tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post1153542808827125515..comments2024-01-23T12:49:03.885-05:00Comments on Jewbiquitous: Sick and SickenedAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434918343302976597noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-54483276639182789082007-08-05T01:43:00.000-04:002007-08-05T01:43:00.000-04:00his wife has the opportunity to live in a jewish h...his wife has the opportunity to live in a jewish household<BR/><BR/>it is not a choice that either she or noah have made<BR/><BR/>what exactly then gives noah the right to demand that a religion reshape itself to meet his demands?Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-70539798278213222442007-08-03T14:48:00.000-04:002007-08-03T14:48:00.000-04:00Judaism, like every other religion with adherents ...Judaism, like every other religion with adherents that try to live in the Western world (and not recreate the 1600's there), has a serious problem with how to deal with people who want to keep the religious label but want to ditch what were previously core tenets of the religion.<BR/><BR/>Jews have a little more of an out than, say, Episcopalians, because we are made up of a claimed common tribal heritage as well as having a religion, so in the clutch we can patch over our differences dogmatically because we all have a kinship tie. <BR/><BR/>But still, we just don't know how to deal with people who are basically doing all the stuff we don't consider part of our religion and calling it "my Judaism," or worse, Judaism "for the modern age." Nobody likes hearing "look! I'm flouting our religious tenets, which you only care about because you're a neanderthal!"<BR/><BR/>Nobody reasonable wants to bring back inquisitions, excommunications, and stonings for blasphemy. But there is a point somewhere that a believer has to be able to say "look, that's just not how we do it, and basically you're a heretic" without censure.<BR/><BR/>It is perfectly fine to be a heretic in this era, but one can't expect that the original religion will ratify your heresy or even continue to consider you one of their own still.QPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466092421844531762noreply@blogger.com