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