Alberto Monteiro asked <<But what is the purpose of having strict religious laws, if the people isn�t religious and won�t obey these laws?>>
Jeroen answered <<The purpose is what every religious fanatic group has as their purpose: force *their* views down everyone�s throats and make everyone live by *their* rules.>> The reason that is given is preserving Jewish nation. There are people who actually believe that observing all those rules is guarding the state of Israel and not it's soldiers. Do you remember asking not long ago why Intifada started? One of the answers that you can hear here, in Israel, is that a reason is in "secular revolution" that Barak talked about. And let's face it - without Bible we have as much right to be here as in Uganda. Ilana from Israel
