Interesting read. What stands out to me is that she says Judaism is very important to her emotionally, but also that she does not believe in God, nor does she consider herself religious. What?
I’d like to see someone define or explain secular Judaism. What the fuck is it?
Well you see, she doesn't want the responsibility of being moral and following The Lord's law, but she reeeeally wants to cry out victim in the oppression olympics.
Yeah as another poster said, it's like atheists and Christmas. You want all the benefits without actually having to believe or be moral. That makes perfect sense to me.
They still want to feel special because they're always told they're "God's Chosen!" They don't want to lose that special status even if they're non-religious.
Part of it could also be their long history of oppression. Slaves to Egyptians, expelled a million times from a million different places, Holocaust, etc... "See, look at all the bad things that have happened to my ethnicity! We've always been oppressed, so it's our turn to rule now."
She identifies herself as ethnically Jewish, probably culturally in some way, like atheists celebrating Christmas. But to be honest, her ideas and what she stands for would be exceptionally mocked in most of Israel.
If it's like, "my family lineage is from Israel" or something like that I understand it, but if it's "cultural", does that mean she still celebrates Jewish religious holidays?
Atheists celebrating Christmas is a great example, almost identical. I find that equally strange. It's appropriating a Christian holiday because your culture is Christian, but then rejecting what it's really about and sticking to shallow gift giving during winter.
Maybe secular Judaism is the same hollowing out of their religious traditions.
Yes, that's pretty much it. You have it right. She may celebrate the holidays and all that.
But one must remember that Christmas, for instance is the celebration of Jesus birth, but the date itself is not correct. It is much later and not in December. Gift exchange, Christmas trees and all that comes from paganism and other cultures around Europe. Including hannukah.
Christians celebrating Christmas is almost the same, but since it has done so many times that it became part of being a Christian.
Reason why some Christian sects prohibit the celebration of Christmas.
Christians celebrating Christmas is almost the same, but since it has done so many times that it became part of being a Christian.
The difference being that Christians believe in God. The pagan celebration was incorporated in order to include people in the faith. An atheist or secular Jew celebrating religious holidays is weird because they don't have spiritual beliefs at all.
Is that the faith? Presumably it would mean she identifies with that group for the 'cred' while not being an actual member of the group. Sounds kinda infiltrator-y, so its pretty telltale of a modern "journalist".
Interesting read. What stands out to me is that she says Judaism is very important to her emotionally, but also that she does not believe in God, nor does she consider herself religious. What?
I’d like to see someone define or explain secular Judaism. What the fuck is it?
Well you see, she doesn't want the responsibility of being moral and following The Lord's law, but she reeeeally wants to cry out victim in the oppression olympics.
Yeah as another poster said, it's like atheists and Christmas. You want all the benefits without actually having to believe or be moral. That makes perfect sense to me.
They still want to feel special because they're always told they're "God's Chosen!" They don't want to lose that special status even if they're non-religious.
Part of it could also be their long history of oppression. Slaves to Egyptians, expelled a million times from a million different places, Holocaust, etc... "See, look at all the bad things that have happened to my ethnicity! We've always been oppressed, so it's our turn to rule now."
It's weird to make an entire culture out of being a victim but I could definitely see that.
She identifies herself as ethnically Jewish, probably culturally in some way, like atheists celebrating Christmas. But to be honest, her ideas and what she stands for would be exceptionally mocked in most of Israel.
If it's like, "my family lineage is from Israel" or something like that I understand it, but if it's "cultural", does that mean she still celebrates Jewish religious holidays?
Atheists celebrating Christmas is a great example, almost identical. I find that equally strange. It's appropriating a Christian holiday because your culture is Christian, but then rejecting what it's really about and sticking to shallow gift giving during winter.
Maybe secular Judaism is the same hollowing out of their religious traditions.
Yes, that's pretty much it. You have it right. She may celebrate the holidays and all that.
But one must remember that Christmas, for instance is the celebration of Jesus birth, but the date itself is not correct. It is much later and not in December. Gift exchange, Christmas trees and all that comes from paganism and other cultures around Europe. Including hannukah.
Christians celebrating Christmas is almost the same, but since it has done so many times that it became part of being a Christian.
Reason why some Christian sects prohibit the celebration of Christmas.
The difference being that Christians believe in God. The pagan celebration was incorporated in order to include people in the faith. An atheist or secular Jew celebrating religious holidays is weird because they don't have spiritual beliefs at all.
Is that the faith? Presumably it would mean she identifies with that group for the 'cred' while not being an actual member of the group. Sounds kinda infiltrator-y, so its pretty telltale of a modern "journalist".