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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you attend the wedding of a Catholic coworker?  If so, how is this any different?[/quote]

Not OP, but that is easy.  There is nothing in halacha preventing a gentile from marrying another gentile (halacha, apart from the 7 commandments given to Noah, does not apply to gentiles)   She MIGHT have an issue entering a church.   [/quote]

As someone very wisely said: where there is lot of legalism, there is little faith.[/quote]

Exactly.

This is my issue with these very doctrine-heavy versions of religions. My goal in engaging with a religion is to try to figure out more about why we're all here, gain some personal peace of mind, engage more productively and compassionately with the people around me, and *maybe* gain some insight into what happens after we die.

I personally find that following a lot of rules about what to eat, how to dress, whom to marry, etc. do nothing to help me achieve those goals. Maybe it does for others, but not for me.  [/quote]

Orthodoxy is not particularly doctrine heavy - you can hold a fairly wide range of theological positions.  Its the behavior that is strict.

Anway, you are clearly not an Orthodox (or even Conservative) Jew. Nor are you a Muslim (who also live by religious law). Why do you expect all religious people to share your approach, and to be worthy of having their views dismissed?[/quote]

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