts. [13:00] Now back to more of Dennis Prager's [13:03] timeless wisdom. [13:04] >> All righty. In Los Angeles on 870 KRLA, [13:08] Jesse. Hello, Jesse. Dennis Prager. [13:10] >> How you doing, Dennis Prager? [13:11] >> Well, thank thank you, my friend. [13:13] >> Oh my god. It's a it's a pleasure to to [13:15] talk to you, Mr. Dennis. [13:16] >> Thank you so much. [13:17] >> I'm a truck driver. I'm really young. [13:19] 26. [13:20] >> Y [13:20] >> I'm a Hispanic. And um I just want to [13:23] tell you that uh you [13:26] you I don't know. you you you made so [13:28] much my life. So besides having Christ [13:30] on me on my heart. [13:32] >> Yes. [13:33] >> You've been um I don't know such an [13:36] inspiring guy for me that I can't wait [13:38] the next day to to listen to you. [13:41] >> Oh [13:41] >> turn my radio on and um [13:43] >> you're giving me the chills. You're [13:45] you're really I'm very touched by your [13:47] call, Jesse. [13:48] >> Jess um [13:49] >> Jesse, you do you drive uh what what do [13:51] you what type of truck do you drive? [13:53] >> Uh a big rig. The 18-wheeler. [13:55] >> An 18-wheeler. How long did it take you [13:57] to learn how to do it? [13:59] >> Uh about uh 6 months. [14:03] >> I I tell you when I see guys with [14:05] driving big rigs and then parking them. [14:08] >> Uhhuh. [14:09] >> Jesse, I have trouble with my car. [14:11] >> I know. You live in Long Beach. [14:14] >> I I I admire your talent. Let me tell [14:17] you. [14:17] >> You got to drive the busiest freeway in [14:19] LA. [14:20] >> Hey, you know what? One day I'd like to [14:22] drive in your truck with you. [14:23] >> Oh, I that would be an honor. [14:25] >> All right. I was thinking about that. [14:27] >> I'd love it. [14:28] >> Be a friend. [14:29] >> I would love it. So, send send me an [14:31] email. Do you email? [14:32] >> Yeah. [14:32] >> All right. Send me an email and write [14:34] Jesse. Jesse the truck driver. Okay. [14:36] >> All right. All right, Mr. Dennis. [14:37] >> All right. Thank you, my friend. Byebye. [14:39] >> God bless you. Thank you. Got Christ on [14:40] his heart and and me in the same [14:43] sentence. I tell you what. I mean, you [14:44] know, my my cup runth over. Woof. [14:49] My friends, whatever is on your mind, uh [14:51] this is the hour to uh do so. And let us [14:54] go to in Naples, Florida, WCNZ 1660 and [14:59] Richard. Hi Richard. [15:01] >> Dennis, my friend. [15:02] >> Yes sir. [15:02] >> Um I have a son who has a very high IQ [15:06] but he does not perform well in school [15:09] and um I've followed your suggestion. [15:12] >> How old is he? How old? [15:14] >> He's 12. [15:15] >> In what grade? [15:16] >> Um sixth. [15:18] >> Okay. [15:19] um and he does very well in certain [15:22] subjects but now he's falling behind in [15:24] those subjects like science and math [15:26] right [15:27] >> and those are where he really achieves [15:29] highly and I've done the paying for the [15:32] grades tried that with him and he came [15:35] home with an F in science and I and my [15:37] question to you is should I take away [15:40] things he likes to do like he plays ice [15:42] hockey and roller hockey and you know [15:45] I'm afraid to take those things away [15:46] from him because he does well in those [15:48] things too. And but then again, there's [15:51] got to be some kind of of I feel [15:54] punishment for not achieving to where he [15:58] should be expected to achieve. [16:00] >> Well, what are his reasons for doing [16:04] poorly? [16:06] >> He doesn't know. He never knows. He I I [16:08] can never get a straight answer out of [16:10] him when it comes to his grades. It It's [16:13] He's doesn't know what he's doing in [16:15] class or things like that. So it's [16:18] really tough to get the information out [16:20] of him. [16:22] >> Now when when he's not working for uh [16:26] school at uh at home, is he watching TV? [16:30] What is he doing? Um he plays on the [16:33] PlayStation when you know if like we've [16:36] taken certain things away from him [16:38] because you know he's not allowed to [16:40] play on the PlayStation right now [16:41] because he needs to be working on his [16:44] schoolwork and or studying or now he's [16:47] reading a book. [16:47] >> Have you have you thought of He does [16:49] read books. [16:50] >> Yes. That's great. [16:51] >> He likes to read. [16:52] >> That's terrific. Uh what did the teacher [16:55] say? [16:56] Um, well, he's he is also ADD and he's [17:01] taking medication for it um prescribed [17:05] by his doctor, which I'm not real keen [17:06] on, but um he he does do a lot better [17:10] when he has the right dosage. Um [17:12] >> well, if he's getting Fs on the [17:14] medication, what would he be getting if [17:16] he weren't on it? [17:18] >> Well, I'm glad I'm glad you could laugh. [17:20] >> He got an F. He got one F and he got [17:22] three C's and one A. I just don't [17:24] understand why he gets one A and one F [17:27] and the ref C's. [17:28] >> Probably because that's what did he get [17:30] the A in? [17:31] >> Um Oh gosh, I I don't remember. [17:35] >> That's all right. Um look, let let me [17:38] All right, let you know without meeting [17:39] him and a whole host of things. It's [17:41] it's very difficult. Let me let me state [17:43] for you I think though you know it and [17:46] all those listening my general theories [17:49] as opposed to an answer where I don't [17:52] know the individuals. So here here goes [17:54] number not in order of importance number [17:56] one I do not consider [18:00] very good grades important in a child's [18:04] life [18:06] provided number two that when they are [18:09] not working hard for school [18:12] they are not vegetating in front of the [18:15] television set. [18:17] My general theory is if your child is [18:20] not doing school work, what is your [18:22] child doing when he or she is not doing [18:24] the schoolwork? [18:27] If he is uh wasting his time on [18:30] television, that should be removed. But [18:33] if he is playing, and I consider play [18:36] important, [18:37] socializing, [18:39] reading books, building uh model [18:42] airplanes, whatever it might be, I could [18:45] live with that. [18:48] Next, the question of the school. This [18:51] you uh and this you have to consider [18:55] uh is maybe this is not the right school [18:57] for him. [19:00] Maybe other teachers might inspire him. [19:02] Maybe he needs a uh a different setting. [19:05] Maybe he needs to be homeschooled. Maybe [19:07] he needs to be in a small school. Maybe [19:09] he needs a private school. Maybe he [19:10] needs a public school. Maybe he needs I [19:12] don't know what. [19:14] F F bothers me. It does. If a parent [19:19] called up and said, "My kid is getting [19:21] C's, B's, and A's," I would say, "You're [19:23] very, you lucky. Have a great day. Don't [19:26] worry about it." [19:28] It's a very real tension between my [19:31] attitude that we drive kids crazy on [19:33] grades and allowing them to flunk. [19:37] Allowing them to flunk is not good. That [19:40] that that needs to be addressed. [19:43] Also [19:45] uh while there are kids who do need [19:47] medication, I do believe that medication [19:50] is offered to freely. The purpose of [19:52] medication is not good grades. The [19:54] purpose of medication is to be able to [19:57] function. Now the be being able to [19:59] function may lead to good grades. I [20:01] fully understand. [20:03] So I hope this is of some help, but I [20:06] would definitely uh uh consider uh [20:08] switching schools. F F if there's one F, [20:13] then let him do the work. But you have [20:15] to sit down. The kid's old enough to [20:17] say, "Listen, F is not acceptable in [20:19] this home. That's a failure. [20:22] What will you do to make sure that you [20:24] do not fail? That you get at least a C." [20:27] Okay, I'm not going to drive you crazy [20:28] for A's, but what would be done? What [20:31] can we do to make that possible? [20:35] >> Are you enjoying Timeless Wisdom? We'd [20:37] love to hear from you. Call 877-2437776 [20:42] and leave a review, share your thoughts, [20:44] or just even an encouraging word for [20:46] Dennis. Your voicemail might just make [20:48] it on the show. That's 877-243776. [20:53] That's 877-243LE76. [20:58] Thanks for listening and for your [21:00] support. Uh, oh boy, here's a funny [21:03] question. Let's go to Chadzsworth, [21:05] California. John, hello. [21:06] >> Hello, Dennis. Hi, [21:08] >> it's a pleasure to talk with you. [21:10] >> Thank you. [21:11] >> I enjoy your show immensely. [21:12] >> Me, too. [21:14] >> Is that all right, by the way? Is that [21:16] an okay response? [21:17] >> Is that Does that to say me too [21:19] >> as opposed to your own show? [21:21] >> Yeah. [21:21] >> Yeah, it's acceptable. [21:22] >> Is it arrogant? [21:24] >> No. [21:24] >> Okay, go ahead. [21:25] >> Well, my question was to you, when's the [21:28] last time you had to hitchhike? [21:29] Actually, stick out your thumb and [21:31] hitchhike. God, I don't remember [21:33] hitchhiking, but I have picked up [21:35] hitchhikers uh frequently. And you want [21:38] to hear an eerie story? I never told [21:40] this one. I was I had one terrible crash [21:42] in my life. I was 21. I was on a [21:45] mountain road in Pennsylvania. [21:48] And I uh it was an inherited car. It was [21:51] my first car. Bad tires. And I was not [21:54] the world's most careful driver. I was I [21:57] was newly minted as a driver. I didn't [21:58] become a driver in my teens. I was a New [22:00] Yorker. Anyway, uh I went down a hill. [22:04] The hill ended at a curve, [22:07] uh which led to a little bridge and I [22:10] and I put on the brakes and smacked [22:12] right into the steel railings. [22:16] The uh I had my father I was [22:18] hospitalized. I broke my nose and I had [22:21] glass all over my body, which is not [22:23] neither of which is terrible, just it [22:25] was painful and I was knocked [22:26] unconscious. [22:28] The car became an accordion [22:30] in the back. The back was completely [22:33] demolished because I hit the car. I [22:35] swerved in time to have the back of the [22:37] car. I had let off a hitchhiker [22:40] 2 minutes before. [22:43] >> I would have been responsible for the [22:46] death of a human being if the if he had [22:49] not gotten out of my car 2 minutes [22:51] earlier. [22:52] >> When's the last time you told that [22:53] story? [22:54] >> Never told it on the air. Never told it [22:56] publicly. Not that I'm hiding it. and it [22:57] just never arose. It's very sobering. [23:00] It's a very sobering part of life. [23:03] I guess we all have sobering stories [23:05] obviously, but I never have forgotten [23:07] that. I had my father go to the junkyard [23:09] and take a picture of the car. I still [23:11] have it somewhere. Back in a moment. [23:13] You're listening to the Dennis Prager [23:14] show. [23:16] Uh Monica. [23:18] Yeah, I know. Monica in Lakewood, [23:21] Colorado on 710. Hi. [23:24] >> Hi, Dennis. How are you? and I just got [23:27] such a kick out of your um happiness [23:29] hour. He's a first-time listener and [23:31] he's a psychiatrist and he said that [23:33] >> you reminded him a lot of Dr. Phil. Um [23:36] but Dr. Phil on the radio because you um [23:39] had such good advice for Cassie for [23:42] example. [23:44] He did have one suggestion though for [23:46] Kathy. Yes. as a psychiatrist, he [23:48] thought that she might want to try some [23:50] meds um as well as therapy for her [23:53] disorder because it's really a social [23:55] anxiety disorder. But we you just made [23:58] us very happy, Dennis, listening to your [23:59] happiness hour. And I was so happy [24:02] because my husband had never heard you [24:04] and he just he just thought you were [24:06] great. [24:06] >> Oh, look, if a psychiatrist likes my [24:08] hour on happiness, wait, I want wait, [24:11] let me finish the sentence. It's a good [24:13] sign for me, but in my opinion, it's a [24:15] good statement about him. [24:17] >> Well, I have to tell you, he said, you [24:19] know, you better tell Dennis. I'm [24:21] jealous because you have Dennis on your [24:22] cell phone. You have his number pleas. [24:26] He don't even remember my beeper number [24:28] sometimes. [24:29] >> Oh, that's funny. Well, you know what? [24:30] You know, I'll tell you a story about [24:32] that, too. I When I began radio, I was [24:35] on on Sunday nights in Los Angeles. [24:38] >> Yeah. And women would come over to me in [24:40] front of their husbands and say, [24:42] "Dennis, [24:44] I go to bed with you every Sunday [24:45] night." And I'm I'm I'm standing there [24:48] and you know what? I'm speechless. I I [24:52] what am I saying? Thank you. Or oh, I [24:54] love it. Or that's wonderful. What am I [24:56] going to say? [24:57] >> You really uh had us go in stitches [25:00] because you just made us so happy in [25:02] that happiness hour that we just [25:04] couldn't help but call. Thank you, [25:06] Dennis. [25:07] for for um making us think of Dr. Phil [25:10] because you really are you're you're [25:12] better than Dr. Phil. [25:13] >> Oh, that's that's so sweet. [25:14] >> Political ad coverage. [25:16] >> That's true. All right. Be well. Say hi [25:18] to your husband and don't forget his [25:20] Bieber number. [25:22] >> Okay. [25:22] >> Okay. Bye-bye. Bye. That's funny. Yeah. [25:25] I used to get that line, folks. And I [25:27] would I would turn every shade of red. I [25:29] you know, I I would smile sheepishly, [25:32] you know, at the husband. [25:36] I'm out of here. [25:40] On the other hand, men would say that [25:41] too. [25:43] I fall asleep with Oh, or I'd get this [25:45] other one which people meant as a [25:47] compliment, Dennis. Every Sunday night, [25:49] I fall asleep listening to you. [25:52] And I didn't know what, you know, it was [25:53] meant as a compliment, but you know, how [25:55] good was I if they fell asleep during [25:58] the show, you know. So, I ought to make [26:01] a list of the cop comments that I have [26:04] that I have gotten because that and [26:06] they're they're so often meant well. Uh, [26:09] and that was I mean I would take that as [26:10] a compliment, but it was a funny way of [26:12] saying you know how much I enjoy you [26:14] that you put me to sleep. By the way, [26:16] talking about put to sleep, I could tell [26:17] you stories about radio for obviously [26:19] forever because 22 years I'm in radio. [26:22] This first show that I did on radio, I [26:24] did for 10 years. I I I was expanding to [26:27] other hours at the time, but I for 10 [26:29] years I did a show which changed my [26:31] life, utterly changed my life and [26:33] prepared me for what I believe is a [26:35] great great mission in my life now of of [26:38] having a Jewish Christian alliance to [26:39] save this country. [26:41] And the uh the show was where I [26:44] moderated a priest, a minister, and a [26:46] rabbi, different ones each week. And [26:48] after in after a few years, I almost [26:51] always had a fourth guest from a fourth [26:53] religion. [26:55] But uh many of those nights uh my son [26:58] who was young, my older son who was [26:59] young at the time uh would be with me [27:03] and uh he would fall asleep cuz it was [27:05] from 10 to midnight and he would fall [27:07] asleep in the studio. I remember under a [27:10] table behind the clergy and from a very [27:14] young age though he snored [27:17] and it it was a very funny little [27:20] precious part of my life that my son [27:22] David snores might be heard uh all over [27:25] Southern California. But I never know if [27:28] they were heard. I know the clergy every [27:30] so often did and it it jolted them cuz [27:33] they didn't know that there was a little [27:34] boy in the room. He is now a strapping [27:37] young man of 21 and still snores. We'll [27:40] be back in a moment. 18 Prager 776, the [27:43] Dennis Prager show. This episode of [27:46] Timeless Wisdom will continue right [27:48] after this. [27:51] >> What happens when faith and mental [27:52] health meet for real? [27:54] >> What's up? I'm Grace Gra. [27:56] >> Welcome to Breaking Through with Grace [27:57] Greyber, a podcast for honest [27:59] conversations about anxiety, trauma, [28:01] healing, hope, and the God who never [28:03] backs away when life gets heavy. We are [28:05] going to talk about everything mental [28:07] health. [28:07] >> No pretending, no perfect answers, just [28:10] real stories, real faith, and a reminder [28:12] that you're not alone. [28:13] >> Get ready. You're going to be absolutely [28:16] obsessed. [28:16] >> Breaking through with Grace Greyber, [28:18] available now, wherever you get your [28:20] podcasts. [28:23] >> Now, back to more of Dennis Prager's [28:26] timeless wisdom. Okie smoky. Let's go to [28:29] Golden, Colorado. That's so nice. [28:31] Golden, Colorado. That's so nice. [28:35] How are you in Golden Beats? [28:36] Intercourse, Pennsylvania. You know, [28:37] there's a city There is. That is That is [28:39] correct. Uh Marcel, there is a city [28:41] Intercourse, Pennsylvania. [28:42] >> Oh my gosh. [28:43] >> I know that it Yep. It is. Uh I saw once [28:47] I saw once a listing of names of cities [28:51] you might not want to have lived in. So, [28:54] you have it a lot easier in Golden. [28:56] >> Yes, I do. Uh, Dennis, I I heard you [29:00] talking to Ron Reagan yesterday and he [29:02] mentioned something about uh an Old [29:04] Testament [29:06] uh translation and you said, "No, that's [29:08] the wrong translation." And since I'm a [29:11] a lay Bible scholar, I'd like to know [29:14] what do you consider the best? [29:16] >> Well, there are there were two answers [29:18] or three even. There there are three [29:20] types of best. uh one is the most [29:24] accurate, one is the most readable [29:27] and one is the most uh elevating. The [29:32] most elevating is King James. [29:34] >> Okay. Yeah. [29:35] >> The King James is is is a staggering [29:39] work in its own right. It is a work of [29:42] religion. [29:43] >> Yeah. [29:43] >> It is a religious act. Uh [29:47] >> and I use I use an interlinear now. Uh [29:50] >> well, do you you mean from the Hebrew [29:52] and the Greek? [29:53] >> From the Hebrew and the Greek. Yeah. [29:54] >> Have you studied Hebrew and Greek? [29:56] >> I haven't and I'm about to uh because [29:58] I'm running into problems with uh [30:00] grammar in the Hebrew. [30:03] >> Well, I can help you out. I know [30:04] biblical Hebrew very well, but it is um [30:08] uh it is certainly worth doing. It is [30:10] absolutely worth doing. But anyway, in [30:13] terms of elevation is that in terms of [30:15] readability, the NIV is now my favorite. [30:18] >> Mhm. If I could if I had to go to a [30:20] desert island with only one Bible [30:22] translation, it would be the the the the [30:24] New International Version. [30:25] >> Yeah. [30:26] >> Uh I I I [30:28] in terms of accuracy, [30:32] there is one uh well, it's not the whole [30:34] Bible actually. So, uh accuracy, I don't [30:38] know the answer on accuracy. And uh I I [30:41] love to talk about the hobby stuff. [30:44] Hobbies are uh a great source of joy in [30:47] my life. always have been. So, let's see [30:49] here. Um, [30:53] what I can tell you how to properly [30:54] adjust your mirrors in your car to [30:56] eliminate blind spots. Get out of here. [30:58] No. Get out. It is possible. Len in [31:02] Garden Grove, California. [31:04] >> Dennis, [31:04] >> it is possible. [31:06] >> Yes, it is. [31:07] >> Len, if you teach me how to do this [31:09] without even being by my car, uh, uh, [31:12] Allan will send you a copy of his book. [31:15] >> Oh, I'd love to have that book. Anyway, [31:17] I was uh years back I I I don't listen [31:20] to the motorman Leon Kaplan very often, [31:22] but I just happened to catch him when he [31:24] said 99% of the people on the roads do [31:26] not adjust their mirrors properly, [31:28] therefore the blind spot. [31:30] >> Okay, tell me. [31:31] >> Okay. When you're when the average [31:32] person driving down the road sitting in [31:34] the in the p in the driver's seat. [31:36] >> Yes. [31:37] >> When they look in their mirrors, they [31:38] want to see the side of their car. This [31:40] is wrong. And the way you do it, you [31:42] don't have to be in the car. [31:45] You lean your head over and touch till [31:47] your head the side of your head for the [31:49] left mirror, the side of your head hits [31:50] the glass window, right? You then adjust [31:53] the mirror [31:55] >> so you can see the side of the car. [31:57] Okay. [31:58] >> When your head is resting on the window, [32:01] >> you adjust that. So, we're talking [32:03] obviously [32:03] >> tip your head over till you know the you [32:05] know [32:05] >> I understand your your head is resting [32:07] on the window on the left side obviously [32:09] the driver's side [32:10] >> right [32:11] >> and then you adjust the side mirror so [32:13] that what [32:14] >> so that you can see the side of the car [32:16] >> as opposed to seeing the side of the car [32:18] when you're sitting back [32:20] >> right and it's it takes a while to get [32:22] used to but once you get used to it [32:24] anyway so therefore when you come back [32:26] up to to center again you cannot see the [32:29] side of the car through that mirror now [32:31] the right mirror, you tip your head to [32:34] the about the middle of the vehicle. [32:36] >> But why won't there be a blind spot? You [32:38] will be [32:39] >> Okay, go ahead. [32:40] >> Then to adjust the right mirror, you [32:42] lean your head to the center of the car. [32:44] >> Yeah. [32:45] >> And you adjust the mirror the same way [32:46] so you can see the side of the car. Then [32:48] when you're driving down the road, [32:51] there'll always be a car in one of your [32:53] mirrors. Either your rearview mirror in [32:54] the middle or one of your mirrors on the [32:57] side. The car will always be in the [32:58] mirror. In other words, when the car is [32:59] coming up alongside you and you see him [33:01] in the rearview mirror in the middle, [33:03] you know, [33:04] >> yes, [33:05] >> as the car is coming up, it'll start f [33:08] it'll start disappearing in the rearview [33:10] mirror and it'll appear in the mirror on [33:11] the side. [33:12] >> And there is no point where the car will [33:14] be on either one of your sides and it [33:16] will not be seen by one of the side [33:18] mirrors. [33:19] >> One of the side mirrors or the middle [33:20] mirror. [33:22] >> Wow. you. Yeah. It takes a little big [33:25] everybody's car I've ever ever get into [33:27] it and get into it. They're never that [33:29] way. [33:30] >> I will not have to automatically turn my [33:32] head. [33:32] >> No. Just look in both mirrors at the [33:34] same Just be looking in the mirrors and [33:36] you will see the car as it disappears in [33:39] the rear view mirror in the middle. [33:40] >> Uhhuh. [33:41] >> It'll appear in the side mirror. There [33:42] will always be a car. [33:43] >> All right. I'm going to try it and if it [33:45] works, you send your name to Allan. You [33:48] >> mean email it? [33:49] >> Yeah. All right. [33:51] >> Yeah. Leon Kaplan's the man. [33:52] >> Yeah. [33:52] >> All right. He I know him well. He's a [33:54] He's a darling man. Thank you, Len. See, [33:56] now that that's precious knowledge. I [33:59] I'm I I'm skeptical only because [34:03] why am I skeptical? Now, I have to [34:05] analyze that. I am skeptical because [34:07] just the laws of physics seem to suggest [34:09] that there is a point [34:13] uh more what people are calling in to [34:15] say that the rear view mirror guy is [34:17] right on. [34:19] By the way, folks, what do you think of [34:20] the idea of my offering that Allan sent [34:24] you his book? [34:28] Did anybody notice that? That I was [34:31] having Allen, [34:35] give away his book. [34:38] I wonder if that went by quickly. [34:42] I am sure it did not go by. Allan. [34:45] Allan, I think it's a phenomenal uh [34:47] thing for your book. I'm going to start [34:50] having offering your book from you more [34:54] often. All right, more of your calls and [34:57] now I will drive more safely. [35:00] 18 Prager 776 The Dennis Prager Show. [35:04] This episode of Timeless Wisdom will [35:06] continue right after this. [35:08] >> What happens when faith and mental [35:10] health meet for real? [35:12] >> What's up? I'm Grace Gra. [35:14] >> Welcome to Breaking Through with Grace [35:15] Gra, a podcast for honest conversations [35:17] about anxiety, trauma, healing, hope, [35:20] and the God who never backs away when [35:22] life gets heavy. [35:22] >> We are going to talk about everything [35:24] mental health. [35:25] >> No pretending, no perfect answers, just [35:28] real stories, real faith, and a reminder [35:30] that you're not alone. [35:31] >> Get ready. You're going to be absolutely [35:34] obsessed. [35:34] >> Breaking through with Grace Gra. [35:36] Available now wherever you get your [35:38] podcasts. [35:39] Now, back to more of Dennis Prager's [35:42] timeless wisdom. [35:44] Alrighty, everybody. [35:47] Eva requests that you no longer call [35:50] about the uh side view mirror to say [35:52] that the man is right. We We have been [35:54] delused. [35:57] We have been delused, but I will take [35:59] this one call from San Antonio on KUP [36:03] of someone who's in his car and tried [36:05] it. Go ahead, Jesse. Yeah, I uh thanks [36:08] Dennis. I I tried it. It works. I What [36:10] can I say? It makes sense. You see the [36:12] vehicle behind you and only one mirror [36:15] at a time and that I think that makes [36:17] the difference. [36:18] >> Well, that's a big deal. And and you try [36:21] to while driving. [36:22] >> Yeah, I did. As we were listening to [36:24] Lynn on the radio, I was say, "Well, [36:26] I'll try this." So, I started fiddling [36:27] with the mirrors and you have much wider [36:30] coverage. You can see further to the [36:31] left and to the right as you're driving [36:34] down the road. As as Allan [36:36] >> as Allan just said to me, you never know [36:38] what you'll learn on the Dennis Prager [36:40] show. [36:40] >> Absolutely. [36:42] >> KK&T Patriot in Phoenix. Chris, hello. [36:45] >> Hi. How's it going? Thank you for taking [36:46] my uh call, Mr. Prager. [36:47] >> Thank you. [36:48] >> Uh my question was I was wondering if [36:50] you're able to trace back through your [36:52] family history which tribe of Israel you [36:56] are descended from. [36:58] >> No. And uh uh in fact we can't I can't [37:02] trace back uh beyond the the um I think [37:05] the the the latter part of the 19th [37:08] century and I will tell you something [37:11] that uh [37:13] is uh may may be a little upsetting and [37:16] I I certainly don't mean it that way. I [37:18] am very American [37:20] in my attitude toward roots. [37:24] Uh I I I have adopted unconsciously [37:29] because I adopted this before I heard [37:31] it. But Lincoln said once I am more [37:34] interested [37:35] in uh I or I am less interested in who [37:40] my grandfather was than what his [37:43] grandson will be. [37:45] So I have I atypically have not been [37:49] terribly interested in uh family roots. [37:53] Yes. Well, what you just said, uh, it [37:55] does I never thought of it like that. It [37:57] does make a whole lot of sense. [37:58] Obviously, you can change through your [38:00] children and their children. [38:01] >> That's right. Yes. Exactly. [38:02] >> Morals and, uh, influence them. You [38:04] can't influence people that died [38:05] thousands of years ago. [38:07] >> Well, right. And, and and [38:09] in the final analysis, what difference [38:11] does it make? [38:13] >> That's true. [38:14] >> So, but I I don't poo poo people's [38:16] interest in that. I mean, if somebody [38:18] could show me a family tree back to [38:21] ancient Israel, I would look at it. [38:23] There's no question. But it is it it it [38:26] would not be one of the great days of my [38:28] life. It would just be interesting. [38:31] Uh I uh I'm not very bloodood oriented. [38:35] I'm very valuesoriented. [38:37] I I am much more interested than my [38:39] children have my values than have my [38:42] genes. [38:45] >> Excellent point. [38:46] >> Okay. [38:47] >> Thank you. Thank you. It was a very [38:49] interesting question. [38:50] Uh I I that's a very big belief in me [38:53] folks. Uh I have not talked about [38:56] adoption in a while. It's you know [38:58] there's been so much about elections in [39:00] politics in the last year. Some of the [39:03] basic themes of passion of my life have [39:05] been ignored by and and and I believe [39:09] correctly so. But that's a big one that [39:12] too is in my book. Uh the what I [39:15] consider the one I wish people would [39:17] read all four but I the one if you could [39:19] only read one and want to know me is [39:22] think a second time my book of 44 essays [39:25] on 44 subjects and that is one of them [39:28] about how blood blood versus love [39:34] and uh [39:37] when you really I would like to ask any [39:39] of you who think that blood is more [39:41] important [39:43] than anything. Would you rather your [39:45] child [39:47] be not have your blood be adopted [39:52] uh and have your values [39:54] or not have your values but have your [39:57] blood? [40:00] Okay, for all of you who think that [40:02] blood is that important, [40:05] I believe 99% of you would say it is you [40:10] would much rather have your child have [40:11] your values. Tomorrow on Timeless Wisdom [40:15] with Dennis Prager. [40:16] >> The subject is the phrase, [40:20] "Well, that's the way God made me." [40:25] But this argument God made that that [40:27] that way is used by conservatives and [40:32] liberals and religious and [40:34] non-religious. I'll give you examples on [40:36] all over the spectrum because I want to [40:38] deal with this notion of God made a [40:41] person that way which I I don't buy for [40:44] a minute. I don't buy it and I'm a deep [40:46] believer in God. But I I it's it's not [40:48] logical and it is it is almost a useless [40:52] often a dangerous phrase. For example, [40:56] for example, there are people who have [40:59] opposed uh opposed uh women usually it's [41:03] women uh getting uh cosmetic surgery. [41:07] God made you that way. And wh why are [41:11] you undoing it? You don't like your [41:13] nose. God made your nose that way. I [41:15] have gotten I've heard that argument on [41:17] my own show. And and [41:20] do you believe that folk? God made your [41:23] nose that way. If you like a better [41:26] nose, get a better nose. What What is it [41:28] God's business? [41:30] God made it that way. When I have argued [41:32] on behalf of bottlefeeding, I I have no [41:35] problem with breastfeeding. If I think [41:37] it's lovely, I think it's beautiful. If [41:40] those who wish to do it should should be [41:42] well and healthy. But the the I get the [41:44] argument. Well, Dennis, why do you think [41:46] God created the breast? And that's the [41:48] end of the argument. Dennis, you're [41:50] talking against God if you talk bottle [41:52] feeding. Of course, there are a lot of [41:53] answers to why God created the breast. [41:56] And especially with the human species, [41:58] apparently God created the breast for [42:00] things other than milk production for [42:02] babies. Because even when women are are [42:05] not feeding babies, they still have [42:07] their breasts unlike unlike other uh [42:10] primates. So, there must be other [42:12] reasons for breast because women have [42:14] breasts if they never get pregnant. Join [42:16] us tomorrow to hear more on Timeless [42:19] Wisdom with Dennis Prager. Visit [42:21] dennisprager.com for thousands of hours [42:24] of Dennis's lectures, courses, and [42:26] classic radio programs and to purchase [42:28] Dennis Prager's Rational Bibles. [42:34] We want to take just a second to thank [42:36] the team at Life Audio for their [42:38] partnership with us on the podcast. Go [42:40] to lifeaudio.com to find dozens of other [42:42] Faith Center podcasts on their network, [42:44] including shows about prayer, Bible [42:46] study, parenting, and more. What happens [42:50] when faith and mental health meet for [42:52] real? [42:52] >> What's up? I'm Grace Gra. [42:54] >> Welcome to Breaking Through with Grace [42:56] Greyber, a podcast for honest [42:57] conversations about anxiety, trauma, [42:59] healing, hope, and the God who never [43:01] backs away when life gets heavy. [43:03] >> We are going to talk about everything [43:05] mental health. No pretending, no perfect [43:07] answers, just real stories, real faith, [43:10] and a reminder that you're not alone. [43:12] >> Get ready. You're going to be absolutely [43:14] obsessed. Breaking Through with Grace [43:16] Graver.
