(August 10, 2014 at 11:06 am)little_monkey Wrote: As it was already pointed out, the word has two meanings: one that is secular/cultural and the other, religious. Woody Allen is both Jewish and atheist. Secondly, approximately 20 percent of Israel's population, about one million people, are not Jewish, comprising primarily Arabic-speaking groups, which are afforded all the rights and privileges of Israeli citizenship. In certain elections, up to nine members of Israel's Arab parties in one of those elections were elected to the Knesset.
So the fuck what? You can also have secular Catholics too, people who like the rituals without believing in a god.
That still does not change how all of this started. Canaanite polytheism gave rise to the Hebrew god Yahweh, in turn Hebrews wrote the Talmud. The Talmud is RELIGIOUS TEXT. For one to claim it isn't would be like claiming the bible or Koran are not religious texts.
All you have to do in law language is say "freedom of religion" without naming any group or religious texts.
Once you start naming groups instead of making it a general anti monopoly law you are setting up a social pecking order.
