From the "What Not to Do" drawings in our book, Rainbow Covenant , p. 66. © 2003
First Covenant Members' Comments*
North America Bruce G. -- Maryland, U.S.A. -- thecrab (at) crablaw.com I grew up Catholic, but came after study to understand why Judaism rejected Christian teachings. I began to study Judaism in college, taking a course at Princeton on the medieval Disputations between the rabbis and the friars. I considered converting, but ultimately decided that G-d needed not a new Jew, but a few good gentiles to get good things done, say, at a fast food restaurant while eating a cheeseburger on a Friday night. No Jew can do anything good there at that time; we have an opportunity to do a decent act that no Jew can fulfill!
Theresia W.-- Theresiaw (at) aol.com
I spent many years in a particular denomination, but could never quit grasp what was being taught. Every Sunday morning I would scan the congregation to see if anyone else looked confused. I felt as though I'd been handed a Delta flight plan to help me understand the laws of physics. I got a lot of useful information, and had no idea how to apply any of it, but I was determined to educate my children. Little did I know that it was freaking them out.
I spent the next 10 years trying other churches. I joined most of them without a second thought. One Sunday morning, apparently the preacher had run out of any thing to talk about. He took a plaque off the wall that displayed the church covenant, and proceeded to explain it. It suddenly occurred to me that I had entered into a mindless contract. It was then that I met Jack and Joan Saunders. Jack was a minister, and Joan and I worked together. We started talking one day, and she invited me to their study center.
Reluctantly I agreed, but I warned her in advance that I didn't want to join a church. I didn't want a religious label. She said that she was fine with that. They were no longer a denomination, but Noahide. The class was interesting to say the least. The only G-d that Jack mentioned was the invisible G-d of Israel. At least this G-d that he was teaching about fit the literature that he was using. Wow. Just imagine. An invisible G-d. This G-d became a great source of inspiration for me. G-d became a source of wealth and refuge instead of someone to protect. This G-d was more than I could imagine. That experience opened my eyes to a world of possibilities, and literature that had been off limits before
Stephen E. Williamson - Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia
Elisa J. - Washington
Bryan F. - Texas
Jeffrey D. - Tennessee
Zev ben David - Pennsylvania
Linda O. - North Carolina
Becky R. - Michigan
Leah V. - Massachusetts
Daniel S. - Georgia
Neil H. - Colorada
Phil C. - California
Greg U. - Arizona
Cheryl H. - Alabama
Madeleine - Virginia
Overseas and Mexico
Naomi & Safanja S. -- The Netherlands -- naomi.smit (at) zonnet.nl
We are Noahides for over a year now. Our journey towards Noahism began 5 years ago. At that time we left our church because of the unethical behaviour of its leaders. We (especially Sefanja) began to study the Bible (and) ,ore and more we came to the conclusion christanity wasn't "it". So we studied other religions to see what was really true. Our search led us to Judaism, finding that the real truth was in the Torah. Because we weren't Jewish, we didn't know what to call ourselves, until we discovered the existence of Noahism. Our purpose is to be in contact with other Noahides and bring Dutch Noahides in contact with each other. We already made our first step in creating a website: www.noachieden.nl (all articles are in Dutch, but translated from English pages).
R' Yehoshua Friedman - Kochav Hashachar (Shomron/Samaria), Israel
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