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In reply to the discussion: Islamic State militant 'executes own mother' in Raqqa [View all]leftynyc
(26,060 posts)define extremists. I learned a very powerful lesson recently on a trip to Israel. We were visiting a childhood friend of my brother in law who became very religious after law school, married and moved to Israel where he had 9 children while still practicing law. He and his wife were VERY religious but completely non-judgemental and not assholes about religion at all. We had a great dinner and after dinner conversation - took on many controversial topics (gay marriage for instance where the lawyer friend admitted it was unconstitutional to ban it under US law). I learned there are those who are quite seriously religious but that didn't automatically make them judgmental assholes. I went into that evening not believing I would see that.