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> Being born into a jewish family isn't a choice. The normal US point of view is that "Jewish" is a religion, not an ethnicity, hence is a choice. That point
by bzbarsky 13y ago
> Being born into a jewish family isn't a choice.
The normal US point of view is that "Jewish" is a religion, not an ethnicity, hence is a choice.
That point of view is not universally shared, of course.
- diminoten 13y agoCan you provide your reasoning for saying this is the "normal" point of view? A cursory search tells me nothing of much use. Apropos of nothing, I found a Pew poll[0] that says... 21% of atheists believe in a god? Huh? [0] - http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report2religious-landscape-study-key-findings.pdf http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report2religious-landscape... ("Conception of God")
- bzbarsky 13y agoI don't have a citation, sorry, just a general perception of how the issue is typically addressed in conversation and the media... And again, if you talk to people who self-identify as "Jewish", you get a rather more complex picture.