(October 2, 2012 at 11:31 pm)Polaris Wrote:(October 2, 2012 at 11:15 pm)ElijahDrew Wrote: Cop out.
Not at all. That was a very big issue for Israelite men marrying non-Israelite women.....they were not considered Jewish because the mothers were seen as the ones who influenced their children to whatever were their beliefs.
No, I meant the cop-out was that this rule doesn't apply today.