On 9/7/2010 11:04 PM, Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:
> Julie > wrote:
>> I don't see how you can even say that! AFAIK, there is no other religion
>> that believes what Judaism believes.
>> I myself do not believe in any form of religion whatever and don't wish to
>> debate that here or anywhere else. We all believe what we believe.
>
> If a poor woman is trapped by a specific flavor of Jewish legalism, you bet I'm
> going to say something, Christian that I am. She deserves better, a more
> merciful conception of God that understands her dietary limitations and does
> not impose arbitrary rules upon her. The rule of having to eat a marble-sized
> piece of bread before one is "worthy" of reciting an age-old blessing over a
> meal is ludicrous!
>
> Orlando

The rules that Ellen has chosen to follow are not G-d's rules. They are
rules made up by men who believed they were interpreting G-d's
commandments. Ellen chooses which of these interpretations she finds
comfort in.

Not all Jews believe as she does.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.