(December 18, 2013 at 9:15 am)max-greece Wrote: Imagine there was a country that decided to persecute Southern Baptists and that you lived there. Imagine further that they went off birth records so you're denials meant nothing. To them the fact that you were born Southern Baptist meant you were Southern Baptist and therefore to be persecuted.
Jews don't have to imagine that - it has happened. Judging by the politico-economic climate in parts of Europe, it may well be about to happen again.
"Why can't you just admit that you're not jewish? Why do you cling to the nonsense?"
Apparently its simply not my choice.
Hogwash! According to your train of thought, judaism is defined by the actions of a bunch of lunatic nazis. Really?
So being jewish originally meant being a follower of the religion, but after some German haters began persecuting them in an inclusive manner, it now is just a club for prior persecution victims and their descendants?
That is pathetic isn't it? An extremely distant relative of mine was a Morman who orchestrated a massacre of christian settlers passing by on "mormon" land. So is "christian atheist" a legitimate term because they were persecuted by ignorant mormons?
You can't separate the jew from the religion no matter how it suits your personal prejudices.
Find the cure for Fundementia!
