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  1. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    IOW, he didn't want to convert Judaism...?
  2. xkatz

    ISIS in Ferguson

    Well ISIS does have helicopters so you never know ;) I could see ISIS marching for the civil rights of non-Muslims. :rainbow1: they are extremely peaceful humanitarians ya know.
  3. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    That's good to hear ;)
  4. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    Anyone can be minimally ethical though- it's very easy to say it's wrong to kill, steal, etc. However, it takes real effort to try daven on a daily basis, or follow even a minimal form of kashrut. Doing things like that in conjunction w/ ethical rules are more meaningful and give Jews a sense of...
  5. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    What point is there to a religion if there's nothing to follow? No real objective moral goal? What values does reform Judaism have that make it anymore meaningful than a general belief in theism? And no, I haven't had shrimp. I try to keep a strict pescetarian diet if I eat out.
  6. xkatz

    Are there such things as facts?

    Well let's try... F... A... C... T... S... F... A... C... T... S... *Squeezes letters harder* F-A-C-T-S *Squeezes even harder* FACTS By forcing the letters "f" "a" "c" "t" and "s" together through intense bursts of energy, I have combined them to create the word "facts". So, yes facts do...
  7. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    If you say so. :shrug: Did I say I condone what happened in the news report? The customs mitzvot exist for a reason- they help Jews connect to Judaism and make Judaism something physically and spiritually comprehensible. Without it, how is Judaism any different than say Universal Unitarianism...
  8. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    He is as fallible as anyone else. And he certainly doesn't have the stature of Moses. I follow ethical laws too I hate to tell ya. I wonder how many of these reform Jews attend synagogue on more than a once or twice per year basis? I wonder how many of them could daven or wrap tefillin on...
  9. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    Deeply and consistent in regards to what? Historical Jewish praxis and tradition? I certainly think not. I understand reform Judaism but I also understand why such extreme religious liberalism does not appeal to many people- including Jews. What motivation does reform Judaism give to Jews to...
  10. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    Yes and this is why reform Judaism has inspired so many Jews to learn about their faith, continue with Judaism, and attempt to follow Jewish customs and mitzvot. [/extreme sarcasm]
  11. xkatz

    ISIS in Ferguson

    Well at least we can agree on FDR! ;)
  12. xkatz

    ISIS in Ferguson

  13. xkatz

    Poll finds some Europeans support ISIS

    It's 16%, not 30% according to the poll. I think "of those polled" are mainly people in the Muslim community. I have a feeling that 100% of French Jews, Christians, and atheists don't support ISIS in any way. And it looks like ICM didn't even use that big of sample so it could very well be...
  14. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    Who here is advocating shunning? And yes, a person would be cut-off from the Catholic Church if they left it (as well as committing a sin according to Catholic theology), much like if someone left the Jewish community.
  15. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    But it is used, nonetheless: I don't see how this is any different than what the majority of RF Jews have been saying.
  16. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    And a Catholic who leaves the RCC isn't one? And Protestantism isn't a heresy?
  17. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    This: Sounds an awful lot an angry tumblr rant if you ask me. Comparing yourself as a "multiple minorities" person to Levite being a "white Jew" is an attempt to turn this in some sort of privilege checking ****-show. I expect better of you than that.
  18. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    I will not speak for Levite- but I think you're largely projecting you're assumptions about Jews onto us. You are no more special than any Jewish person, likewise. No one is claiming to be superior b/c they're Jewish on this forum AFAIK. For what respect I have for you- don't play this "special...
  19. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    it's a figure of speech obviously. Also, the porn industry is controlled by teh Jews according to /pol/ and butthurt whitey.
  20. xkatz

    Do We Really Need This Kind of Bigotry?

    It's very easy to say that such things don't happen or are over-exaggerated if one isn't subject to it, Saint Frank. Just take a look at half of the 'net or listen to the rhetoric of David Duke, Louis Farrakhan, or a Salafist preacher.
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