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57. So they would probably beat all Reform and Conservative Jews?

Not Cool Story Bro: I once attended a Classical Reform temple.

I didn't know there was such a thing as "Classical Reform".
No beanies, no prayer shawls, nearly all the service was in English. It was founded by German Jews in the 1800s with the idea that those items were mere trappings and not part of the spirituality.

The rabbi was cool. He wanted us (husbo & I) to convert. We wanted to convert, but the rich people on the board didn't want us b/c we were unemployed at the time. They also said "We've never had a COUPLE that wants to convert." Like they couldn't wrap their minds around that concept.

We offered to donate 40 hours of our time working in lieu of annual dues, and we have three college degrees EACH, but that wasn't good enough. We met at a Unitarian Church.

We didn't want to join a shul where the board didn't want us. I've been to snotty churches and synagogues before. So we're still Unitarians, and live far away from any UU churches.

I have people in my face constantly telling me how Gawd answers prayers, etc. etc., ya gotta have faith, studying the flaws in the Bible is bad(I did that at a liberal Christian college where 6 hours of religion were required to graduate) and how global warming is wrong because "God's takin' care of our world."

I've even been told I'm going to hell for "worshiping Buddha". I set the hick straight about "worshiping Buddha" b/c he had recto-cranial conjunction.