Latest / Salem Podcast Network / Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager - Dennis Is Back: Your Questions, His Answers | Dennis AMA

Transcript

Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager - Dennis Is Back: Your Questions, His Answers | Dennis AMA · Salem Podcast Network

• 0:02
  Speaker 1: Life audio on today's episode of timeless wisdom.
• 0:08
  Speaker 2: Let me tell you that we are so grateful to
• 0:11
  Speaker 2: hear your voice.
• 0:12
  Speaker 3: Again one simple question is whether you recognize the enormous
• 0:17
  Speaker 3: positive impact you've.
• 0:18
  Speaker 4: Had if you went back in life what would you
• 0:21
  Speaker 4: have done.
• 0:22
  Speaker 5: Differently well that's worthy of broadcast after broadcast.
• 0:28
  Speaker 6: That's coming up on Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager. And
• 0:31
  Speaker 6: it starts right now. Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager.
• 0:39
  Speaker 6: Hear thousands of hours of Dennis' lectures, courses, and classic
• 0:43
  Speaker 6: radio programs. And to purchase Dennis Prager's Rational Bibles, go
• 0:46
  Speaker 6: to DennisPrager.com.
• 0:49
  Speaker 5: Hi, everyone. Dennis Prager here. Welcome to Ask Me Anything.
• 0:55
  Speaker 5: I want to thank everyone who took the time to
• 0:58
  Speaker 5: send in a question. I'm looking forward to answering some
• 1:02
  Speaker 5: of your questions. So, let's get started.
• 1:07
  Speaker 3: Hi, Dennis.
• 1:08
  Speaker 7: It's Dana calling from Scottsdale, Arizona. I miss you so,
• 1:12
  Speaker 7: so much, and I'm so happy you're doing this new
• 1:17
  Speaker 7: question-answer online on podcast. I guess my biggest question for
• 1:22
  Speaker 7: you is everybody fears being paralyzed, and you've even talked
• 1:25
  Speaker 7: about that on the air. I guess Now that this
• 1:29
  Speaker 7: happened to you, what can you tell us on your
• 1:31
  Speaker 7: side about what we all fear and I guess.
• 1:35
  Speaker 8: What the hardest part is and.
• 1:38
  Speaker 9: What part keeps you going?
• 1:40
  Speaker 8: Love, love, love you.
• 1:41
  Speaker 7: Miss, miss, miss you.
• 1:41
  Speaker 5: Dana. Well, you're right, Dana. I remember one call as
• 1:50
  Speaker 5: clearly as any call in my broadcast history. I don't
• 1:57
  Speaker 5: remember why it happened, but some guy called up and
• 2:02
  Speaker 5: said he would rather be dead than quadriplegic. Paraplegic is
• 2:09
  Speaker 5: paralyzed with two limbs, which means two legs. Quadriplegic is
• 2:16
  Speaker 5: arms and legs. And I almost never yell at callers,
• 2:24
  Speaker 5: as you know, But I remember sort of, maybe even literally,
• 2:30
  Speaker 5: yelling at him. If you could speak and your brain
• 2:37
  Speaker 5: were fully functioning, you would rather be dead than talk
• 2:45
  Speaker 5: to your wife, if you have one, your kids, your friends,
• 2:55
  Speaker 5: your siblings. better than listening to music, reading books, dictating ideas.
• 3:06
  Speaker 5: You could have a whole life of the mind. Are
• 3:13
  Speaker 5: you only a body? And it never occurred to me
• 3:21
  Speaker 5: that it's better to be dead than quadriplegic. It has
• 3:27
  Speaker 5: definitely occurred to me. that it's better to be dead
• 3:32
  Speaker 5: than a whole host of things. Should I even spell
• 3:38
  Speaker 5: any of them out? Well, better to be dead than
• 3:46
  Speaker 5: certain cases, I imagine, of ALS, where all you could
• 3:54
  Speaker 5: do is blink, and yet My wife and I visited
• 3:59
  Speaker 5: a rabbi, a young man in his 40s, who had ALS,
• 4:09
  Speaker 5: and all he could do was blink. But they have
• 4:13
  Speaker 5: contraptions now, where with the eyes, he could spell out
• 4:18
  Speaker 5: words and then answer in dialogue with you. The machine
• 4:25
  Speaker 5: speaks for him. He didn't want to die. I mean,
• 4:32
  Speaker 5: I would imagine that there are times where the brain
• 4:40
  Speaker 5: is not functioning. And that too might be an example
• 4:51
  Speaker 5: of where it might be better not to be here
• 4:54
  Speaker 5: any longer. But it never occurred to me with quadriplegia.
• 5:00
  Speaker 5: You ask what is the worst part? Do you have
• 5:04
  Speaker 5: all day? It's, I miss my arms and hands terribly.
• 5:18
  Speaker 5: That I can't type. I can't touch anyone. Can't hug
• 5:24
  Speaker 5: my wife or my kids. And my friends can't write
• 5:33
  Speaker 5: with my beloved fountain pens, can't pick up a cigar,
• 5:41
  Speaker 5: can't scratch my nose, can't drive a car, can't really
• 5:48
  Speaker 5: travel much. No, there's a lot. But I'm increasingly leading
• 5:59
  Speaker 5: a fuller and fuller life. Podcasting, broadcasting, writing books, talking
• 6:11
  Speaker 5: to people, that mean a lot to me. So I've
• 6:18
  Speaker 5: been able to overcome a lot of that. That's what
• 6:23
  Speaker 5: keeps me going. leaving as full a life as possible.
• 6:29
  Speaker 5: And in the background, there is reason to hope that
• 6:37
  Speaker 5: a current peptide that has had tremendous success with the
• 6:45
  Speaker 5: people who are paralyzed, regenerative nerve medicine, as it were,
• 6:52
  Speaker 5: that's out there, It's undergoing phase three tests, and I
• 7:02
  Speaker 5: hope the FDA will make it available sooner than later.
• 7:09
  Speaker 5: In the meantime, I am having special electrical impulses, which
• 7:17
  Speaker 5: have already enabled me to wiggle my fingers, which is
• 7:22
  Speaker 5: a big deal. I hope to be able to use
• 7:26
  Speaker 5: a mouse My dream is to use a wheelchair. My
• 7:31
  Speaker 5: dream is to travel. A wheelchair doesn't stop you from traveling,
• 7:39
  Speaker 5: but quadriplegia does. So there's plenty to live for. Thank
• 7:48
  Speaker 5: you for your prayers.
• 7:50
  Speaker 10: Hi, Dennis.
• 7:51
  Speaker 11: My name is Ron, and I'm calling you from El Monte.
• 7:55
  Speaker 11: I've been listening to you since the 80s, since my firstborn.
• 8:00
  Speaker 5: Was born.
• 8:01
  Speaker 11: And five years ago, I lost them to COVID. So
• 8:07
  Speaker 11: in my grief, I've been missing you so much because
• 8:11
  Speaker 11: I miss your wisdom, your advice, and your life experiences.
• 8:16
  Speaker 11: I am so sorry for what happened to you. But
• 8:22
  Speaker 11: I'm so happy that you're at least for communicating with
• 8:27
  Speaker 11: us again. I know you would always have something positive
• 8:31
  Speaker 11: for me to hear during this time of pain. But
• 8:37
  Speaker 11: God bless you, Dennis. I'll listen to you every chance
• 8:42
  Speaker 11: I get in the evenings. Thank you, Dennis, for everything that.
• 8:48
  Speaker 10: You represent, especially in my life.
• 8:52
  Speaker 11: God bless.
• 8:54
  Speaker 8: Hi, Dennis.
• 8:54
  Speaker 2: My name is Jamie, and my husband and I have
• 8:57
  Speaker 2: a question for you for your timeless wisdom. But first
• 9:00
  Speaker 2: of all, let me tell you that we are so
• 9:03
  Speaker 2: grateful to hear your voice again and.
• 9:05
  Speaker 8: Your sage wisdom.
• 9:06
  Speaker 2: You are missed more than you know, and you are
• 9:09
  Speaker 2: in our continued prayers. Each day we think of you
• 9:12
  Speaker 2: and pray for your recovery, for your health, and for
• 9:15
  Speaker 2: your family. And you are so important to us, and
• 9:21
  Speaker 2: the world needs you. Anyway, our 21-year-old son, here's our question.
• 9:25
  Speaker 2: Our 21-year-old son, who's a Republican, is buying into the
• 9:29
  Speaker 2: notion that America is putting Israel ahead of itself. What
• 9:32
  Speaker 2: is the most rational way to defeat this misconception and
• 9:35
  Speaker 2: stress the importance of our relationship? Thank you, Dennis.
• 9:39
  Speaker 8: God bless you.
• 9:41
  Speaker 5: Marco Rubio and the president, but especially Marco Rubio, has
• 9:47
  Speaker 5: answered this well. And he's not a Jew. And he
• 9:52
  Speaker 5: certainly puts America first. This whole notion is an obsession.
• 10:02
  Speaker 5: Did we put England first when we decided to help
• 10:06
  Speaker 5: England resist Hitler? Did anybody even accuse America of England first?
• 10:16
  Speaker 5: Did we put any country we helped Was it Korea
• 10:21
  Speaker 5: first when we lost 36,000 men in the Korean war?
• 10:30
  Speaker 5: What's this notion? Nobody rational can believe that. That President
• 10:38
  Speaker 5: Trump would say, well, it's bad for America, but it's
• 10:45
  Speaker 5: good for Israel. So I'm going to put Israel first.
• 10:50
  Speaker 5: It shows the power of the Internet. That's all it does.
• 10:56
  Speaker 5: It's like Israel is committing genocide. One of the most,
• 11:01
  Speaker 5: not only obvious lies, but an absurdity. There are more
• 11:07
  Speaker 5: Gazans today than there were before October 7th. Israel would
• 11:15
  Speaker 5: send messages in the millions to Gazans. telling them where
• 11:20
  Speaker 5: they'll bomb so that civilians could leave those buildings. Has
• 11:28
  Speaker 5: anybody done that in the history of warfare? It's just
• 11:39
  Speaker 5: a world saturated with lies. I'd like your son to
• 11:45
  Speaker 5: give an example of where Israel comes first. America wants
• 11:51
  Speaker 5: to stop Iran from having nuclear weapons. Is that putting
• 11:58
  Speaker 5: Israel first? I'm sorry that it's happening. I'd love to
• 12:08
  Speaker 5: talk to your son on air. Thanks.
• 12:14
  Speaker 6: This episode of Timeless Wisdom will continue right after this.
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: Now, back to more of Dennis Prager's Timeless Wisdom.
• 12:26
  Speaker 12: Good morning. This is Rich from Altadena. I left a
• 12:31
  Speaker 12: message a couple of days ago which conveys my love
• 12:34
  Speaker 12: for Dennis and my appreciation for all that he has
• 12:37
  Speaker 12: done for many people, including me. I would like to
• 12:41
  Speaker 12: add a second request. I don't want to monopolize his time,
• 12:45
  Speaker 12: but I think this is a tremendous subject. Dennis is
• 12:48
  Speaker 12: a lover of classical music. I know he loves pop.
• 12:52
  Speaker 12: He and his wife love Bruckner's Seventh Symphony. I would
• 12:56
  Speaker 12: like to request as a follow-up to my earlier request
• 12:59
  Speaker 12: that Dennis riff on classical music. If he can comment
• 13:03
  Speaker 12: about his love of classical music, maybe his top ten
• 13:08
  Speaker 12: pieces of music, or maybe even if he has the
• 13:10
  Speaker 12: time to go to his top 25 off the top
• 13:13
  Speaker 12: of his head. It would just be a delight to
• 13:15
  Speaker 12: hear him talk about his love of classical music and
• 13:18
  Speaker 12: give us examples of those pieces that he loves the best.
• 13:23
  Speaker 12: Thank you so much for this. Rich from Altadena.
• 13:26
  Speaker 5: I could riff on classical music for hours. One of
• 13:33
  Speaker 5: my close friends is a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra,
• 13:38
  Speaker 5: one of the greatest orchestras.
• 13:40
  Speaker 13: In the world.
• 13:43
  Speaker 5: And he came to visit me with his family the
• 13:47
  Speaker 5: other day and my joy in talking classical music with
• 13:57
  Speaker 5: people who really know music is endless I haven't done
• 14:02
  Speaker 5: it on the air because most people wouldn't know what
• 14:05
  Speaker 5: I'm talking about and they would get understandably bored when
• 14:15
  Speaker 5: people ask me Where should they start? It's very hard
• 14:21
  Speaker 5: to know what will turn you on. But generally speaking,
• 14:29
  Speaker 5: any great Baroque era music, music like art goes from
• 14:36
  Speaker 5: Baroque to classical to romantic to 20th century. And They're
• 14:47
  Speaker 5: all great. Well, 20th century has fewer greats, but there's
• 14:53
  Speaker 5: some great 20th century music. And you start with Baroque,
• 15:03
  Speaker 5: and I would start with Vivaldi, The Four Seasons. It's
• 15:10
  Speaker 5: hard to imagine that some part of that if not
• 15:16
  Speaker 5: all of it, who would move almost anybody who likes
• 15:22
  Speaker 5: music of any genre. And then you work your way
• 15:27
  Speaker 5: up from there. Most people love Mozart. And I would
• 15:38
  Speaker 5: start with the 21st Piano Concerto, the second movement of
• 15:47
  Speaker 5: the concerto is known in modern times as the Elvira
• 15:54
  Speaker 5: Madigan concerto. A Swedish love film used the theme from
• 16:06
  Speaker 5: the middle movement of the 21st piano concerto as its theme,
• 16:13
  Speaker 5: and people fell in love with it. but there's no
• 16:19
  Speaker 5: knowing what will get you started. Try Handel's Messiah. Who
• 16:28
  Speaker 5: doesn't love the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah? Just don't
• 16:36
  Speaker 5: be scared of the word classical. Classical means, I'm not
• 16:43
  Speaker 5: talking about the era, But classical means that it has
• 16:50
  Speaker 5: withstood the test of time. Frank Sinatra is now a
• 16:58
  Speaker 5: classical artist. Just the other day, I was with a
• 17:04
  Speaker 5: young man and he was listening to Frank Sinatra. But
• 17:12
  Speaker 5: classical music.
• 17:15
  Speaker 5: It's the greatest. But what you need to do is
• 17:20
  Speaker 5: hear it live or in a great audio system. You
• 17:27
  Speaker 5: could love any song, you know, with a guitar or piano,
• 17:34
  Speaker 5: with earbuds. But classical music needs real sound to be
• 17:43
  Speaker 5: fully appreciated. So that's my little riff. Oh, and by
• 17:50
  Speaker 5: the way, I like Brooklyn's 7th, but it's Brooklyn's 5th
• 17:57
  Speaker 5: and Brooklyn's 8th that my wife traveled across the country
• 18:02
  Speaker 5: to hear live. I want to do that again. Hi, Dennis.
• 18:08
  Speaker 9: We all miss you, and I also want to ask
• 18:11
  Speaker 9: you a question. I'm a Christian, and Christians believe that
• 18:16
  Speaker 9: God's plan is pretty much written in stone. And the saying,
• 18:20
  Speaker 9: you plan, God laughs, that's a legit mantra for those
• 18:24
  Speaker 9: who believe in God, which I do. But my question is,
• 18:29
  Speaker 9: if God already has our destinies planned out, why do
• 18:32
  Speaker 9: we pray? Are we trying to make God change his
• 18:36
  Speaker 9: mind regardless? I mean, I'm sorry, regarding the destiny or
• 18:40
  Speaker 9: outcome of our fate or the fates of people who
• 18:43
  Speaker 9: are ill. So if God is in control of all
• 18:47
  Speaker 9: outcomes and already knows our future and has planned it
• 18:51
  Speaker 9: out for us, why bother to pray for him to
• 18:54
  Speaker 9: change what's already written? Are we trying to change God's mind?
• 18:59
  Speaker 9: Which seems kind of odd to me. Anyway, my name
• 19:03
  Speaker 9: is Paige. I'm from Crestline, California. And I miss you
• 19:08
  Speaker 9: and pray for you.
• 19:09
  Speaker 10: Tell me why.
• 19:13
  Speaker 5: Wow. You're a thinker. Well, I don't, uh, I've never
• 19:19
  Speaker 5: bought the idea that God has this plan cast in
• 19:26
  Speaker 5: stone for each of our lives. I don't, uh, I
• 19:34
  Speaker 5: don't know where that idea comes from actually. that means
• 19:39
  Speaker 5: we don't have free will. If God has a plan
• 19:45
  Speaker 5: and it's cast in stone, then we don't have free will.
• 19:52
  Speaker 5: Not just why pray. Why do anything? Why get out
• 19:58
  Speaker 5: of bed in the morning? God has a plan. I
• 20:04
  Speaker 5: don't know where the idea comes from. And It's never
• 20:10
  Speaker 5: made sense to me, to be honest. God may have wishes,
• 20:18
  Speaker 5: I think he does, for each of us, that we
• 20:22
  Speaker 5: live a certain life. God has given every one of
• 20:26
  Speaker 5: us certain gifts, but the cast in stone? You're absolutely right.
• 20:36
  Speaker 5: Why pray, or as I said, Why get out of bed?
• 20:42
  Speaker 5: So the premise is not one that I share. So
• 20:47
  Speaker 5: I don't have that particular problem vis-a-vis prayer or anything
• 20:53
  Speaker 5: else we do.
• 20:54
  Speaker 13: Hey Dennis, John here of Costa Mesa. I'm so glad
• 21:02
  Speaker 13: to hear you back on the radio. It just brings
• 21:07
  Speaker 13: so much joy to me. Thank you for keeping up
• 21:10
  Speaker 13: the good fight and hanging in there. You're inspirational to me.
• 21:14
  Speaker 13: You've always been a guiding light for me, raising my
• 21:17
  Speaker 13: wife and I, raising our three young sons who all
• 21:20
  Speaker 13: went into the Navy like your dad and served this country.
• 21:24
  Speaker 13: So we love you. We miss you. Please say hi
• 21:27
  Speaker 13: to Sue for us and just keep on keeping on. Shalom.
• 21:37
  Speaker 14: Yes, good morning, Dennis. I'm listening to the morning answer
• 21:41
  Speaker 14: right now. My name is David Sachs. This is my
• 21:45
  Speaker 14: second call to you. I just want to say that
• 21:49
  Speaker 14: myself and others are praying for you. We want to
• 21:52
  Speaker 14: see your live show back on the air someday. You
• 21:56
  Speaker 14: sound pretty good in your announcement about calling this number
• 22:02
  Speaker 14: and leaving messages. And I try to catch your... show
• 22:07
  Speaker 14: at 10 o'clock every evening. Anyway, just want to say
• 22:10
  Speaker 14: how much we love you and we miss you. Anyway,
• 22:14
  Speaker 14: I'm going to cry.
• 22:16
  Speaker 9: Okay.
• 22:17
  Speaker 5: You take care.
• 22:19
  Speaker 15: Love you.
• 22:20
  Speaker 5: Bye now.
• 22:24
  Speaker 11: Hello, Dennis.
• 22:24
  Speaker 8: My name is Mary. I'm calling from Ocala, Florida. Just
• 22:28
  Speaker 8: wanted you to know that I've been praying for you,
• 22:31
  Speaker 8: praying that you're able to, um, Come back and share
• 22:37
  Speaker 8: your wisdom with us. And I want you to know
• 22:41
  Speaker 8: that I really miss.
• 22:45
  Speaker 9: Your wisdom.
• 22:47
  Speaker 8: And I pray for you all the time and hoping
• 22:52
  Speaker 8: that you're getting better every day.
• 22:54
  Speaker 9: God bless you.
• 23:00
  Speaker 5: Hi, Dennis Prager here. Well, as you know, I've been
• 23:03
  Speaker 5: off the air since my injury in November 2024. Thank
• 23:08
  Speaker 5: you for your prayers. Believe me, I've missed talking to you.
• 23:12
  Speaker 5: I'm starting the Ask Me Anything episodes on the Timeless
• 23:16
  Speaker 5: Wisdom Podcast, and I'd love to hear from you. Whether
• 23:20
  Speaker 5: your question is about faith, morality, politics, history, relationships, happiness,
• 23:27
  Speaker 5: or even my life, give me a call and leave
• 23:30
  Speaker 5: a voicemail. The number is 877-243-7776.
• 23:32
  Speaker 3: That's 877-243-7776.
• 23:33
  Speaker 5: Please include your first name and where you're calling from.
• 23:47
  Speaker 5: I will answer as many questions as I can on
• 23:51
  Speaker 5: future episodes of the podcast. Obviously, I can't respond to
• 23:56
  Speaker 5: every question, but I will listen or read every question.
• 24:01
  Speaker 5: I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for listening.
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: Now back to more of Dennis Prager's Timeless Wisdom.
• 24:16
  Speaker 5: You know, one thing I've never understood is when people
• 24:24
  Speaker 5: who are hardworking, good Americans with good values say that
• 24:35
  Speaker 5: there's only one party, the Uniparty, and that it's not
• 24:44
  Speaker 5: worth voting for. because it doesn't matter who wins. That
• 24:56
  Speaker 5: was never true, and it is less true today than
• 25:02
  Speaker 5: it has ever been. The Democratic Party is leaning towards
• 25:10
  Speaker 5: socialism slash communism. when the mayor of New York City
• 25:20
  Speaker 5: is a Democrat and a socialist and an Islamist, with
• 25:28
  Speaker 5: a socialist Islamist running for Senate in Michigan, you're going
• 25:36
  Speaker 5: to tell me the parties are the same? They could
• 25:42
  Speaker 5: almost not be more different. There is different as during
• 25:48
  Speaker 5: the 1860s and 50s when the Republicans were founded to
• 25:56
  Speaker 5: oppose slavery and the Democrats were the pro-slavery party. You
• 26:04
  Speaker 5: have to vote. And with all your misgivings about Republicans
• 26:12
  Speaker 5: and about the president at any given moment, it doesn't matter.
• 26:18
  Speaker 5: You must look at the big picture. America is in
• 26:26
  Speaker 5: the balance. It's somewhat childish even to want the party
• 26:35
  Speaker 5: to be perfect. No human is perfect, let alone a
• 26:41
  Speaker 5: group of humans, let alone a political group. They will
• 26:47
  Speaker 5: always disappoint you if you want them to only do
• 26:52
  Speaker 5: what you want. It's not going to happen. Please vote.
• 27:03
  Speaker 5: And please vote to save America.
• 27:07
  Speaker 6: This episode of Timeless Wisdom will continue right after this.
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: Now, back to more of Dennis Prager's Timeless Wisdom.
• 27:20
  Speaker 15: Hi, my name is Stanley. Stanley from Los Angeles. Could
• 27:24
  Speaker 15: Dennis address the male-female issues? You know, there's a lot
• 27:29
  Speaker 15: of confusion in the roles these days and, you know,
• 27:33
  Speaker 15: traditional values are really not there even in marital relationships. So,
• 27:38
  Speaker 15: you know, this is on the woman's role more so because,
• 27:42
  Speaker 15: you know, there's a lot of competition in marriages and
• 27:45
  Speaker 15: The instance of the home and homemaking is not as popular.
• 27:49
  Speaker 15: You have Proverbs talks about the virtuous woman. And then
• 27:52
  Speaker 15: you have Martha Stewart and Julia Child. They're celebrated as
• 27:57
  Speaker 15: women who really put instance in the home. So could
• 28:01
  Speaker 15: you address that? That'd be great.
• 28:04
  Speaker 5: Well, that's worthy of broadcast after broadcast. God created Adam.
• 28:13
  Speaker 5: And then he created Eve. The Hebrew is ezer k'negdo,
• 28:23
  Speaker 5: as a helper who is his equal. That's the literal
• 28:30
  Speaker 5: Hebrew translation. So it's a fascinating role. You're a helper,
• 28:40
  Speaker 5: but you are equal to the one you are helping.
• 28:45
  Speaker 5: And that's what I believe. By the way, helper, the
• 28:51
  Speaker 5: word Ezer is how God is described in Hebrew on
• 29:00
  Speaker 5: a number of occasions in the Hebrew Bible. God is
• 29:05
  Speaker 5: an Ezer, just like Eve was an Ezer. The exact
• 29:11
  Speaker 5: same word. We have lost something, clearly. Well, did you
• 29:25
  Speaker 5: take out the garbage today? I took it out yesterday.
• 29:31
  Speaker 5: Did you do the dishes today? I did it yesterday.
• 29:37
  Speaker 5: Did you change your diaper today? I changed their diaper yesterday.
• 29:43
  Speaker 5: When will you wake up at night? I woke up
• 29:47
  Speaker 5: at 3 a.m. last night. Tonight's your turn. If that
• 29:54
  Speaker 5: works out for people, more power to them. But overwhelmingly,
• 30:02
  Speaker 5: a dividing of roles has worked out better with all
• 30:09
  Speaker 5: the complaints that exist about it. The problem, of course,
• 30:17
  Speaker 5: is that women are earning as much and often more
• 30:23
  Speaker 5: than their husbands. So what do you do then? Well,
• 30:29
  Speaker 5: you have to decide. Maybe she should be the sole
• 30:35
  Speaker 5: breadwinner and he takes care of the home. Then you
• 30:40
  Speaker 5: have a divvying up of duties. The problem is most
• 30:45
  Speaker 5: women want to rely on their man. And they, most women,
• 30:55
  Speaker 5: not all, will not be happy with that role. If
• 31:00
  Speaker 5: they are, then fine. I know couples where the man
• 31:05
  Speaker 5: raised the children. They're terrific children, by the way. And
• 31:10
  Speaker 5: it's worked out. She earned a fair amount of money
• 31:14
  Speaker 5: in both cases that I'm thinking about. But 50-50 is
• 31:23
  Speaker 5: not a solution. I'm sorry.
• 31:27
  Speaker 13: Long time listener.
• 31:29
  Speaker 11: In Whittier, California.
• 31:31
  Speaker 13: Thank you so much for your show.
• 31:34
  Speaker 10: So glad that you are doing better. God bless you.
• 31:39
  Speaker 13: You have been in my prayers.
• 31:41
  Speaker 10: Hey Dennis, Brian Rothie. I called you once on Religion
• 31:45
  Speaker 10: on the Line. I'm very interested in your opinion as
• 31:48
  Speaker 10: to whether there is a supreme evil. Meaning, is there
• 31:52
  Speaker 10: a counterpart to God who's consciously working to make us
• 31:56
  Speaker 10: sin and go against God? Anyways, that's the gist of
• 32:01
  Speaker 10: my question. Thank you.
• 32:03
  Speaker 5: Well, if you mean a Satan or a devil, some
• 32:11
  Speaker 5: supernatural figure that works against what God wants, that I
• 32:22
  Speaker 5: don't believe. It's not my faith tradition. But I don't
• 32:29
  Speaker 5: easily dismiss it. Some things are almost only explained by
• 32:38
  Speaker 5: the demonic in individuals, even in societies. The Jewish belief
• 32:49
  Speaker 5: is that we have competing wills in our nature. The
• 32:56
  Speaker 5: Yetzirah Tov and Yitzharah, the will to do good and
• 33:02
  Speaker 5: the will to do bad. And they're in constant conflict.
• 33:08
  Speaker 5: And the will to do bad is rooted in our nature.
• 33:14
  Speaker 5: You know, we have to suppress the desire to steal.
• 33:22
  Speaker 5: It's very common for kids to take a cookie away
• 33:26
  Speaker 5: from another kid That's stealing or cheat on tests. That's
• 33:35
  Speaker 5: why it's so important to develop a good conscience and
• 33:41
  Speaker 5: to develop a behavioral system of goodness. It's not enough
• 33:49
  Speaker 5: to want to do good. You have to do it.
• 33:54
  Speaker 5: Which is another subject that I I'm happy to talk about.
• 34:00
  Speaker 6: This episode of Timeless Wisdom will continue right after this.
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: Now, back to more of Dennis Prager's Timeless Wisdom.
• 34:14
  Speaker 4: Hi, Dennis. This is Rebecca Simon, Rancho Palos Verdes. Myself
• 34:21
  Speaker 4: and my daughter traveled with you to Israel. We had
• 34:24
  Speaker 4: a great time. Miss you tremendously. Always wish you the best.
• 34:30
  Speaker 4: And my question to you is, if you went back
• 34:33
  Speaker 4: in life, what would you have done differently? You take care,
• 34:39
  Speaker 4: and I'm still hoping for you to come back full force.
• 34:42
  Speaker 13: Take care, my dear.
• 34:43
  Speaker 16: Bye.
• 34:46
  Speaker 5: There's not much I would have done differently, to be honest.
• 34:51
  Speaker 5: The thing that immediately comes to my mind is On Tuesday,
• 34:58
  Speaker 5: November 12th, 2024, I would have put towels down on
• 35:04
  Speaker 5: the floor, stepping out of the shower. By far, if
• 35:12
  Speaker 5: I could do anything again, that's what I would do over. Otherwise,
• 35:18
  Speaker 5: I have to say, while I made my share of mistakes,
• 35:30
  Speaker 5: I can't think of much that I would have changed.
• 35:34
  Speaker 5: I always believed I led a blessed life.
• 35:39
  Speaker 13: Mr.
• 35:39
  Speaker 3: Prager, my name is Adam from Palos Verdes, California. My
• 35:43
  Speaker 3: one simple question is whether you recognize the enormous positive
• 35:49
  Speaker 3: impact you've had on tens of thousands of people.
• 35:54
  Speaker 5: Over the years.
• 35:56
  Speaker 9: Myself included.
• 35:59
  Speaker 3: I just hope that is a realization you have, and
• 36:01
  Speaker 3: I'm sending you all positive thoughts.
• 36:03
  Speaker 9: Thank you.
• 36:05
  Speaker 5: Well, all I've wanted to do in life, at least
• 36:12
  Speaker 5: on a macro level, I always wanted a family, always
• 36:17
  Speaker 5: wanted to get married, always wanted friends. But what I've
• 36:22
  Speaker 5: wanted more than anything was what I wrote in my
• 36:26
  Speaker 5: diary my third year of high school. I want to
• 36:31
  Speaker 5: influence people to the good. And I've never said this publicly.
• 36:44
  Speaker 5: I hope it's received as humbly as it's meant. But
• 36:55
  Speaker 5: When I hear that I've done that two lives, I
• 37:01
  Speaker 5: don't get a high. All I get is affirmation. Dennis,
• 37:13
  Speaker 5: that's what you were supposed to do. And you've done
• 37:16
  Speaker 5: it somewhat. And keep going. And I'm very touched. by
• 37:25
  Speaker 5: anyone who acknowledges that fact. And I thank you for
• 37:32
  Speaker 5: the lovely voicemail. Thank you all for your questions. I
• 37:38
  Speaker 5: really enjoy answering them. And if you have a question
• 37:42
  Speaker 5: you'd like me to answer, give us a call at
• 37:45
  Speaker 5: 877-243-7776 and leave a voicemail. Again, that's 877- 243-7776. Thanks
• 37:59
  Speaker 5: so much for listening, and I'll talk to you next time.
• 38:03
  Speaker 9: Hello, Dennis.
• 38:05
  Speaker 17: No question, just wanted to send lots of love and
• 38:10
  Speaker 17: prayers for you and your strength, your recovery, for your
• 38:17
  Speaker 17: whole family and yourself. Miss you so very much.
• 38:21
  Speaker 4: Thank you.
• 38:23
  Speaker 10: Bye-bye.
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: Tomorrow on Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager.
• 38:28
  Speaker 5: Hi my friends, the male-female hour on the Dennis Prager Show,
• 38:31
  Speaker 5: a truly honest look at the two sexes and their relations.
• 38:36
  Speaker 5: I remember a call that I received on one of
• 38:39
  Speaker 5: these hours from a woman who was very nervous around
• 38:46
  Speaker 5: men because she didn't like the way they would look
• 38:49
  Speaker 5: at her. When they would look at her that way,
• 38:51
  Speaker 5: it made her It made her nervous and she, or
• 38:55
  Speaker 5: even perhaps resentful. I want to talk to you about
• 38:59
  Speaker 5: this issue. You women and you men, both sexes, to
• 39:04
  Speaker 5: talk about this. And I'm not talking now about the
• 39:08
  Speaker 5: husband-wife relationship specifically. That's why I call it the male-female hour.
• 39:14
  Speaker 5: It's about the larger issues as well. We have talked
• 39:18
  Speaker 5: about the issue of the man seeing his wife as
• 39:20
  Speaker 5: a sex object. And I am all for it. And
• 39:25
  Speaker 5: I defended it on every ground. From holiness to eroticism.
• 39:32
  Speaker 5: It is a good thing. Imagine if he didn't. What
• 39:36
  Speaker 5: would you prefer? That he saw you as a roommate
• 39:39
  Speaker 5: who happened to be female? But that's in the realm
• 39:44
  Speaker 5: of the marriage. What about outside the marriage? Just in
• 39:48
  Speaker 5: day-to-day social interaction, strangers.
• 39:51
  Speaker 18: When a man looks at me just a little bit
• 39:54
  Speaker 18: too long, not a stare, just a little long look,
• 39:57
  Speaker 18: I love it. It just tells me that I am
• 40:00
  Speaker 18: doing something right.
• 40:03
  Speaker 16: So I have spent the last 10 years conducting a
• 40:07
  Speaker 16: very unusual research project asking men and women why they
• 40:11
  Speaker 16: don't call back after a good first date. And what
• 40:16
  Speaker 16: was very interesting on your topic is that... The number
• 40:20
  Speaker 16: three most common reason men revealed, I mean, I'm sorry,
• 40:24
  Speaker 16: that women revealed was that something I call the garbage man.
• 40:29
  Speaker 16: And this is when a guy looks at a woman
• 40:32
  Speaker 16: in that way or makes lewd, crude comments to her.
• 40:36
  Speaker 19: Lewd, crude comments and looking are in different universes, and
• 40:42
  Speaker 19: I 100% agree with your research.
• 40:44
  Speaker 16: So the look that was really interesting, there's a woman
• 40:47
  Speaker 16: in Boston, for example, a 34-year-old woman who told me
• 40:51
  Speaker 16: that She met a guy for a 4 o'clock coffee
• 40:54
  Speaker 16: date at Starbucks, and he started undressing her with his
• 40:57
  Speaker 16: eyes right away, saying how beautiful she looked.
• 41:00
  Speaker 19: He's an idiot. We have to do a show on,
• 41:03
  Speaker 19: I have to talk to men on how not to
• 41:05
  Speaker 19: be idiots.
• 41:06
  Speaker 5: Right, right. All right, shut up.
• 41:10
  Speaker 19: He's impossible. Alan, send him away.
• 41:13
  Speaker 6: Join us tomorrow to hear more on Timeless Wisdom with
• 41:17
  Speaker 6: Dennis Prager. Visit DennisPrager.com for thousands of hours of Dennis' lectures, courses,
• 41:23
  Speaker 6: and classic radio programs, and to purchase Dennis Prager's Rational Bibles.
• 41:32
  Speaker 6: We want to take just a second to thank the
• 41:33
  Speaker 6: team at Life Audio for their partnership with us on
• 41:36
  Speaker 6: the podcast. Go to LifeAudio.com to find dozens of other
• 41:39
  Speaker 6: faith-centered podcasts and their network, including shows about prayer, Bible study, parenting,
• 41:45
  Speaker 6: and more.