Jon Gabriel wrote:
>
> >From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: EU thought crimes
> >Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:21:43 -0600
> >
> >Jon Gabriel wrote:
> >
> > > If I were you, I wouldn't personally assume that many/most Jews are
> >atheists
> > > unless I had more than anecdotal evidence to back it up. I don't mean
> >this
> > > unkindly. I just think the blanket statement was inaccurate.
> >
> >Many Jews are atheists, or agnostic. I wouldn't say "most" without some
> >harder evidence. ("Most" technically means "at least 50%. "Many" can mean
> >a whole host of things, depending on the situation or context.)
> >
> >My personal anecdotal experience is that, of the Jews I've met, 30-40% were
> >atheist/agnostic and the rest practiced their religion to some degree or
> >another, some of them a lot less than others. But I've met only a very
> >small fraction of all the Jews in the world, so my anecdotal experience
> >probably isn't accurate; and the circumstances under which I met various
> >Jews may have skewed the sample one way or the other.
>
> Again, that's not my experience.
>
> I can't remember off the top of my head if you and your family are still
> located in Austin, but....
We are. (Rest snipped.)
As I said, the circumstances under which I met various Jews may have skewed
the sample. Not even half of the Jewish people I have met who were
introduced to me as being Jews were in Austin; most of the Jewish people I
have met were in the northeast, and under circumstances that didn't have me
meeting all the Jews in any particular community.
Actually, most of the people I have met in Texas who identified themselves
as Jews *were* religious to some degree or another.
Julia
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