Hyperspace Fool:

Well you kind of Half agreed with Albert, so my comments were only half directed at you.

Albert wrote:

As a side not I personally believe all the so called genocide in the torah has a deeper meaning and is more of an allegorical representation than a historical depiction of actual events. 

I do indeed believe that the Torah in it's entirety is indeed the Name of God.  Each the letters were not IMO because each letter is meant to be deciphered not only individually but in relation to eachother....

The stories of the Torah are nothing more than the Garments, the outer layer.  The outer layer serves to protect the inner layer in a sense.   In other words the Torah remains perfectly intact to this day partially because it was handed down in "Story" form.  

When the stories are analyzed on the kabbalistic level they often reveal an utterly different meaning...