Passover

Just a short one tonight but I should post in the spirit of things.

I went to a Jewish passover with my girlfriend Monday. The most prominent thing I noticed is that the focus, at least for the one I was invited to, was more on upholding Jewish culture and understanding Jewish society than being in touch with God. At the very most extreme it could be said that there was a slightly agnostic undertone, or at least a very spiritually open one. I was very relieved to feel welcome for once.

And one of the other things I'd like to applaud the Jewish religion for: they don't work to convert. The closest the Jewish religion gets to converting is raising awareness of Jewish culture and heritage, which is important outside of any religion, right? This is a religion that I think get's their fundamentals right without a dogmatic overtone. I approve.

Now, I have no desire to begin following Jewish religion and I don't think their god or afterlife exist either. But as I've said before, atheism for me is partly about living because it's kindof a one-shot. As far as life goes I think they're on the right track by focusing on what religion fundamentally revolves around which is customs and philosophy.

This is Jeremy the Atheist saying that while I think the Jewish religion, like any other that has a belief or afterlife system is misguided the customs are worth preserving and cherishing.

-Sims