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Atheists & Agnostics

Cary

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7. I was raised as a Reform Jew

Reply to NeoGreen (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 27, 2017, 09:18 AM

Mar 2017

And still identify as such although I am not into the ritual. The whole premise of our theology is thst the Bible is not literally true. It is the story of ancient people searching for their relationship with their creator and the main premise is that God created people and put a little bit of Herself in every person's heart. Therefore to serve people is to serve God.

And I will say that while I am quite negative about the synagogue I was raised in I do, in retrospect, see the value of an organic community. I also have a deep respect for the real charity that really was done by the synagogue.

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