Has anyone here seen "Trembling Before G-d"

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Posted by SweetIrony at dialup-67.25.79.155.dial1.stlouis1.level3.net on November 22, 2003 at 19:19:59:

by Sandi Simcha Dubowski? It's a documentary.

Description from imdb: "Built around intimately-told personal stories of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian, the film portrays a group of people who face a profound dilemma - how to reconcile their passionate love of Judaism and the Divine with the drastic Biblical prohibitions that forbids homosexuality."

After seeing it, I'm left w/one burning question . . . if they know & accept that being gay is not a choice & can clearly read & hear what their religion says about homosexuality (which completely disregards what they KNOW to be true), why wouldn't they reject their religion?

I mean, if you've been taught from the beginning that A, B, & C are absolutely true, and you discover through your own learning that B is false, wouldn't you naturally start to question the validity of A & C?

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I haven't seen it Mrs. Isis Fabulous 19:32:04 11/22/03 (1)
- Good point. It just seemed that it didn't even SweetIrony 19:47:02 11/22/03 (0)

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: by Sandi Simcha Dubowski? It's a documentary. : Description from imdb: "Built around intimately-told personal stories of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian, the film portrays a group of people who face a profound dilemma - how to reconcile their passionate love of Judaism and the Divine with the drastic Biblical prohibitions that forbids homosexuality." : After seeing it, I'm left w/one burning question . . . if they know & accept that being gay is not a choice & can clearly read & hear what their religion says about homosexuality (which completely disregards what they KNOW to be true), why wouldn't they reject their religion? : I mean, if you've been taught from the beginning that A, B, & C are absolutely true, and you discover through your own learning that B is false, wouldn't you naturally start to question the validity of A & C?

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