From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!rocheste!sher
Newsgroups: net.religion
Title: Re: There is no War on net.religion
Article-I.D.: rocheste.711
Posted: Tue Feb 15 01:08:52 1983
Received: Thu Feb 17 07:57:59 1983
References: floyd.1181

I have far more pressing matters right now but slander bothers me and
slander against my religion is something I have been taught to respond
to immediately and in public.  A letter was submitted claiming that
Judaism claims that salvation was only for the Jews.  This is purely
wrong.  I will assume for now that he has received this false
impression from some ignorant person or from some accidental
misinterpretation of something he heard or read.   Anyway what Judaism
teaches is that Jews have certain responsibilities and because of this
must follow certain laws.  In return for this God has granted that our
people should survive.  This is a summary of my impression of what
Judaism says about the differences between the Jews and the rest of
the world.  I do not even understand what you mean by salvation but
whatever it is, if it is not an obligation to follow Jewish law then it
is not denied to you.

As far as believing in the New Testament, do you suggest that I should
believe in the Koran also, how about the Hindu religious writings, the
Cherokee lore?  There's an awful lot of religious beliefs out there
and I was born Jewish.
-David Sher (oftimes AI project)