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Anonymous wrote:Yes. I'm Jewish and my parents, grandparents and great-grandparents are/were Jewish.

The vast majority of modern American Jews have a quite different Judaism compared to their grandparents.

Oh boy. Here comes the evangelical to explain Judaism to Jews.

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Anonymous wrote:If you follow an Abrahamic religion and you're not currently Jewish, then no. This applies to all Christians (Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, etc) and Muslims (Sunni, Shia, etc)

Not so. The core claim of Christianity is that it is the faithful continuation of Old Testament faith.

Modern Rabbinic Judaism is a separate religion that was developing during the late Second Temple period but then was further adapted after AD 70. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism

As you wrote, they "claim" it. Still doesn't make it true. Either way, still silly distinctions over made up stories. It's like people arguing over who shot first in the original star wars. It doesn't matter. It's a story. Period.

So you went looking for truth and beauty, and this is what you came up with? Fingers in your ears and "lalalalalala"? I remember kids saying this kind of thing in 7th grade, but surely...

If you were truly interested in truth, you would see how ludicrous it is to believe that myths are real.

Which stories are myths?

All of them.

Anonymous wrote:I am a Christian, but of a different sort than my parents, both in terms of specific denomination and in how I approach my faith.

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Anonymous wrote:If you follow an Abrahamic religion and you're not currently Jewish, then no. This applies to all Christians (Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, etc) and Muslims (Sunni, Shia, etc)

+1

The movie Heretic touches upon this. Hugh Grant plays this role very well.

Anonymous wrote:If you follow an Abrahamic religion and you're not currently Jewish, then no. This applies to all Christians (Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, etc) and Muslims (Sunni, Shia, etc)

That's an odd take. None of my ancestors were Jewish.

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Anonymous wrote:If you follow an Abrahamic religion and you're not currently Jewish, then no. This applies to all Christians (Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, etc) and Muslims (Sunni, Shia, etc)

Not so. The core claim of Christianity is that it is the faithful continuation of Old Testament faith.

Modern Rabbinic Judaism is a separate religion that was developing during the late Second Temple period but then was further adapted after AD 70. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism

As you wrote, they "claim" it. Still doesn't make it true. Either way, still silly distinctions over made up stories. It's like people arguing over who shot first in the original star wars. It doesn't matter. It's a story. Period.

So you went looking for truth and beauty, and this is what you came up with? Fingers in your ears and "lalalalalala"? I remember kids saying this kind of thing in 7th grade, but surely...

Nice attempt at trying to change subject. It's not the PP fault for stating the obvious.

But it's a very low IQ take, kind of a failure of our education system. Atheist scholars: https://ehrmanblog.org/my-book-did-jesus-exist-an-answer-to-the-mythicists/

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Anonymous wrote:If you follow an Abrahamic religion and you're not currently Jewish, then no. This applies to all Christians (Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, etc) and Muslims (Sunni, Shia, etc)

Not so. The core claim of Christianity is that it is the faithful continuation of Old Testament faith.

Modern Rabbinic Judaism is a separate religion that was developing during the late Second Temple period but then was further adapted after AD 70. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism

As you wrote, they "claim" it. Still doesn't make it true. Either way, still silly distinctions over made up stories. It's like people arguing over who shot first in the original star wars. It doesn't matter. It's a story. Period.

So you went looking for truth and beauty, and this is what you came up with? Fingers in your ears and "lalalalalala"? I remember kids saying this kind of thing in 7th grade, but surely...

Sounds like you made up the whole story above, including the nasty part about kids in the 7th grade, but surely....

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Anonymous wrote:If you follow an Abrahamic religion and you're not currently Jewish, then no. This applies to all Christians (Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, etc) and Muslims (Sunni, Shia, etc)

Not so. The core claim of Christianity is that it is the faithful continuation of Old Testament faith.

Modern Rabbinic Judaism is a separate religion that was developing during the late Second Temple period but then was further adapted after AD 70. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism

As you wrote, they "claim" it. Still doesn't make it true. Either way, still silly distinctions over made up stories. It's like people arguing over who shot first in the original star wars. It doesn't matter. It's a story. Period.

So you went looking for truth and beauty, and this is what you came up with? Fingers in your ears and "lalalalalala"? I remember kids saying this kind of thing in 7th grade, but surely...

Nice attempt at trying to change subject. It's not the PP fault for stating the obvious.

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Anonymous wrote:If you follow an Abrahamic religion and you're not currently Jewish, then no. This applies to all Christians (Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, etc) and Muslims (Sunni, Shia, etc)

Not so. The core claim of Christianity is that it is the faithful continuation of Old Testament faith.

Modern Rabbinic Judaism is a separate religion that was developing during the late Second Temple period but then was further adapted after AD 70. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism

As you wrote, they "claim" it. Still doesn't make it true. Either way, still silly distinctions over made up stories. It's like people arguing over who shot first in the original star wars. It doesn't matter. It's a story. Period.

So you went looking for truth and beauty, and this is what you came up with? Fingers in your ears and "lalalalalala"? I remember kids saying this kind of thing in 7th grade, but surely...

If you were truly interested in truth, you would see how ludicrous it is to believe that myths are real.

Which stories are myths?

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Anonymous wrote:If you follow an Abrahamic religion and you're not currently Jewish, then no. This applies to all Christians (Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, etc) and Muslims (Sunni, Shia, etc)

Not so. The core claim of Christianity is that it is the faithful continuation of Old Testament faith.

Modern Rabbinic Judaism is a separate religion that was developing during the late Second Temple period but then was further adapted after AD 70. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism

As you wrote, they "claim" it. Still doesn't make it true. Either way, still silly distinctions over made up stories. It's like people arguing over who shot first in the original star wars. It doesn't matter. It's a story. Period.

So you went looking for truth and beauty, and this is what you came up with? Fingers in your ears and "lalalalalala"? I remember kids saying this kind of thing in 7th grade, but surely...

If you were truly interested in truth, you would see how ludicrous it is to believe that myths are real.

So basically most people just accept their conditioning? Well, does religious bigotry makes even less sense to you?

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I'm Jewish and my parents, grandparents and great-grandparents are/were Jewish.

The vast majority of modern American Jews have a quite different Judaism compared to their grandparents.

Anonymous wrote:This^?

My family on both sides came from European countries that were Roman Catholic for centuries. I was raised Catholic, and eventually became atheist. I've since learned that other family members are non-believers too. Some family members have stayed Catholic, but there's been a lot of switching over the years, with some becoming evangelical Christians, others becoming members of the masons, etc.

In my immediate family, only my parents are still Catholic and they are pretty casual about it.

Anonymous wrote:I am a Christian, but of a different sort than my parents, both in terms of specific denomination and in how I approach my faith.

Same for me. My parents/grandparents were all Catholic, some more devout than others.

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Anonymous wrote:If you follow an Abrahamic religion and you're not currently Jewish, then no. This applies to all Christians (Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, etc) and Muslims (Sunni, Shia, etc)

Not so. The core claim of Christianity is that it is the faithful continuation of Old Testament faith.

Modern Rabbinic Judaism is a separate religion that was developing during the late Second Temple period but then was further adapted after AD 70. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism

As you wrote, they "claim" it. Still doesn't make it true. Either way, still silly distinctions over made up stories. It's like people arguing over who shot first in the original star wars. It doesn't matter. It's a story. Period.

So you went looking for truth and beauty, and this is what you came up with? Fingers in your ears and "lalalalalala"? I remember kids saying this kind of thing in 7th grade, but surely...