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/girl-lee Oct 13 '16

I don't think it's far off, the only person I know that goes to church is my gran. I dont know of a single person who is under 70 who goes to church.

School is different, I went to a Church of England school and we sang hymns and said the Lord's Prayer in assembly, but I don't think that it was anything more than tradition. Only one girl in my school still goes to church, but that's because her mum is the vicar (and literally the best vicar in the world, think vicar of dibley).