One of the major factors that put me off from the "conservative Judaism" with which I was raised was the growing feeling that nobody in the "Jewish" community actually believed any of the religious things they were saying. That to them, being Jewish and going to services and using the symbols and reading the readings was *all* about a sense of community, and *nothing* about the words they were speaking, the meanings of the symbols, or the purposes of the services.
I have since realized that, to whatever extent that may have been true of *that* "religious community," it isn't true of all of them. And also that community is valuable.
I don't share your faith, but I very much respect your choice to treat it seriously at the times that are about it.
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16/10/09 15:53 (UTC)One of the major factors that put me off from the "conservative Judaism" with which I was raised was the growing feeling that nobody in the "Jewish" community actually believed any of the religious things they were saying. That to them, being Jewish and going to services and using the symbols and reading the readings was *all* about a sense of community, and *nothing* about the words they were speaking, the meanings of the symbols, or the purposes of the services.
I have since realized that, to whatever extent that may have been true of *that* "religious community," it isn't true of all of them. And also that community is valuable.
I don't share your faith, but I very much respect your choice to treat it seriously at the times that are about it.