Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Fortune) 6/7/84; site rhino.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!fortune!foros1!rhino!marcum From: marcum@rhino.UUCP (Alan M. Marcum) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Ann Landers on Judaism Message-ID: <173@rhino.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 18:20:27 EDT Article-I.D.: rhino.173 Posted: Thu Aug 2 18:20:27 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Aug-84 02:39:00 EDT References: <154@mhuxv.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, California Lines: 27 Hmm, yes, well. At the risk of joining a ludicrous melee, I post this follow-up (also at the risk of "preaching to the choir" [sic]). It is amazing how intolerant many people are regarding religion. The US's early history is full of the "we're being presecuted, so let's go find religious freedom in the New World" followed by the settlement's policy of "you are FREE to practice OUR form of religion in the colony." The example cited is another instance of this. Practice your religion, they say, but do it MY way. Practice your religion, they say, but do it in a way that doesn't inconvenience me or impact on me at all. Be Jewish, please, and "propogate" the culture, the religion, but don't be obvious about it. And, above all, Thou shalt not be more frumm than thy father and they mother. Won't it be exciting when Jews accept one another, when people accept one another. On THAT day... -- Alan M. Marcum Fortune Systems, Redwood City, California ...!{ihnp4, ucbvax!amd, hpda, sri-unix, harpo}!fortune!rhino!marcum