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)