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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Elroy who wrote (219792)2/20/2007 3:12:50 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
I disagree with Nadine on many things we talk about here, but she is presenting the view of "many communities" and she is probably right. Converts have always been looked at with a certain amount of suspicion in any faith- just think about the the conversos in Spain- who were going the other way (from Jewish to Christian) and who were known as "Maranos" or "pigs".

At the most Nadine is reporting incorrectly on the racist tendencies of certain communities. To call her a racist for that, even were she mistaken, seems patently unfair to me. But I suspect that wrt people who really CARE about religion (communities other than Reform Jews, for example) she is probably right.
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