TRUTH IN HEALTHCARE XV

passover

fortunately for me i escaped the passover service which was supposed to last a half hour before dinnertime.

this night was different from other nights because i ate in another section of the dining room that did not disturb those attending the service. i sat down, ate, and left before the leader got through describing about half the plagues.

there are several questions that i have of this annual service, which should not be of any comfort to any other religion considering their defects which i will not discuss here.

1. the plague descriptions are horrendous and should not be embraced by a civilized and peace loving religion.
2. where was god when the religion really needed him/her (whatever) in mid 20th century?

currently the service is sorta' designed to be a didactic (hate that word. only phonies use it) and fun experience. in the old days it was a long drawn out ritual and dinner was not served for many hours. after one passover dinner my father and uncle in their mid-teens ran away from home and started working in detroit

on the otherhand many families overlooking the nonsensical religious part find that the holiday is a unifying event. many people can recall fondly dinners involving many, many friends and relatives seated and eating together at long tables sometimes stretching into the next room. underneath all the pretense is a celebration of freedom. freedom in this case from slavery.

anyway at the rehab center i was told that i did the right thing. i ate, heard a few words of the service, and left the area.

TO BE CONTINUED. NEXT: DOCTORS.

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