Somebody like me -- a confirmed secularist/atheist is definitely not welcome at Chabad.org, a place for true believers only. Still, just to see how closed-minded they are, I decided to write to the moderators of Chabad.org about their blatant censoring of the free flow of discussion and information on their website. Of course, I will not get a response.
Here is a copy of my letter:
I wrote a previous comment which was intercepted by moderators. I have noticed that it is the religious websites which constantly impede freedom of speech and expression, i.e., any questioning or dissent. But I suppose that I should expect nothing less from a group who chooses to live in self- imposed ghettos and rear their children in Yeshivas.
This entire lifestyle is geared toward keeping outsiders out and protecting and preserving your version of "the truth."
Prohibiting intermarriage is just one of the number of ways which you exercise control over the information and opinions which are in direct opposition to your views.
This kind of Judaism does not want to promote freedom of expression. It is about reinforcing the same world-view, over and over.
Yet there are many good people who feel, quite deeply, and have strong, scientifically-based reasons to believe that nothing in the Torah actually happened. This is not arrogance, but a search for the truth.
So far, no reply.
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