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Re: The Jewish Woman Shortage

Posted by Peter Rosa on Sat Jun 24 10:52:18 2006, in response to Re: The Jewish Woman Shortage, posted by SilverFox on Sat Jun 24 04:40:58 2006.

Like it or not, we are a product of our parents, who are a product of their parents, and so forth

But what happens if one of the links in this chain thinks otherwise? It was brought up by its parents, who were brought up by their parents, and it sees that something about that upbringing is not right, is archaic, or is otherwise detrimental to its happiness?

That does happen, frequently. Children brought up in a particular religion often drift away when they become old enough to make their own decisions. Some will convert to other religions while more will simply become non-religious. And this works the other way too, with children brough up in non-religious families turning to religion, often of the fundamentalist variety, in adulthood.
The point is that religion is inherited - but only to a degree.

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