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posted February 04, 2014 07:31 PM            

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i want to know opinions on this religion.
any jews here?
any converts?
orthodox? reform? conservative? reconstructionists? humanistic?

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posted February 04, 2014 07:45 PM            

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Moving this to our religion Forum, Divine Diversities.

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posted February 04, 2014 08:05 PM            

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Neutral here.

I have Jewish friends, but none are devout, not even the one to convert (maybe he was when he did but not by the time I knew him).

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posted February 04, 2014 09:00 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Moving this to our religion Forum, Divine Diversities.

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thanks, i suspected that this was in the wrong forum.

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posted February 04, 2014 09:02 PM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
Neutral here.

I have Jewish friends, but none are devout, not even the one to convert (maybe he was when he did but not by the time I knew him).

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were they raised traditional?
most of the ones who are raised in semi secular household are rarely devout.
as to the convert, was he reform, con or orthodox?

it is a very ritualistic tradition...the hebrew language is beautiful
and, the religion seems more concerned with the here and now.

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posted February 05, 2014 02:24 PM            

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No worries.

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posted February 05, 2014 04:56 PM            

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I believe all my Jewish friends were fairly secular. I've emailed the guy who converted (as he's now living on the other side of the country) and asked, it may take a few days for him to get back to me.

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posted February 06, 2014 10:24 AM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
I believe all my Jewish friends were fairly secular. I've emailed the guy who converted (as he's now living on the other side of the country) and asked, it may take a few days for him to get back to me.

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thanks
maybe he converted in order to marry someone who is jewish?
many people who convert do it for someone else, and not because they truly want to be jewish, hence their lack of personal devotion....

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