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From: ask@cbdkc1.UUCP (A.S. Kamlet)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Black replies.
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Date: Wed, 13-Mar-85 18:27:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 13 18:27:47 1985
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> >Judaism  does  not  proselytize  specifically  because  it  accepts  the
> >existence of many cultures and religions.  Everyone not just Jews has  a
> >portion in the world to come.  Obviously, if some pagan is praying to an
> >idol, he is not praying to God, but if that prayer  is  well-intentioned
> >and sincere God may chose to listen.  Judaism merely expects of non-Jews
> >that they act decently.  How is this intolerant?
> 
>      That ain't exactly what I've heard.  For example, I heard that in the 
> State of Israel (the epitome of Judaism) it is not possible for a non-Jew
> to obtain citizenship.

WRONG!

> I also heard it is against the law to give a Jew
> a copy of the New Testament.

WRONG! (It might get you a few dirty looks from a few people, but
	if that's your thing, so be it.)

> I heard that it is also an offense to tell
> a Jew under 18 years of age anything about Christianity.

WRONG!  What you also may have heard is that every so often some
	Christian Evangelists try to hand out Christian literature
	to little kids by telling the kids it is Jewish literature.
	That's understandably offensive, and a few radical Jews have
	done nasty things.   I don't condone nasty stuff by anyone,
	but it happens.

> I heard that in
> the State of Israel if you don't belong to a certain nationality of Jews,
> you and a dog have a lot in common.

???????? Are you serious??

I have observed that certain net.religioners have taken this attitude
about certain groups of Christians but not others, but I forgot, you're
slamming Jews today.

> (Somebody even told me that it is
> an offense punishable by death to allow a non-Jew to read the Talmud, but
> that sounds a little far-fetched to be true.)  If I heard wrong, then I'm
> ignorant, and I need educating.
> 
>      Don Black
> 
>      Path:...decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-nisysg!black

In every case you've heard wrong.   Now you've also heard that you've
heard wrong.  I'm waiting to hear from many of the, as Rich Rosen has said,
Good Christians in this news group who will publicly condemn such vicious
postings.   To spread such garbage, under the guise of "I've heard that..."
and "somebody told me ..." cannot, in good conscience, be condoned.
Sometimes we should pause, stop debating the meaning of religion for
a while, and start practicing it.

-- 
Art Kamlet  AT&T Bell Laboratories  Columbus {ihnp4 | cbosgd}!cbrma!ask