No Questions Allowed

Hello Everyone:

A good day in the blogosphere. I posted a piece on the growth of American slums with time to spare, despite the terrible WiFi connection. The extra time came in handy because mom asked me to be home by 5:30pm, instead of my usual after 6:00pm, because she was expecting a grocery delivery. I'm not too keen about interrupting my flow but sometimes you have to be a person and help out a little. Anyway, as luck would have it, I did manage get done ahead of schedule, only to get a call from mom telling me the delivery person got there early. That worked out well also because I had ample time to unpack my bag and prepare my dinner. I even treated myself to some ice cream that was in the freezer. So a good afternoon for me. The Brit BF and I were back to our digital flirtations. I love it. I wish my previous beaux were like this. Oh well, I guess I got lucky. My niece finally called today from Israel. She's at her school and sharing a dorm room with four girls. She'll be fine. The school she's at is a religious school. The point of spending the year is to deepen her religious studies.  That's something definitely not for me because I'd be the one questioning everything and everyone; doing all the things they're not supposed to like going to movies and reading all the forbidden books. That's why I decided that religious life was not for me-over emphasis on blind obedience.  I think that any faith, in whatever form, that insists on absolute believe and frowns on questions, is not for me. I'd rather be an Athetist then be told "you must accept our articles of faith with no questions."  It's not that Judaism doesn't have very long continuous history of scholarship but it just seems that it's all geared to bolstering tradition and not  move forward. People change, times change. A religion that's as old as Judaism can't remain set in stone. You can't expect adherents of a faith to just accept what they're told because that's the way it's always been. Eventually someone is going to ask "why?"  I ask why because I want to know and I want to find out how it applies to my life today. The education my niece and nephews are receiving doesn't seem to allow for critical thought.  This is one reason why I can't subscribe to any religion. I have others as well but not having room to question is a big one for me.