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Should interreligious marriage be banned?
Shlomo:
Yes! No one should marry someone they cannot have such an important life-long goal with. Jews should ONLY marry Jews and Christians should only marry those that they are equally yoked with.
As far as skin, if a white Jew and a black Jew married one another, I would be very happy for them and would have no problem AT ALL.
LWB123123:
--- Quote from: EagleEye on February 22, 2008, 03:09:37 PM ---A lot of people say it is about religion, and not ethnicity. But the thing is that there are atheistic and christian people with Jewish mothers who would still be considered Jews, therefore you can't say religious affiliation is the only factor here. If atheist Jews were counted as gentiles, then it would religion. That being said, I still think Israel (but not the rest of the world) should ban it, otherwise it isn't a Jewish state.
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It is about religion to the religious Jews, and because religion requires a more complex creed, than the race, the ethnic look and beauty, I tend to start with religion. I wouldn't want the guilt of forcing a Jewish girl to deny something she secretly believes in, though I would not feel guilty if she really gave it up willingly. And, as for race, well, I consider Ashkenazi Jews to be European, so in the same way in which I wouldn't perceive of myself, as defiling Swedishness to marry a Swede, I wouldn't feel I was defiling Jewish blood in any significant way.
My view is also circumstance based. As I understand it, Israel is set up to be a Jewish state, and as such Jewish rules should apply.
EagleEye:
I consider "european" to be a vague term with no scientific validity.
And I understand that Judaism commands people to recognize non-practicing Jews as Jews, but I'm saying if you go by that, it becomes an ancestry game, not an affiliation game. I'm fine with Israel playing an ancestry game though.
LWB123123:
--- Quote from: EagleEye on February 22, 2008, 03:29:42 PM ---I consider "european" to be a vague term with no scientific validity.
And I understand that Judaism commands people to recognize non-practicing Jews as Jews, but I'm saying if you go by that, it becomes an ancestry game, not an affiliation game. I'm fine with Israel playing an ancestry game though.
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European is more of a social-cultural term. I agree that scientifically you can find plenty of extra-European ethnic groups like Turks, Israelis and Iranians who approximately fit into the Caucasian category. European, however has more of a history to it, and since Jews have dwelt in Europe for such long periods of time, much of their history goes back very far, as does their genes.
דוד בן זאב אריה:
On my birthright trip they attacked me for saying that Jews should only marry Jews. Infact my Refrom Liberal Obama supporting friend called me a racist. He wasn't the only one
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