Sunday, December 19, 2004

READER ANIMADVERSION

The one sad and lonely person who has been following the recent series of posts writes to complain:

The Yehupitzer Rav isn't advocating Christinity[sic]! He's advocating a position of public policy that sees nothing good coming from public criticism of xianity when the alternative is not yiddishkeit but total atheist cynicism

That's ridiculous. Not to mention stupid. The alternative, if American Christinity is weakened, is not "atheist cynicism." The alternative is choice. Freedom.

No liberal wants to take God away from you. That's a conservative lie. The liberal objective has always been freedom. Choice. Worship God as you see fit. Live your life as you like. So long as you aren't hurting anyone, it isn't the state's business.

It's the Christians who are busy trying to shove something down our throats, ie: their religion. And though some of it might be compatible with Judaism, overwhelmingly it isn't.

The idea that "atheist cynicism" is our alternative should something marginalize the Christians sets up a false choice. Yehupy and his friends in the media and the ministry want us to think the choice is Religion or Atheism. But they are wrong.

In reality, the choice is Christianity or Freedom.

And smart Jews choose freedom every time.