On reddit: "(NYC) I am being harassed by the orthodox Jewish 'police' in my home. This has been going on for almost 2 years since I moved in. I am at my wits end, what can I do to stop it?" NYPD refuses to help in any way, and landlord sides with aggressors

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[–]Mnemonic 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Well under extreme I was thinking along the lines of which more 'adult'-conversions fall under, they are more extreme than the group they want to belong to.

I know this with moderate Christians, around the age of 35+ there are some males who join in our town church group (to get lucky with the ladies) and start doing all the voluntary work like flyering and pestering people in the bar / shops and market about their new found believe untill they sudenly quit or find a breeding partner. This behavior includes sudden homophobia even though the Church they belong to is very welcoming with homosexuals.

Orthodox usually means strict adherence to the 'old' rules.

So they have overlapping behaviors in the sense of pestering and judging 'others' especially all the sand-religions considering homosexuals.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Any converts of a religion with even a smidgen of a mention of proselytisation will probably… erm, enthusiastically attempt to convert others, since they feel that it's important enough to convert that they did so in the first place. Selection bias 101.

But the definition of "orthodox" you've given as pertains to religion, as opposed to dictionary, does make your original comment make much more sense.

[–]Mnemonic 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah I see after looking it up:

  • (of beliefs, ideas, or activities) considered traditional, normal, and acceptable by most people: orthodox treatment/methods orthodox views/opinions

  • (of religious people) having more traditional beliefs than other people in the same religious group: orthodox Christians/Jews/Muslims