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Gore1FL

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12. I do not understand the tradition in it's entirety.

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #10)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 02:41 PM

Mar 2019

A friend of mine who is Jewish and I discussed it on a couple of occasions. His wife was raised Catholic, and though he didn't ask her to, she decided to become Jewish herself. She had to ask three times before she was allowed. She had to have legitimate long-term reasoning to back her request.

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Western Abrahamic Religions Tend to Proselytize [View all] MineralMan Mar 2019 OP

Primarily Christianity TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #1

There's not much by Jews, except within various divisions of Judaism. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #2

Eastern religions do it, too. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #3

Jews don't. Gore1FL Mar 2019 #4

And why is that? Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #10

I do not understand the tradition in it's entirety. Gore1FL Mar 2019 #12

I would say just the opposite - that most Western Religions view other religions as walkingman Mar 2019 #5

Hmmm...interesting observation. Karadeniz Mar 2019 #6

Why are you singling out Western Abrahamic religions? murielm99 Mar 2019 #7

I consider Islam as much a Western religion as MineralMan Mar 2019 #8

That might be a recent feature. Igel Mar 2019 #9

Judaism is no longer a major relgion, in terms of people MineralMan Mar 2019 #11