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- From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
- Subject: Re: Re^2: Atheism and Intelligence
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:19:30 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.001930.25068@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- References: <4339@novavax.UUCP> <e3JiwB2w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>
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- In article <e3JiwB2w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> waldo@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Todd J. Dicker) writes:
- >mitch@novavax.UUCP (Mitch Silverman) writes:
- >
- >[Stuff Deleted]
- >>
- >> As I said above, I'm an atheistic Jewish SubGenius minister. I
- >> find I still enjoy going to synagogue (even at Conservative
- >> synagogues, where the traditional Jewish anthropomorphic deity is
- >> very much included in the ritual. Oddly enough, I find I prefer
- >> the Conservative liturgy to the Reform, though being a
- >> Reconstructionist who was nine or ten before my family left the
- >> Conservative synagogue we used to attend, perhaps this is not so
- >> surprising--but I digress) though I have no illusions about my
- >> prayers influencing any sort of deity.
- >
- >I hope you'll forgive me if I suggest that your understanding of Judaism
- >seems to me to be rather limited. You seem to have at least taken the
- >first step of becomming familiar with some of the rituals, but we are far
- >from a tribal cult that actually expects our prayers to influence a
- >deity.But far beyond this, very little in the way of liturgy, custom, law
- >and tradition in Judaism can or should be taken at face value. This is
- >apparantly what you seem to have done, and I find it a shame. I see many
-
- [...]
-
- In all fairness to the original poster, why is it so difficult to believe
- that they have become familiar with Judaism and have merely chosen to
- believe what they believe, contrary facts not being available?
- >
- >> I guess I'll cross-post this missive to soc.culture.jewish (where
- >> I expect to betold I'm not a Jew) alt.atheism, and alt.slack,
- >> just to see what happens. Followups to alt.tasteless, perhaps? 8-)
- >
- >Well, I'm not about to cast stones, but i would like to comment on the
- >need for cross posting. I don't understand this incessant cross-posting
- >to multiple groups. If I wanted to read alt.sex.gerbils, I would sign
- >up.
-
- 1) Because if a topic has relevance to other groups, those groups may
- not normally read others, and may be interested in the information,
- and
- 2) cross-posting maximizes the probability of responses.
-
- It does cost band-width, but I personally have nothing to complain
- about, on balance.
-
- GMS
-