>>>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>)
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>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.
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>I've been the first Jew that quite a people have met.
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Hardly the first for me, but a very nice one ;-)

Some of you know Tamar has been tending to me from afar for nearly three years now, since my first suicide attempt. She emails or calls me every Tuesday. It's on her Outlook calendar ;-) Through the loss of parents, children leaving home, one getting married, all kinds of things, I hear from her every Tuesday. At worst a day late, for which she actually apologizes. I know I aggravate her by not always taking her excellent advice. Tamar, you are a saint.

Mike