The Gifts We Receive From (all) Religion

Your name is an awesome Steely Dan song. One of my favorites.

 

Oh hell yeah!

 

What I do like about my faith (Islam) is Ramadan. It helped me a lot in terms of dieting and mood. However, what I liked most about it was at how everyone around me had changed, as well as me. All fights seemed to just disappear, and everyone just wanted to help one another. I know it’s just fasting, but sometimes you have to do less to see more.

 

As an agnostic, the faith I admire most is Judaism. They do not seek others to change their point of view, they do not accept people into their religion. If you want to be a member of Judaism you have to prove that you belong. You have to show dedication to change your life and you have to study and be thoroughly tested to ensure you actually understand the Bible and it's teachings.

 

They do.

 

What I should have said was, they don't proselytise.

 

You might be right. The podcast Unorthodox did an interesting show on people who converted to Judaism. It should be said there are three different types of Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative and Reformed), and each has it's own way of looking at things. I do like the way Judaism looks at the Bible compared to Christians and they seem to be able to handle different opinions better than Christians.