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Posted by Nilet on Sat Apr 23 17:22:03 2016, in response to Re: It Is Now Passover., posted by AlM on Sat Apr 23 16:35:28 2016. Since Nilet doesn't follow the tenets of Judaism...OK, let me stop you right there before you make a fool of yourself. Firstly, Judaism refers to an ethnicity as well as a religion. No matter what I believe, and no matter what I do, I'll always be (ethnically) Jewish because that's determined by my cultural upbringing, which I can't go back and change. Secondly, the religion of Judaism has multiple sects with different rituals and beliefs. My particular background is an especially liberal variety of Reform Judaism, which places emphasis on reason over dogma. It also carried a fair amount of dogma, but by placing emphasis on reason over dogma I could argue I'm following the spirit of that belief by rejecting its extraneous cruft. So you're wrong. I am Jewish, and if your argument relies on the assumption that I'm not, you're just making yourself look stupid. ...there's nothing wrong with him having a nice delicious ham dinner tonight. It's not just me. This is a Seder. However, it's absurd to refer to his meal this evening as a Seder. How so? When a dozen-odd Jews gather at the start of Passover to hold a festive meal for the specific purpose of celebrating Passover, which follows the basic form of a traditional Seder (while tweaking a few details by mutual decision), what do you call it? |
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