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"Secular” Judaism, sometimes called “Humanistic” Judaism, sometimes called “Cultural Judaism,” is an oxymoron. That is, the adjective “secular” and the noun “Judaism” that it modifies contradict one another. Thus to assert the existence of “Secular Judaism” is like asserting “dry water” or “wet fire.”
Judaism is a Religion
The contradiction here lies in the fact that “Judaism” is a religion; it is the body of doctrines and practices that constitute the relationship of the Jewish people with the God with whom this people lives in an everlasting covenant (brit). In fact, in place of the rather modern term “Judaism” (yahadut), it is more accurate in the context of Jewish tradition to speak of ."
Secular Judaism is an Oxymoron | My Jewish Learning
You're talking about religion, I'm talking about people.
Sure Judaism is a religion of the tribe of Judah, it's part of their heritage . But there's a reason why there's the term Christian Jews or why secular Jews are still Jews.
There's also a reason why Russians call Jews- Hebrews.
The Europeans that invaded Palestine were Europeans whose ancestors converted to Judaism, they have little ancestral relationship to the ancient Hebrews except that they are part of the human race. The ancient Hebrews remained in Palestine and converted to Christianity, along with the Samaritans and Pagans that were living in the area in the centuries after the birth of Christ. Most subsequently converted to Islam.
Chinese that practice Judaism are ethnically and racially Asian, with no ancestral ties to Palestine. They are termed Jews only because they practice Judaism. Africans that practice Judaism are racially and ethnically black Africans with no ancestral ties to Palestine. They are termed Jews because they practice Judaism. Judaism is a religion, not a race or ethnicity.
How the tribe of Judah accepts new members from outside is their issue. They're still a tribe and a family.
All that desperate fixation on race, religion and peoples skin color, just shows where Your understanding of Jews comes from.
And still the word 'jew' means - of the tribe of Judah. Can't run away from the meanings of words.
Didn't the priests teach You Hebrew, just Latin?
No, the European Jews are European, part of the European people, nothing Middle Eastern about them. You can't run away from facts. A Jew is anyone of any race or ethnicity that practices Judaism. Just as a Christian can be anyone of any race or ethnicity that practices Christianity. Your attempt to adopt the Nazi theories on race regarding the Jews is disturbing.
"The Nazis had long sought a legal definition that identified Jews not by religious affiliation but according to racial antisemitism."
Nuremberg Laws
Why are You soo fixated on race? Or what the nazis thought?
And yet Jews can be Christian but still be a part of the Judah tribe, they can also be secular or idol worshipper, changes nothing - still Jews.
What I say is not "adopting Nazi theories",it's simply Jewish law.
It's You who's obsessed with BLOOD PURITY, eugenics and people's skin color in every thread.
Once the those that practiced Judaism, Paganism, Samaritanism and other religions in the area of Palestine converted to Christianity, they became Christians. No longer Jews, Samaritans, Pagans. Full stop.
" The Nazis rejected the traditional view of Jews as members of a religious or cultural community. They claimed instead that Jews were a race defined by birth and by blood."
Nuremberg Laws
So, you have adopted the Nazi view.