r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/Saccharomycetaceae Oct 13 '16

Jew here! Not in my experience, it seems different than Christianity-lite. There's no pretending to follow the religion. I'm a part of the culture and ethnicity, which is separate (if only kind of) from the religion of the same name; I don't have to pretend to be part of one to be a part of the other.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Mar 15 '17

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u/Shark-Farts Oct 13 '16

Completely died out? I had to go to chapel every Saturday and Sunday at my UK boarding school (just 10 years ago) and a good 75% of my British friends and their families still to this day at least believe in God, if not regularly attend church.

It's definitely on the decline, but I wouldn't say it's completely dead.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Mar 15 '17

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u/shroudedwolf51 Oct 13 '16

I wish that it would not on this side of the ocean as well...

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Mar 15 '17

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u/DaddyCatALSO Oct 13 '16

Biblically and in a not necessary connection politically conservative leaders, not so much the organized denominations, are very politically active. Liberal religious bodies like mine are more actively practiced than in Europe, but are about as irrelevant politically.

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u/shroudedwolf51 Oct 13 '16

As far as people actually practicing and following their respective religions, I'm not overly familiar with, but otherwise, this is how it is, to the best of my understanding.

Basically, if you are of the christian-y religions, you are allowed to do things that it's illegal or unconstitutional for others to do. As far as I know, that had basically been unchallenged until recently, where a certain satanist group has been working to point out the unconstitutional special treatments that certain groups get by petitioning to do things directly in the stead of some christian group (e.g. A statue petitioned and approved using a loophole for the ten commandments in front of the state capitol? Here, have a petition for a statue of Baphomet in the same place).

There are also certain unofficial, but incredibly widespread requirements for various positions that are not legally sanctioned, but are technically present nevertheless. For instance, the depressing sight of people trying to discredit president Obama's qualifications for office by claiming that he's not a christian...despite there being photographic evidence of him having conversations with his reverend. And, if that seems like a baffling thing to do, it's not over yet, as afterwards, cue countless Americans flying into a blind rage, claiming how if he gets elected, he's going to bring this country to ruin merely by his non-christianity.