{"id":884,"date":"2025-12-29T09:27:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetruthiswrong.com\/indeed\/?p=884"},"modified":"2025-12-29T09:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:27:32","slug":"i-want-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetruthiswrong.com\/indeed\/belief\/skepticism\/i-want-out\/","title":{"rendered":"I want out"},"content":{"rendered":"

A letter sent to “Daat Emet<\/a>“
\nThe original letter<\/a> (in Hebrew)<\/p>\n

I was born in Jerusalem, Israel. And guess where? in the ultra-Orthodox religious ‘Mea Shearim’ neighborhood. As a child, I used to throw stones at passing cars on the Sabbath.<\/p>\n

I have lived in the US for over 25 years. I was the best student in the “Yeshiva” and at the “Cheder”. I threw religion away almost 20 years ago. I hate religion, no, I abhor religion. I still “wear black”. I have very religious wife and children. I especially hate the Sabbath.<\/p>\n

I am locked up in prison. Even worse, I must set the Sabbath table. I act, I’m an actor, it’s an act. I try eating non-kosher food at every opportunity. I want to be a “sinner” of every possible “sin”. Of course, only sins between man and God.<\/p>\n

A friend showed me “Daat Emet<\/a>“. I read it with lust. I did not discover anything new from “Daat Emet”. As a “good religious student” myself, I always knew that the Sages were ignorant and stupid (compared to our time).<\/p>\n

— * — * —<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

As I said, let me tell you, I am very pessimistic. I do not know how much influence you may have. The forces of darkness are much more powerful than the forces of light. I have friends who think like me. We eat together in non-kosher restaurants, but, alas, my friends have a history like mine. We live in fear. We are frustrated because our children are ignorant and trapped in bad lives and prejudices. I see no hope for the future.<\/p>\n

I don’t understand why in the “old Jewish town”, in every town, there were struggles between the educated and the ultra-religious, or between the Reform and the Orthodox, while here in the US and also in Israel, nothing. Quite the opposite. It’s very painful.<\/p>\n

I want out. I want out. I want out. I’m suffocating. Release me. Leave me alone.<\/b><\/p>\n

It’s easier to escape from prison than to get out of the black hole. I’m condemned for the rest of my life. I’m miserable. I tell my friends that we are not a minority, we are not even a minority within a minority. The forces of darkness are getting stronger. The situation is getting worse every day. I see no hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A letter sent to “Daat Emet“ The original letter (in Hebrew) I was born in Jerusalem, Israel. And guess where? in the ultra-Orthodox religious ‘Mea Shearim’ neighborhood. As a child, I used to throw stones at passing cars on the Sabbath. I have lived in the US for over 25 years. I was the best […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,36,27,39,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-food-and-kosher","category-judaism","category-ritual","category-skepticism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetruthiswrong.com\/indeed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetruthiswrong.com\/indeed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetruthiswrong.com\/indeed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetruthiswrong.com\/indeed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetruthiswrong.com\/indeed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thetruthiswrong.com\/indeed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":885,"href":"https:\/\/thetruthiswrong.com\/indeed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884\/revisions\/885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetruthiswrong.com\/indeed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetruthiswrong.com\/indeed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetruthiswrong.com\/indeed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}