In the far corner, Aunt Rose was down on her knees intoning
Sh’ma Yisroel.
"God will punish you, Harold," my father yelled.
"God will cleave your tongue to the roof of your mouth and
all your cattle and kine shall die and a tenth of all thy crops shall wither…"
-Woody Allen, Side Effects
Religion is often caricatured for its rigid positioning on all life. Woody Allen understands this and makes fun of it. Yet, real faith knows that religion is not
about reward and punishment, it is about having guiderails so that life is no
longer random, cruel and meaningless.
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