tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110120806388167738.post7494176339737022919..comments2023-04-28T09:46:09.269-04:00Comments on Sitting on the Fence: Old Habits Die HardFence Sitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10710804417216575955noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110120806388167738.post-31385054165363312502012-01-05T21:27:30.870-05:002012-01-05T21:27:30.870-05:00Perhaps the Atheist student wrote G-D out of respe...Perhaps the Atheist student wrote G-D out of respect for his religious peer?C. Laundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458967193329329707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110120806388167738.post-82498005848038500382011-07-03T23:29:40.797-04:002011-07-03T23:29:40.797-04:00It's hard to change the neurological hardwirin...It's hard to change the neurological hardwiring that's created in us in our early childhood. That would include both using spellings like "G-d" or being influenced by peer pressure. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110120806388167738.post-7872606036325556132011-07-03T09:52:33.932-04:002011-07-03T09:52:33.932-04:00It's not just old habits. It's current hab...It's not just old habits. It's current habits that one devises in order to prevent others from arousing suspicion about our lifestyles. <br /><br />An old friend of mine approached me the other day while I was gardening, for example, and asked me about attending a certain shiur. I almost told her that I was no longer frum at all - engaged to a Catholic, in fact - but couldn't bring myself to do it. Instead, I played along and told her to call me.<br /><br />We tell lies to ourselves and to others. Is it good or bad? I don't know.Tovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13810096432831688198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110120806388167738.post-85351913914300607852011-07-02T17:49:52.044-04:002011-07-02T17:49:52.044-04:00How about kissing mezuzahs that changes to checkin...How about kissing mezuzahs that changes to checking at least where the mezuzah should be. How about thinking about which shoe to put on first or to wipe one's tuches with the left hand, spitting to the left and saying Boruch Hashem?<br /><br />I always compare it to phantom pain sensations on amputees.Undercover Koferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194328471722983693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110120806388167738.post-43497514828622402762011-07-02T07:30:15.572-04:002011-07-02T07:30:15.572-04:00it's similar to me not eating non-kosher meat ...it's similar to me not eating non-kosher meat until 8 years after I first stopped keeping kosher and several years after I stopped believing in religion entirely...old habits die hardAbandoning Edenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696116071749613265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110120806388167738.post-45927799826914542172011-07-01T17:04:01.471-04:002011-07-01T17:04:01.471-04:00Not halachically considered writing..... I have to...Not halachically considered writing..... I have to laugh at the odd yiddish words i do not understand and the loopholes that the "Grand Dynastic Rabbis (tm)" dream up.<br /><br />I do make brachas on treif myself.AriSparkleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353792696786575669noreply@blogger.com