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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Asking a Jew to take communion is silly. The folks running the service clearly didn't know what to do and were misguidedly trying to be polite. Its sorts like when I'm at a Jewish wedding or funeral and they ask me to wear the yarmulka... I always politely decline out of respect.
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Taking communion and wearing a yarmulke are not exactly the same level of religious observance.
One is a fundamental belief (taking communion) and the other is a simple gesture reminding the wearer that there "something above him" (i.e., God). There is no "commandment" to wear a yarmulke; it is simply a tradition. Communion is a completely different animal.
(I'm sure this has been said already -- Sorry; I'm just catching up.)
