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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is one thing for a religion to focus on being a good person and worshipping God, completely another for them to dictate your political views and enforce the 'us vs them' mentality, add group pressure and start with excessive demands on your time, money[/quote]
How are you getting any of this from the conversation? Neither OP nor any of the responses have mentioned “excessive demands on your time, money” (and my Reform temple doesn’t make either of those demands). Nor are the majority of congregations dictating anyone’s political views or enforcing “us vs them” mentality. At all Three Reform temples where I’ve been a member, social action is discussed and performed, but congregants are of many political parties and backgrounds. As an example, my friend works for the Democratic government of my state, and her (non-Jewish) Republican husband has found a very comfortable home with our community. [/quote]
The fact that this thread is about finding a place with less politics[/quote]
“Less politics” does not directly translate to “my synagogue is dictating my political views, enforcing an ‘us vs them’ mentality, adding group pressure, and starting with excessive demands on my time and money.” That’s a lot of assumptions.

Also, the first few words of your post refer to “a religion,” while OP is asking about a synagogue. Let’s not extrapolate this to all of Judaism, or even to all of Reform Judaism. [/quote]

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