Reply #112: It's different for Jews. You are applying Christan rules.

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Being Jewish is a tribal identity. I realized that when I read Isaac Asimov's books on the bible.

As my mother said to me, "It doesn't matter what you believe. The next time they come for the Jews, they'll take you."

Part of the core of my personality was being made aware of the holocaust, anti-semitism, and Jewish ethics. I haven't believed in god since I was old enough to distinguish reality from fairy tales. But I was rarely asked what I believed. That's a Christian thing.

--imm