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From: megann@ihuxi.UUCP (Mcroberts)
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Subject: Re: A query to "Dvar Torah"
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 19:16:54 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  6 19:16:54 1985
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> Many of us take secular law seriously, whether we agree with it or not,
> because there are policemen and sheriffs waiting behind the billboards
> to run us in if we don't.  

I thought the Rabbis took a dim view of choosing ones actions either
with hope of reward or fear of punishment. . .  This, of course, is
a radically different view than that of civil law (although one hopes
that most people have some sense of morality devoid of punishment and
reward. . .)

meg mcroberts
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