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April 2, 2015

Which Is Scarier: An All-Powerful Deity or A Jewish Mother?

The difference between Jewish and Catholic guilt.

Most people, writes Rick Paulas, are familiar with the emotion of guilt, but certain religions—most notably Judaism and Catholicism—are associated in the popular imagination with specific kinds of guilt. After an informal survey, Paulas concludes that Jewish and Catholic guilt are fundamentally different:

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