by Max Barry

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Region: Thegye

About the poll, I am unsure.

I was raised Jewish, and had a bar mitzvah which came with years of Hebrew school before that. All throughout Hebrew school it was near pounded in to me that Israel was the home of the Jewish people and that in all their conflicts they were in the right. So growing up, before I had a chance to really develop any strong political beliefs, I was fervently pro-Israel and believe that our enemies the other Arabic countries wanted us destroyed. Nowadays I am very liberal, not quite socialist or communist, but still very liberal, but my unwavering support for Israel still stands, even despite the fact I know they've done horrible things and the fact I stand with the left on nearly every other issue.

That view, that I still somewhat hold, is certainly influenced by my religion. So while I am not religious and go days without thinking about religion or gods or anything like that, I've undoubtedly been affected by my religion and political views in ways I likely don't even recognize.

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