Reply To: Why do we seclude ourselves from the world around us?

Wow. Lot’s to unpack here:

@Yabia: You’re absolutely right.

@little Froggie: I’m having a hard time understanding what you are implying. Are you saying that even conversing with someone of the opposite gender is a sin? Are you indicating that they should only be a thing that you see but consider evil until marriage? That’s how sexism is created.

@beee: This conservative is actually a good friend of mine. When it comes to serving God we obviously do things differently. We don’t change our customs to accommodate each other and we respect each other’s principles. We are brought together by our hobbies. We are both into building robots and most of our time is spent talking about those topics. I don’t believe that being close friends with someone of a different religion automatically changes you if you both respect each others customs. As another point, I NEVER said that I consider it a mitzvah to hang out with girls. I just find that an interesting side effect is that I have less of an issue with teives.

@midwesterner: I read it. I agree with it 100% I also believe that someone can be “righteous” and lead good moral lives without conforming to your exact ideology and those who don’t believe in the same religion as you are not automatically “walking in the path of darkness”

@Joseph: I am merely stating that a person is not defined by only one aspect of them. Are you trying to tell me that a gay person is automatically evil even if he leads a moral life?

@ujm: I would argue that the Sephardim have different beliefs and customs. Those customs aren’t inherently better or worse than ours, but different and incomparable. It’s a different culture in general and there’s nothing wrong with that.