I think you quite missed both her meaning and her point, Allan.
The "Religions of the Book" are referring specifically to the three monotheistic religions which share the same roots. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all essentially worship the same god; a single, all powerful, male creator figure. This is common parlance in World Religions 101. Palestinian Christians pray to "Allah"..."God" just means "God".
And Gabby was referring to personal history, meaning the specific traditions carried down in families. She said:
"I guess we all more or less know that the religion we were born into did not come into effect with the book being read to us but with a life style that can be explained by our long history described in the books."
It wasn't our parents reading us the bible which indoctrinated us into action; it was the chain of tradition we saw our predecessors practicing according to the book that enforced its importance, and enforced it daily, over our entire lives observing their reverence.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 4:18 PM, <allanh1946@gmail.com> wrote:
¿book? The Gita and Vedas are not books? They have been around a lot longer than the tora has been.Here in Europe we usually speak of the three book religions, meaning Jews, Christians, Muslims. I guess we all more or less know that the religion we were born into did not come into effect with the book being read to us but with a life style that can be explained by our long history described in the books. Of course there was meaningful life before and after the fixation of certain narratives in the books, but controlling the other or excercising power over the other is easier when you can define what the same page is you want others to be on. What about religion is you don't like?
Hate to inform you Gabby but the history you have been reading is a great deal of fantasy. Modern archeology is not being able to verify the stories told. To the point I am wondering what really when on with the Jews in Egypt? It was not building pyramids because it turns out they were built by labor unions with health care..
تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين
Évitez; assassiner, le viol et l'esclavage des autres
Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others
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