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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am specifically asking on a religious forum - where it's only fair that perspectives that may be considered antagonistic to religion, not solely in praise of it - why we keep burying our heads in the sand about the endless daily atrocities associated with organized religion. [/quote]

I don't believe in organized religion. I believe in Masorti Judaism ;)

Seriously, because I go to synagogue I am answerable for what some Salafist does in Saudi Arabia?  Or some cardinal in Boston?

Dude.  I may be a Conservative Jew, but I am also a liberal.

We are each morally responsible for our own deeds.  We don't judge people by the group they are in. You can judge us for acts in institutions (for example if my synagogue were to neglect to fire someone who had molested a child) but not for the acts of private individuals even if they share my faith, much less if they simply share having A faith.

I am not sure why that is not self evident, but in a world where it is now the fashion to blame Mexicans in general for crime, and muslims for terrorism, I suppose my expectations are too high.[/quote]

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