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Mairead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-03 03:45 PM
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21. Short answer: No.
All the major religions are pre-Enlightenment. And it shows :(

But Diasporic Judaism has long been recognised as one of the least-harmful religions. The respect for people, for probity, for learning--these are all greatly to Judaism's credit.

Perhaps those qualities are all a function of the Diaspora, though, because it certainly seems true that the Israelis --most of European rather than actual Semitic stock, so that might make a difference-- are just as vicious and intolerant as the worst soi-disant Xians.

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