Leviticus, holier-than-thou pickers and choosers.

My family is very religious. So, I get quite a few updates that I have to skim over and try to ignore. The worst part is, they know I'm not religious at all, and would rather not discuss it or have to deal with it in any way (it's fine for their FB status, if that's their thing. I don't have to comment) but why try to add all these Jesus graphics to my MySpace comments?! Every Christmas and Easter I get comments from my aunt like this. Last Easter, she sent me this huge graphic of Jesus on a cross that said HE IS RISEN across it. So, I respect her beliefs and don't question her about them, why can't she respect the fact that I'm not into it?! I just deny the comments and don't say anything because I don't like to argue, but you would think she would get the hint that I don't like it. 

I just deny the comments and don't say anything because I don't like to argue, but you would think she would get the hint that I don't like it. 

I bet she knows you don't like it, but maybe she thinks she will "save" you by constantly barraging (sp?) you with the stuff.

My ex-brother-in-law (former marriage) always sent those Jesus-y forward emails to us even though I was Jewish (but pagan, though the BIL didn't know that) and ex-hubby was a Hare Krishna (fact *is* stranger than fiction).  I didn't want to disrupt things or make family gatherings awkward so I never said anything to the BIL about it, though it really bothered me.

Is there room for me in that handbasket?  I have a good sized tattoo on on my back as well as a little on my hip...

My uncle's owns lots of tattoo shop (here in Austin well respected ones) and my cousin is a fabulous tattooist in Minnesota...

As for holier-than-thou my mom still believe I will go to church some day and find god..I am happy with where I am...

I don't push my beliefs or RARELY hold a discussion on them with people unless I know it won't turn into a heated debate.  As I have come to find out when you talk religion wooo weeee it can get more heated then a bush political conversation.  I feel my way, you feel yours - agree to disagree.  

The one thing I do request is don't bible thump me aka leave bible quotes or tell me to look into this ect... Not being rude but I don't tell you the other ways <g>
If a friend FB or not did this they would get the same response

My 2 cents
edited for my idiotic typing

I bet she knows you don't like it, but maybe she thinks she will "save" you by constantly barraging (sp?) you with the stuff.

I think this is key.  Non-religious people tend to view it as a live-and-let-live thing, but evangelicals feel that it is their duty to convert others, so for them it's not a question of respecting your views or agreeing to disagree.  I used to get upset and annoyed by this, but I just shake it off now.  No amount of arguing is going to change their minds, and I simply don't have the energy to waste thinking about it. 

I have some friends-of-friends (who I couldn't avoid) who used to do that to me, but every time they did I'd ask them awkward questions about the nature of God and they stopped rather quickly, asking me why I felt the need to challenge their private beliefs.

Which I found a little ironic, given they began it each of those few times with a serious comment along the lines of "Your life isn't complete, you haven't accepted Jesus, etc...". Our mutual friend who is, it must be said, a very devout Christian just found the thing rather funny

My friend had to post this on Facebook and I thought it was hilarious! She grew up the only Catholic in a VERY Mormon part of Wyoming. Surprisingly, none of her Mormon friends fired back and in fact, one of them apologized for how the book was given to them.

OK here we go again. For all of my mormon friends, maybe you can pass on a message that the Book of Mormon is not a good Christmas gift for a non-mormon. It is, in fact, disrespectful, insulting and patronizing. This isn't the first time! I would never think of buying my Jewish friend a crucifix for a present. Fortunately, most of my mormon Facebook friends are open-minded and and respectful. I am thankful for that!

Well, primarly the domination of civil law in Israel by the (Orthodox) Chief Rabbinate despite Orthodox Jews composing a minority of the country. But also Yeshiva students avoiding military service, the domination of the Jerusalem municipal government by Orthodox parties, the structuring of the welfare state to support Orthodox lifestyles, etc... Admittedly Ben-Gurion cut the deal, but originally the religious groups had agreed to stay in the synagogues. Now there are riots at parking lots open on Shabbat in secular parts of Jerusalem. Or, for example, the fact that drivers will avoid certain neighbourhoods in Jerusalem on Shabbat because there is a tendency for the youth to throw rocks at cars.

Secular Israelis often get rather upset about these things, especially the marriage regulations and the military-service exemption.

I've heard about those things.
Israel is like another planet  

Before I moved to the UK, I lived amidst one of the largest Chasidic Jewish communities in the US, in Brooklyn, and I was never criticised because I didn't follow Judaism the way they did.

In the summer, they used to put up signs around the neighbourhood telling women that they should dress modestly (wrists and ankles covered, skirts thick enough so nobody can see an outline of leg, etc.)

But when I went out in shorts on a hot day nobody said anything to me, even if I walked into a kosher shop.

I've heard about those things.
Israel is like another planet 

Before I moved to the UK, I lived amidst one of the largest Chasidic Jewish communities in the US, in Brooklyn, and I was never criticised because I didn't follow Judaism the way they did.

In the summer, they used to put up signs around the neighbourhood telling women that they should dress modestly (wrists and ankles covered, skirts thick enough so nobody can see an outline of leg, etc.)

But when I went out in shorts on a hot day nobody said anything to me, even if I walked into a kosher shop.

Sweetpeach, I agree; Israel is like another planet!

How interesting to live admist the Chasidic community.

Sweetpeach, I agree; Israel is like another planet!

How interesting to live admist the Chasidic community.

Now that I remember better, some were Chasidic but many were just Ultra-Orthodox (but same rules about keeping covered, etc.)

It was actually a very ethnically diverse area, with many Latinos and West Indians, among others.

In that way, I suppose different from Orthodox communities in Israel.