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I'm putting this in the Abrahamic queue as it is related to Noahide/Judaism, however, if anyone thinks it goes somewhere else, feel free to move it.
So we all know that if you subscribe to a lot of Facebook discussion groups, a whole vast array of posts flow through your newsfeed.
I am subscribed to a very large array of different groups that interest me. If I think a particular post is interesting, I share it.
One particular day, I was scrolling away through my FB newsfeed, and I saw, alongside my usual diet of humor, pets, spiritual inspiration etc. various posts about domestic violence, victim blaming, etc, that sort of thing. I'm not unused to that, but there were just more than usual that day from various groups.
One post that came up in my newsfeed was from an unfamiliar source. That itself didn't surprise me as I am subscribed to so many groups and that fills up my newsfeed- alongside a lot of promotional posts.
This particular post, had a very pretty, shiny, abstract picture like a glittering vase. At first I thought it was just artwork and almost carelessly "shared" it to my page for the looks of it. When I saw at the bottom of the post there was an indicator of "more" and when I clicked the link that said "more"it opened up to a a very long message about the evils of women dressing too revealingly and how that makes them homewreckers or something.
After all those earlier posts in my newsfeed, from other groups, about victim blaming and domestic violence/rape culture what have you, I was like, what are these people going on about?
The person who posted the item was a woman, or had a woman's name.
Anyway I hit reply and said I didn't really agree with the statements blaming women for how they dress and didn't really get their concern.
I got a swift reply scolding me for disagreeing with "the sages" as they are "never wrong" and it would "damage me spiritually to publicly contradict them" and the reply feature was shut down.
I looked a little more closely into this, and it turns out this was a VERY orthodox kosher Facebook group, labeled for Noahides.
Now, I'm a little interested in the Noahides, basically Jewish theology for non Jews. However, I don't recall having subscribed to a group that was so intensely orthodox. I also don't remembering encountering such posts before -- abstract art with a message kind of hidden at the bottom.
Anyway, once I realized this, I simply asked them to remove me from the group. I don't recall applying for it.
The woman said she would remove me from the group, but also said "listen, one thing I've learned, is if you end up somewhere randomly, it's for a reason, G-d had a purpose for putting you here" or words to that effect.
I'm just curious about anybody's reactions to my little adventure.
So we all know that if you subscribe to a lot of Facebook discussion groups, a whole vast array of posts flow through your newsfeed.
I am subscribed to a very large array of different groups that interest me. If I think a particular post is interesting, I share it.
One particular day, I was scrolling away through my FB newsfeed, and I saw, alongside my usual diet of humor, pets, spiritual inspiration etc. various posts about domestic violence, victim blaming, etc, that sort of thing. I'm not unused to that, but there were just more than usual that day from various groups.
One post that came up in my newsfeed was from an unfamiliar source. That itself didn't surprise me as I am subscribed to so many groups and that fills up my newsfeed- alongside a lot of promotional posts.
This particular post, had a very pretty, shiny, abstract picture like a glittering vase. At first I thought it was just artwork and almost carelessly "shared" it to my page for the looks of it. When I saw at the bottom of the post there was an indicator of "more" and when I clicked the link that said "more"it opened up to a a very long message about the evils of women dressing too revealingly and how that makes them homewreckers or something.
After all those earlier posts in my newsfeed, from other groups, about victim blaming and domestic violence/rape culture what have you, I was like, what are these people going on about?
The person who posted the item was a woman, or had a woman's name.
Anyway I hit reply and said I didn't really agree with the statements blaming women for how they dress and didn't really get their concern.
I got a swift reply scolding me for disagreeing with "the sages" as they are "never wrong" and it would "damage me spiritually to publicly contradict them" and the reply feature was shut down.
I looked a little more closely into this, and it turns out this was a VERY orthodox kosher Facebook group, labeled for Noahides.
Now, I'm a little interested in the Noahides, basically Jewish theology for non Jews. However, I don't recall having subscribed to a group that was so intensely orthodox. I also don't remembering encountering such posts before -- abstract art with a message kind of hidden at the bottom.
Anyway, once I realized this, I simply asked them to remove me from the group. I don't recall applying for it.
The woman said she would remove me from the group, but also said "listen, one thing I've learned, is if you end up somewhere randomly, it's for a reason, G-d had a purpose for putting you here" or words to that effect.
I'm just curious about anybody's reactions to my little adventure.
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