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| quote: | Originally posted by Flec
if you have had a jewish mother, you are jewish
it doesnt matter where your from or how religious you are or even whether or not you are aware of your bloodline
so, how does that fit into your argument jay? |
I heard/read about that (Being pretty much the only russian speaking speaking catholic in the Bathurst Steeles neighbourhood you have no choice but to be surrounded by the jewish life).
It's one of the requirements you need to fill if you want to take advantage of Germany's or Israel's immigration for jews programs.
And here's a page I googled where a rabbi actually answers this question:
| quote: | | Here’s what a Jew is: a Jew is a spiritual state of being. A Jew is any human being who has a Jewish soul, regardless of his or her race, lifestyle or professed religion. This soul is possessed by any man or woman who was born to a Jewish mother or has converted to Judaism according to the dictates of Jewish law. You can be as hip as Jerry Seinfeld, as religious as Moses, as left-wing as Barbra Streisand or as conservative as your uncle Irving—you’re still Jewish. You could be an environmentalist, an industrialist, a fundamentalist—you’re still Jewish. You could try as hard as you can to be just like your neighbors—you’re still Jewish. You could “convert” to Christianity, or run off to India to “become” Buddhist—you’re still Jewish. |
http://www.askmoses.com/article.html?h=192&o=80
Hahahaha hip as Jerry Seinfeld.
EDIT - religions are full of weird shit like this. For example, if you've been baptised as a catholic at any point in your life, and decide to go into another religion or become a non-believer, in the eyes of the Church you're still a catholic. The only way you'll stop being a catholic (in the Church's eyes) is if Vatican passes a decree that excommunicates you for apostasy (the sin of renouncing your faith).
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| quote: | Originally posted by dj_bas
wow awesome!! that's way bigger than mine
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Last edited by Cal on Oct-10-2006 at 04:22
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