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Earl, Yeah, I'm famous for turning up the heat whenever anyone pushes my buttons. But some issues are more important that others, and believe it or not this one really isn't as important to me as some others. And I can't go ballistic over everything, even though I try! I'll try to tone it down...

BB, Oh yes you did! At the very least, you questioned my right to call myself Jewish. That's over the line, and that more than anything else is what I can neither tolerate nor forgive. I'm grateful that you have the common sense to understand that isn't your judgment call when I pointed it...

BB, You don't friggin' KNOW how I feel about normative rabbinic Judaism because I have never discussed that issue with you at all! And yet you immediately jumped to the conclusion that I either don't know anything about it or that I "hate" it. There are several possible approaches to...

BB, I only trust assertions that agree with my preconceptions. I would not care who said, whether you or your maggid...or one of my "maggids" for that matter. It's the assertion itself I disagree with. I think you know (or should) that I am not interested in debating this subject with you...

Look, there are some beliefs I DON'T respect and can't pretend that I do. They have nothing to do with atheism or skepticism, because atheists at least take a live-and-let-live approach to the behavior of others. But I am quite frankly intolerant of the intolerant--i.e. people who believe it...

FS, The keywords there are in your last line: "I do not believe what you believe about it." In other words, you know all about that occult stuff, so you "know" just how BAAAAAD it is. You "know" it comes from the dark side, even if it's accurate. Just like BB "knows" all about feminist...

FS, I'm not the least bit surprised. I've observed for years that Christian fundamentalists can be every bit as skeptical as the most hard-boiled atheist/materialist when it comes to other people's beliefs that they don't happen to share, such as reincarnation or astrology. But whenever they...

Chris, Damn! That is so beautifully stated I can't imagine how anyone could improve on it. You just spoke for me too, except that I couldn't have said it as well. I'm not sure what the word for that attitude is, but I think it's honor. Love and Light, Linda

Janz, I can't speak for anyone else, but I agree with it. I think it's very well stated too. --Linda

Chris, That may be true, but the next stop after that isn't necessarily non-religion or atheism. That's only one possible route. It can also be dis-organized religion, a movement I am proud to affiliate myself with in several of its wonderfully chaotic manifestations. --Linda

Chris, I have to strongly disagree here. Zionists DO NOT need the support of whacko evangelicals like Rev. Hagee and his ilk, although for some reason many of them think they do. I'm not even gonna get started on Traitor Joe Lieberman, who is a traitor in more ways than one. At this point...

Avi, LOL! I believe Yenta is the traditional term for your mother-in-law and similar types. My daughter describes herself as a "Jewitch" on the geni.com site, a term she prefers to "Jewiccan." I suppose "Jewitch" applies to me too, although I also consider myself a Jewish Gnostic when the...

Avi, I had a quick look at the linked website and didn't like it any more than you apparently did. There is no doubt that Zionism can become a very pernicious form of idolatry, and it's happening especially among the extreme religious right in Israel and their sympathizers in other countries...

Tao, I'm very glad you read some of this thread. It makes me feel very vindicated in what I said about myself on the other topic--in fact I had this topic very much in mind when I wrote it. I am indeed the SAME person on every topic or forum I post on, and now you can see that for yourself...

Breeze, Please don't leave! You're such a nice person and very intelligent too. There's no reason you have to participate, or continue to participate, in discussions that seem to be taking an overly negative or combative tone. Blessed Be, Linda

Chris, Yes, it definitely gets tiring! --Linda

Zen, Oh, hell yes...I have plenty of causes! Reincarnation just isn't one of 'em. I'm glad you mentioned that we're here to share ideas and experiences, because it made me realize that there's a clear difference in the way I handle the two. When it comes to other people's ideas which I may...

Sheesh...hyperbole much? He was just being sympathetic. I should never have brought it up at all. Note to self: Make sure brain is in gear before engaging keyboard! --Linda

Zen, I wasn't aware that I had a "cause" to be helped or not helped, but it's getting more and more obvious that some people do--or more likely an agenda. --Linda

citizenzen, Watch it there! I'll take mistaken or mad if I have to, but LIAR??? That's the one thing I'm NOT, and anyone who knows me will be happy to verify that. --Linda Correction: You didn't say that. It was Tao who said it and you were quoting him. I'm glad I caught that within the...