from the article:
"But I'm offended that so many conservative Christians believe that theirs is the only path to salvation. I'm sick of being proselytized. We Jews enjoy a more basic type of faith, a direct relationship to God that requires no salvation, no penitence, no supplication. We do not proselytize. And we don't worry about the next life; we conduct mitzvahs--good deeds--that enhance life for ourselves and others in the here and now. Religion is said to have no grandparents--meaning, we each find our own path to (or away from) faith. Yet it's my grandparents' faith--and not my father's Jewish atheism--to which I find myself being drawn."
Interesting.
As a conservative Christian, I find the author's willingness to take offense perplexing. Indeed, were I to emulate him, I would find his unbelief in the salvation of Christ to be equally offensive. Billions of people believe things I don't every day and it doesn't bother me in the least.