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Permalink Reply by Mordekhai ben-Yosef on March 17, 2013 at 9:26am

Nice to see that some of us Jews are equally as foolish as the gentiles who surround them. Goddamn 'em all!

Permalink Reply by E Gross on March 17, 2013 at 9:46am

Well, it's not any different than the Chabadnikim who walk around the Rabbe's table after kiddish with their empty cups, imagining him filling them, or bowing to his empty chair, praying to it, and leaving messages on his empty desk (google youtube Chabad rebbe chair for several of these hidden videos).

 

I suppose people need a dead human to talk to!

 

Apikorsim like me, however, are another matter. heh!

Permalink Reply by Mordekhai ben-Yosef on March 17, 2013 at 9:50am

The Chabad people are the equivalent of liberal Christians. Both argue for a reasoned approach to their horseshit and make the truly strident stronger by increasing the general number of willing suckers for religion.

Oh, and I use the handle "Apikoros" in some online venues. GMTA!

Permalink Reply by E Gross on March 17, 2013 at 10:44am

Ah, so you're the one! :D

Permalink Reply by Mordekhai ben-Yosef on March 17, 2013 at 10:49am

I used to be at Delphi and I'm currently at Go Comics as Apikoros. I'm also El Judío Bravo or El Judío Boricua.

Permalink Reply by Michael Pianko on March 17, 2013 at 4:18pm

So, I was raised Jewish but I have never been to Israel. Is Israel more or less religious than the USA? Are non-religious ethnically Jewish men in Israel allowed to date or interact with other non-religious women in Israel before marriage or not even get married?

Permalink Reply by E Gross on March 18, 2013 at 12:09am

Remember, Israel was founded by secularlists and atheists. There is still one last atheist kibbutz. (Kibuttim are dying due to the theory behind them). And when the Russian influx came in, you ended up with huge numbers who could not even prove that they were Jewish, never mind having a connection. So yeah, the makeup isn't too different than the USA. But if you live where I do, it's sort of a bubble where non-religious is a rarity - a sort of a flip.

 

And anyone can date or do whatever they want. It's a democracy, not Shi'ira law! ;) However, the Charadeim are in charge of the religious courts, and if you want to get married, you need to prove that you are both Jews (mother's ketuba, etc.). Some just take a jaunt to cyprus, have a wedding there, and bring back the paperwork to the courts for filing (intermarriage or gay weddings).