Beth- Reform Judiasm really isn't - at my synagogue, one of the two rabbis is a woman the cantor is a woman the "Sabbath and Festival Prayer Book" has been rewritten to be non-gender-specific -Ben
> -----Original Message----- > From: BethF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:32 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Egypt: Land of the Gods > > > I think thats correct. > > One of the reasons I choose to be no religion is that most > of them are > sexist. > > --Beth, Pseudo usenet cop > Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike > Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) > Anchorage, Alaska > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 7:51 AM > Subject: RE: Egypt: Land of the Gods > > > > 10 men, called a Minyan. > > > > AFAIK in Orthodox Judiasm, women still don't count > > Hope I'm wrong <grin> > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: BethF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 8:56 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Egypt: Land of the Gods > > > > > > > > > I believe (lots of more jewish than me people here to correct > > > me) that jews > > > dont' need a synagogue to pray but just 9 "men". > > > In fact there is some joke about it my dad used to tell.....I > > > am sure I will > > > get it all wrong so I won't tell it. > > > > > > --Beth, Pseudo usenet cop > > > Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike > > > Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) > > > Anchorage, Alaska > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 4:29 AM > > > Subject: Re: Egypt: Land of the Gods > > > > > > > > > > > Did I hear them say that "unlike Jews and Christians" > > > Muslims don't need > > > a > > > > > centralized place to pray? > > > > > > > > > It seems they also said that uniquely, Muslim's > > > > > mosques are more than a place of worship. I can't speak > > > for Jews, but > > > > > certainly Christians don't believe the only place you can > > > pray is in a > > > > > church, nor do they believe that a physical church > represents the > > > religion > > > > > (as was implied). The Body of Christ is where ever there > > > are believers. > > > > > Also, many churches also serve as education facilities > > > and community > > > > > facilities, and it's been this way since early in the > > > church history. > > > > > > > > Maybe they were refering to "going to church"? I don't > > > know. I didn't > > > > catch that part. > > > > > > > > > I just got the impression, without really paying as close > > > attention to > > > the > > > > > beginning of that segament as I would like, that they were > > > > mischaracterizing > > > > > Christianity (and possibly Judiasim). > > > > > > > > > > H. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
