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it bothers me that i was born into a religious group and it is something that i have wanted to eliminate but havent been able to. but i am aware that one way that my religious group disappears is that someone else makes "us" disappear. so yeah, i agree that would be bad. otherwise, i look forward to the religion being removed from my family and the world in general.
Yeah, that would be best. Elimination of religions.
But if you think about it, it will get boring without religions. I like the general holiday, lighting and happiness atmosphere in shops and home around Christmas time just like I enjoy the fire crackers and sweets of Diwali or the delicacies of Eid. Sorry, no idea about Jewish holidays, there were zero Jews where I grew up but I know it now because of the three school holidays this month for them in my town which supposedly has 20 to 25% Jewish population.
Plus when I am in trouble or looking for some moral support (the only time when I remember God), whom should I pray to if there is no religion :-)
Unfortunately, I also can't give any more rep points to Mightyqueen801 until I spread some more of those points around...
For the benefit of the supposedly-tolerant "good Christians" who have already weighed-in on this topic, I think it would be appropriate to quote the words of Pastor Martin Niemoller:
Plus when I am in trouble or looking for some moral support (the only time when I remember God), whom should I pray to if there is no religion :-)
This is getting OT, but you pray to what you have faith in. I have faith in other people. Not specific persons, per se, but as Fred Rogers said, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.â€
Like all faith, it's personal and you do what helps, so pray to what you think is working.
Even within Bergen there is variation based on population. Hasbbrook heights doesn't get any of the Jewish holidays off. Oakland only gets 1 day of Rosh Hashanah - wouldn't be surprised if other towns switch to one day as the relative population of Jews in public schools becomes more Israeli.
Very good point. And in Fair Lawn, the schools are closed for two weeks for all Jewish High Holidays, closed for a week for Pesah. They are also closed for Russian independence day and Russian Orthodox Christmas in January. Naturally they are open December 25th as practically no one celebrates Catholic Christmas.
I believe this is perfectly good since all the education in the US is controlled on a local level as mentioned by our Great President.
Most millennials have less affinity towards established religions. All the scandals and abuses uncovered have made religions even less popular. Hopefully one day we don't have so many religious holidays because kids needs to learn in order to compete. We've becoming less competitive because we have so much excess and don't seem to care about keeping our competitive advantages.
Almost all high skilled workers these days are foreign born and many are semi educated in the US because we have too many holidays and pushing too much progressive agenda in schools such as reduction of homework and easy grades for failing students.
This is getting OT, but you pray to what you have faith in. I have faith in other people. Not specific persons, per se, but as Fred Rogers said, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
Like all faith, it's personal and you do what helps, so pray to what you think is working.
I find value in most spiritual paths. Crossing the line into saying "THIS is the RIGHT one" and then using your beliefs to try to control or oppress others is where the danger lies.
I love this quote from the Quakers: "I cannot tell you how to experience God. I can only tell you how I experience God."
Some people have no tendency toward a connection with the spiritual at all. They should feel that they are free to state that without receiving judgment, as well.
Very good point. And in Fair Lawn, the schools are closed for two weeks for all Jewish High Holidays, closed for a week for Pesah. They are also closed for Russian independence day and Russian Orthodox Christmas in January. Naturally they are open December 25th as practically no one celebrates Catholic Christmas.
Really, Fair Lawn is open on Dec 25 ? That's hard to believe.
(Edit: I checked their calendar. They are closed last week of December as Winter recess)
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