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Of all the major religions, Judaism is the only one which insists upon a genetic test, i.e., that anyone whose mother is Jewish is automatically a Jew, and for some sects that the mother of the presumptive must be Jewish.
Pacifism , once adhered to by only a few small Christian sects, became popular among clergy and intellectuals such as the philosopher Bertrand Russell, who was sent to prison for his opposition to World War I.
Bitter rivalries exist between followers of the major religions as well as among the sects within those religions.
In part, this may be because Frum is a bit of a snob; practically the only argument in the book that strikes Chatterbox as truly passionate is Frum's withering denunciation of the old-line northern Protestant sects for failing, in trying to make Christianity more "relevant," to attract new members.
Another refreshing feature of Goodman's storytelling is that, unlike other members of fundamentalist sects one might find in novels, her characters don't chafe at their restrictions, or not too much.