I'm a gentile but I identify with Jewish culture and history to the chagrin of many of my WASP relations. Nevertheless it's emphasis on tikkun olam and chesed and their openness to the wider world make this identity hard to resist. It's contribution to humanity is incalculable. I am so thankful for the Jewish people regardless of their problems and controversies. I owe them I feel a debt of enormous gratitude to them for their tremendous gifts to the entire world. Plus their sense of humour is fantastic!
It's not about where you're from. Because Ashkenazis are 93% European and only 7% Semitic. Very few recognize the European aspect. You need to be different because there is a beauty in diversity. Conflict emerges not from differences, but from mimetic emulation, when people try to emulate others due to desire, which causes the person being emulated to feel alienated from his own identity. So diversity is good.
To be a secular humanist first of all the person believes there is no God and any achievement made in the worldly realm is due entirely to the efforts of human beings. I can not make the connection between being Jewish and being a secular humanist. People who claim to catagorise themselves as such would have to be nominal or lapsed Jews, people who may have started off as Jews, say they may have had Jewish parents etc but somewhere along the line they stopped believing in God. I believe the moment a person stops believing in and worshipping God, they cease to be Jews. So to put it in a nut shell, a person can not claim to be Jewish and a secular humanist at the same time.
Over half of US Jews say that religion is not too important or not at all important to them. Secular and Humanistic Jews are Jews, period. They celebrate Jewish holidays, learn Jewish history, mark life cycle events through Jewish symbols, connect with Jewish thought and live Jewish culture consistent with their beliefs and values. www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/05/11/jewish-identity-and-belief/
The joke about being a choosy people rather than "the chosen" people is a cop-out. That is the crux of problems endured by the tribe of Judah. The Jewish tribes have always set themselves apart because of their top spot in the world of humanity. If SHJ is non-theistic, is belief in the Messiah also dismissed? It seems that SHJ has no policy of opposing the delusion of the supernatural, only perpetuating the Jewish family. GROG
This guy deserves more attention. Hes smart
I'm a gentile but I identify with Jewish culture and history to the chagrin of many of my WASP relations. Nevertheless it's emphasis on tikkun olam and chesed and their openness to the wider world make this identity hard to resist. It's contribution to humanity is incalculable. I am so thankful for the Jewish people regardless of their problems and controversies. I owe them I feel a debt of enormous gratitude to them for their tremendous gifts to the entire world. Plus their sense of humour is fantastic!
Ok but what does your movement think of daf reactions?
It's not about where you're from. Because Ashkenazis are 93% European and only 7% Semitic. Very few recognize the European aspect. You need to be different because there is a beauty in diversity. Conflict emerges not from differences, but from mimetic emulation, when people try to emulate others due to desire, which causes the person being emulated to feel alienated from his own identity. So diversity is good.
To be a secular humanist first of all the person believes there is no God and any achievement made in the worldly realm is due entirely to the efforts of human beings. I can not make the connection between being Jewish and being a secular humanist. People who claim to catagorise themselves as such would have to be nominal or lapsed Jews, people who may have started off as Jews, say they may have had Jewish parents etc but somewhere along the line they stopped believing in God. I believe the moment a person stops believing in and worshipping God, they cease to be Jews. So to put it in a nut shell, a person can not claim to be Jewish and a secular humanist at the same time.
Over half of US Jews say that religion is not too important or not at all important to them. Secular and Humanistic Jews are Jews, period. They celebrate Jewish holidays, learn Jewish history, mark life cycle events through Jewish symbols, connect with Jewish thought and live Jewish culture consistent with their beliefs and values. www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/05/11/jewish-identity-and-belief/
The joke about being a choosy people rather than "the chosen" people is a cop-out. That is the crux of problems endured by the tribe of Judah. The Jewish tribes have always set themselves apart because of their top spot in the world of humanity. If SHJ is non-theistic, is belief in the Messiah also dismissed? It seems that SHJ has no policy of opposing the delusion of the supernatural, only perpetuating the Jewish family. GROG