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I just jumped into this discussion, years after you posted this. But I have to say...amen.

You have to look at Torah (and your own holy books) both in a historical context and a modern one. And they're often different. At the time that the Torah was written, statues ("graven images") were used primarily for religious purposes. There was no difference between statues and religious...

Well, I take offense because you insist that being an agnostic is not a valid point of view. There is absolutely nothing wrong with admitting your own ignorance about something that no one really knows for sure. Do I have a concept of the divine? Yes, I have several. Some are entirely...

An agnostic is merely someone who acknowledges the obvious: That we have no way of knowing if there is a God. There's nothing indecisive about saying "I don't know." I am an agnostic. But I am also a religious Jew. I'm far from the only one. Indeed, most people I know don't even so a conflict...