My parents tried to raise me in a Fundamentalist household. I studied the bible backwards and forwards, but I could never reconcile the contradictions that I kept finding.
Fast forward many years - I converted or Orthodox Judaism. If you just take the first part of the Bible "The Old Testament", everything lines up quite nicely. Some of it is still very mysterious and complicated, beyond my comprehension certainly, but it doesn't have that jarring feeling of disconnect anymore. Now, the more I learn, the more certain I am that I've found the right path. I have more answers than I do questions, and that's a good feeling.
BTW, some of my favorite rabbis are from South Africa! :-)
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Date: 2010-10-22 05:21 pm (UTC)Fast forward many years - I converted or Orthodox Judaism. If you just take the first part of the Bible "The Old Testament", everything lines up quite nicely. Some of it is still very mysterious and complicated, beyond my comprehension certainly, but it doesn't have that jarring feeling of disconnect anymore. Now, the more I learn, the more certain I am that I've found the right path. I have more answers than I do questions, and that's a good feeling.
BTW, some of my favorite rabbis are from South Africa! :-)