We've already done so. Biblically you're allowed multiple wives. This practice has been prohibited to conform to the social norms of Europe and later America. At the moment I can't think of any Jewish laws that would conflict with social laws. Just about all of our laws are personal/communal ones with just about no impact on society. The only conflicts that have come up in the past are ritual slaughtering and circumcision. Time and again it's been shown that ritual slaughtering is more humane than the standard bolt to the head. The practice is also proof against such things as mad cow disease. Circumcision is a social norm in most places so the only conflict is when people try to ban it, but that's not just a Jewish issue. Bottom line is that we don't have that big a social footprint that has to be modified, and me being available to the lists on a Saturday is not a law. :)
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:36 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree. Now lets enforce that. > > So, Michael, just out of curiosity, what practice of your own religion > would you be willing to give up for the sake of conforming to this > (American) society's laws? > > And would you do so quietly? > > > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257750 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
