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The Valkyrie Offline
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#11
RE: Hello
June 10, 2015 at 10:28 pm
Welcome, fellow heathen.

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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#12
RE: Hello
June 11, 2015 at 12:42 am
Hi Hi

Welcome! Enjoy yourself
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#13
RE: Hello
June 11, 2015 at 1:11 am
Welcome from Australia matey...
When someone asks what religion am I, they generally mean what AFL footy team  do I follow. hehe
No probs about fitting in, if you think in the language of logic, you're 95% there.
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#14
RE: Hello
June 11, 2015 at 1:17 am
Welcome to the forum. Welcome
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein
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#15
RE: Hello
June 11, 2015 at 1:38 am
(-: שלום

Welcome to the forum!
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#16
RE: Hello
June 11, 2015 at 2:39 am
Welcome, nice to meet you Smile

Thank you for sharing your story!
Feel free to send me a private message.
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#17
RE: Hello
June 11, 2015 at 5:19 am
Welcome from Portugal!
A few centuries ago, around here, jews were sort of abolished... you either converted to christian or left... or force was applied, or something.
Anyway, thus appeared what we called the "new christians"... who were still jews at heart but tried to behave as christians.
These guys invented a kind of sausage based on meat not from pork, that looked like it was made from pork - the alheira.

My dad says I have some jewish ancestry, because of my syndactyly on the toes of both feet (like the foot in the wiki article).... although, I have never seen any other relation between jews and this condition.

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#18
RE: Hello
June 11, 2015 at 9:43 am
Welcome Smile
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
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#19
RE: Hello
June 11, 2015 at 10:45 am
(June 11, 2015 at 5:19 am)pocaracas Wrote: Welcome from Portugal!
A few centuries ago, around here, jews were sort of abolished... you either converted to christian or left... or force was applied, or something.
Anyway, thus appeared what we called the "new christians"... who were still jews at heart but tried to behave as christians.
These guys invented a kind of sausage based on meat not from pork, that looked like it was made from pork - the alheira.

My dad says I have some jewish ancestry, because of my syndactyly on the toes of both feet (like the foot in the wiki article).... although, I have never seen any other relation between jews and this condition.

Enjoy your stay.

Thanks again all.  Interesting about the sausage and like you, I have never heard anything about syndactyly being something Jewish.
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#20
RE: Hello
June 11, 2015 at 11:01 am
(June 10, 2015 at 10:17 pm)beanepie Wrote:
(June 10, 2015 at 10:10 pm)Dystopia Wrote: I think culturally Jewish is the equivalent to "culturally insert minority group" - If you were raised Christian, you are a part of the majority's religion and most culture is  made for you. When you are a minority, your identity becomes important and things you never cared about start to impact your life. Inevitable, most westerns are culturally Christians - I bet your life has been influenced by Christianity whether you accept it or not - As much as it has been influenced by prominent philosophers, artists, etc.

Welcome op Smile

You know what? That's very astute and a much simpler way of putting it! Thank you.

I'm sure my life has been influenced by Christianity although I'm not exactly sure how. I'm surrounded by Christianity although I've spent the majority of my life in the greater NYC are so everyone kind of jewish here. Wink  There's no question that I know a lot about it Christianity. I can belt out a Christmas Carol with the best of 'em!

Thanks you all for the kind welcome.

Given that many of the best Christmas carols were written by Jews, maybe that is really just more Jewish culture!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_music

What would Christmas be without Bing Crosby singing White Christmas, written by Irving Berlin?

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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