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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP— Think about what you want in your life.  Do you want a sister and nieces and nephews?  If the answer is yes, then go.  I personally think religion of any type is the root of all evil in this world.  They are all created by MEN.  They are all discriminatory towards women.  I get the need to believe in something.  It gives people purpose and hope.  However, OP’s question is a case in point why religion is evil and divisive.  The fact that she even asks this question is quite sickening, in my opinion. Why do you need a MAN to tell you how to follow laws made up by other MEN?  [/quote]

(symp C Jew here)

Personally I am a man who listens to women rabbis on how to follow halacha ;)  But OP is not me, she made a choice to become O, a choice that can be debated based on differing interpretations of the halacha.

OP  - did you really expect more sympathy for O Judaism here than you have found?

By becoming BT you have chosen in some ways a very difficult path.  People talk about cultishness and insularity, but this thread illustrates why so many Orthodox Jews do self segregate to some degree or another - our wider culture is SO out of sympathy with their fundamental assumptions and values, and people are not shy about the most hostile speech towards them.   Again, OP, you would find more sympathy from a community of Muslims (after getting past politics) than here.

Good luck whatever you choose. [/quote]

So, you are saying that we should sympathize with "misunderstood" fundamentalist religions that basically look down on the rest of us and consider us trash? I hope OP's sister is smarter than that.[/quote]

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