[2330] in Depressing_Thoughts
Re: The role of religion
len18@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (len18@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Sep 14 05:41:54 1991
While we are on the subject, this brings to mind certain events that
happened to my friends when I was in High School.
Growing up on LI, I would venture to say that about 60% of my friends
were Jewish. I can recall two events like they were yesterday...
When I was in 7th grade, one of my male friends started to go out with one of
my other friends. He was Christian, she was Jewish. When her parents found
out, there was mass pandemonium. Her grandmother came out to the house and
had a long talk with her, and threatened to take her out of her will, unless
she broke up with him. Also, her parents were constantly trying to persuade
her to end the relationship. She finally gave in to the pressure and broke
up with him.
In High School, one of my good friends started going out with one of my other
good friends. She was both Jewish and Christain, (her mother was Jewish, her
father Christian) and he was Jewish. Things were normal until Christmastime,
when his mother picked him up at her house and saw the Christmas Tree through
the window. His parents kept bitching at him until he gave in and broke up
with her.
Now I can understand about how Jews want to preserve their faith. However, I
can't see this attitude and behavior as anything but elitist. That attitude
is like saying "You are not good enough for me, because you are not Jewish."
You can still preserve your faith even if you have relations with someone of
another religion, so I can't see that as a justification.
Jik, Marc, Barry, Rhu, what are your feelings on this?
