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Strong religious identities survive and thrive. But more than ever before, even in their most conservative iterations, they are chosen.

The Jewish tradition presents itself as the greatest revelation of God's truth that can be known in the world. That is why we call ourselves 'the chosen people.' It is not that we choose ourselves. It means that we have been elected by God and given the Torah.

One either has to believe in a God who's terribly prejudiced, or disbelieve the teachings of such exclusionary theologies. Religions have taught us that 'we are better than they.'

In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right.

I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them.

Religion is often just tribalism: pride in a group one was born into, a group that is often believed to have 'God' on its side.

We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.

We are so accustomed to think of religion as a thing between individual men and God that we can hardly enter into the idea of a religion in which a whole nation in its national organisation appears as the religious unit.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.