>>As far as adults knowing where (sic) the line gets crossed, that's not for you to decide.
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>>I should give you the name of the last person who made the mistake of telling a member of my family they'd burn in hell for not being Christian. That person would tell you differently. <s>
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>But aren't you comforted to know that if there is some kind eternal after-life you won't have to spend it with those people ? <bg>
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>( I must lead a very sheltered life because I run into remarkably few people who've confronted me in the way you describe - though I'm pretty sure a lot of people have thought they have pretty much figured out what is in store for me <s>)

I have run into a few of those who, nicely, told me that yes, I'd burn for being Jewish. More commonly, I've run into people who simply didn't understand what my being Jewish meant. "But surely, you have a Christmas tree." "But you must have Christmas dinner." etc., etc. The idea that there was anyone who truly doesn't celebrate Christmas seems terribly upsetting to some.

I've been the first Jew that quite a people have met.

Tamar