(February 23, 2015 at 11:42 am)Dystopia Wrote: I never said Jews get a pass. I said when someone says "Jews" it's usually going to be an anti-Semitic opinion, so it's important to distinguish. The majority of people in the world are not like the population of atheist forums, in real life when someone says "Damn Jews" it's going to be a racist and anti-Semitic non religious based comment. It's not possible to know what someone means by "Jew" at first glance because there's many definitions of what Jew is supposed to be.
I agree about Israel, about 20% of the population is not Jewish. But I think Israel is a country that is supposed to safeguard Jews in case of future persecutions. You never know the future, before the holocaust no one was thinking it would exist and Jews were safe in Europe. Israel should be secular, but it will be predominantly a country run by jews the same way western countries are run by white people and African countries by black people, Japan by Japanese, China by Chinese, etc.
Wasn't saying that to you directly, was simply repeating that as a reminder to anyone reading it.
Let me add I also say "you don't get a pass" to atheists as well. I know atheists I would not want in public office and have very horrible economic views and do have the same revenge attitude as theists.
Not even the word "atheist" should be treated as a moral code, political party and or a religion. It simply means "off" on god claims.
