From: Lizard <lizard@mrlizard.com>:
So, allying yourself with people who would gladly force *your* childen to
=========== Interesting that you should mention this. I, like many other Jews, have finally noticed something about Christians.... Seems they're actually _more_ Jewish than Jews. At least they (Christians) try to follow the Ten Commandments, which is a hell of a lot more than I can say for most every Jew I've ever known. Most Jews, other than Orthodox, self-identify as atheists and don't even know how to conduct a Passover service! Unless you're Orthodox, being Jewish is a joke. IMHO, claiming to be a Reform or Conservative Jew is the same as being "kind of" pregnant.
(bracing for fresh onslaught of anti-Semetic spears to be chucked) Does that mean you expect others to say anti-semitic stuff or claim that you are being anti-semitic. I would go with the latter. Are you orthodox? If not, what right do you have to bash conservative or reform jews? If you are, please tell your friends in Israel that those of us with families who survived the death camps do not look kindly on their reinvention of fascism. It is all well and good to love the group you come from, but especially if you are jewish, pay attention to history. Have we not been
At 09:23 AM 11/5/97 -0500, Jodi Hoffman wrote: pray to *their* God doesn't bother you in the least. Fascinating. persecuted throughout history, how dare we, now that we have some measure of power, go on to persecue others? Think before you write please. On your other point, christians routinely break the _important_ commandments. (the first two) Go to any church and you will see no end to the idols they set up to their various saints, gods, etc. And they pray to whatever saint they want, or mary, or jesus (a mere messenger, even if the son of god, he ain't god) or whoever they feel like. Whatever happenned to 'Thou shalt have no gods before me!' -Colin