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any real Jew would have taken that as a challenge to move forward and defeat any obsticle. - Scott Fayner on Luke Ford

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This rings quite true for me ...

Among the "benefits" I find in being raised Jew are:

* I am unfazed if I am against the tide of opinion - my whole religion is against the tide of common opinion.

* Since I am almost always in the minority, I am open to and value minority opinions. [Talmud study]

* I was taught to question authority. You want me to do/believe something, convince me. [Talmud study again]

* I believe that my moral code is something I have elected to live my and applies only to ME and should not be forced upon others. [In Judaism Jews have 613 "commandments to fulfill. We believe NON-JEWS HAVE ONLY 7!]


And, thus I believe that there are many paths equally as viable and valuable as my own.