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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (23727)	10/1/2002 11:25:12 PM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (1) of 74559

Do I look like an insane masochist? LOL No, David, if you never ever again mention Orthodoxy it will be too soon for me. These people who refuse to accept that two millenium have passed since their bizarre belief structure got somehow stuck in time seem like an incredibly lunatic fringe and worthy of complete ridicule. To me now they seem pretty crazy but I wouldn't call them hypocritical. I grew up orthodox and studied in Yeshiva, but always had a hard time believing. I can't understand how someone like my brother can believe all that stuff. On the other hand I understand that the practice can lead to holiness (in the same way as Buddhist or whatever practices or Yoga etc.) if you apply it to yourself and not to telling other people what they should do. But once you know it isn't some God-given only path it loses a lot of its compulsion. Another way of looking at it is that it is a highly codified culture. Other cultures in the West aren't codified in this way, but a lot of people believe in kinds of weird customs which they often don't even notice they are doing. David

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