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Question: you are jewish?
Asked by jorge (200.11.62.x) on April 13 2026, 3:11pm
Reply on April 13 2026, 10:17pm:
    I'm an atheist/secular humanist, but some of my ancestors were jewish

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  • Posted by Theyarenotperfectbutilovethem (154.161.60.x) on April 14 2026, 2:30am:
    Are you sad about your Jewish root or you are proud of it? Not trying to be political or racial but sometimes your comments sound like you distant yourself from Jewish religious culture stuff??

  • Posted by Theyarenotperfectbutilovethem (154.161.60.x) on April 14 2026, 2:35am:
    And your answer above seems to imply that you don't separate the word "Jewish" from their religious culture of Jews as you answered by saying you are an atheist when the question is about you being Jewish?? I'm just trying to understand your logic about your answer???

  • Posted by Justin on April 14 2026, 1:36pm:
    “sad”? no. proud? it is what it is, not sure where pride comes into play. we all are who we are, not who are ancestors are. “are you jewish” is an ambiguous question; it can be a question about religion or one about genetics, so I was answering both. as far as culture goes, that’s probably more complex, since it becomes a question of how much exposure I’ve had, etc.

  • Posted by ilovethem (154.161.121.x) on April 14 2026, 6:54pm:
    I like conversations like this as it makes me see things from others perspective. But your statement "we all are who we are, not who are ancestors are" as nice as it sounds is strange, cuz if ur ancestors are black then it's part of who you are now. So it becomes, "we are who we are because of our ancestry, and we can't change or reject it, we can only embrace it."

  • Posted by ilovethem (154.161.121.x) on April 14 2026, 7:03pm:
    If your ancestors were not Jewish, then you wouldn't be Jewish. Is that not so?

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