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Originally Posted by JB from NC
Again, you are incorrect. As a religious Jew, my acceptance of halachah, my participation in our religious rites, and my interest in the teachings and philosophy of my religion IS required.
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My hope is that your interest, everyone's interest, should above all else be the quest for truth, REGARDLESS what we are taught, by whom or for what reason.
Religions require a great many things, but no one is required to accept other than what they choose to accept, or not.
Again, I prefer the Buddhist emphasis on questioning, for the sake of knowing what is true. Not to believe or follow anyone's teachings without critical evaluation as to what is true and what is not, without concern for whether the agenda is self-serving or not. Truth is ultimately what matters most and ultimately our salvation.
The quest for truth in these regards is what has brought us from the Dark Ages and allowed us the progress we have managed, painfully slow this may be as ignorance always stands in the way.
It isn't truth that has us killing one another in these regards. It's ignorance.