I haven't altered my view about unsupported magical, mystical and superstition based beliefs, you've had an honest and truthfull answer from me about how I feel in relation to beliefs that I see as having no logical, rational or any evidential basis that would want me to take any of them seriously.
The best I can say about the beliefs I've referred to above is that a lot of Jews are secularists, which I see as a sign of hope for a more rational point of view being taken up by at least one group of believers.
My friend that lives over the road to me walks about with his big book every Sunday, spends most of his day in what looks like mourning to me for all of that day, he is a very good friend of mine we help each other in all sorts of ways and have done so for years, we laugh at each other's extreems of view.
I don't get offended by displays of religious belief I just feel dissapointed when I see them, the worst thing I see is the very young children being dragged around and drawn into their foggy fold.
We all have things we see and hear we don't like very much Owl, but that's life.
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