From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!hou5d!hou5a!hou5e!mat Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: re: my recent letter on Religious Matters Article-I.D.: hou5e.214 Posted: Tue Jan 25 17:10:12 1983 Received: Fri Jan 28 03:09:55 1983 References: sdccsu3.239 Lady Arwen's (c'mon, don't you have a REAL name, iy47ab) article intrigued me. When she speaks of the notion of an Overbeing being a secondary focus of modern Judaism I am left wondering about the Biblical tradition, and the real and mythalogical histories contained therein. (By the way, Nat'l Geo. had an article a couple of months ago about some interesting discoveries relating to Exodus). Are these also secondary? I have been led to understand that Judaism places an enormous emphasis on layers of community (family, synagogue, etc.) by Jewish friends of various traditions, but how does this have meaning outside the context of God? If there isn't a strong tradition of scripture (and I am sure that there is) then in this respect Christianity is closer to the Old Testament than Judaism -- and that ?can't? be so. For the record, my perspective is that of an observant, if not too devout, Roman Catholic. I'm also not afraid to reveal my True Identity hou5[ea]!mat Mark Terribile