tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post729172024645067494..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Religion in AmericaJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-34034063966663509042015-05-14T20:16:53.434-04:002015-05-14T20:16:53.434-04:00I believe David is correct.
I'm a secular hum...I believe David is correct.<br /><br />I'm a secular humanist, but I still call myself "Jewish" as well.<br /><br />BTW, there is at least one humanist Jewish congregation where one can worship, as it were, without a god.<br /><br />http://bethadam.org/ and also their online identity:<br />http://www.ourjewishcommunity.org/<br /><br />The female co-rabbi was an elementary school classmate of my daughter's.<br /><br />And another BTW-- speaking of the latter young woman, my daughter is, of course, Jewish by definition, though her father is Italian-American and has reverted to his Catholic practice. Yet if you ask her, I am certain she would never think to say she's Jewish-- and probably answers "none" to religious questions.pootrsoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975929246429466067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-61188324789099798562015-05-13T17:36:52.628-04:002015-05-13T17:36:52.628-04:00Judaism is by its own self-definition an ethnicity...Judaism is by its own self-definition an ethnicity as well as a religion. Under Jewish law, if you have Jewish blood from a Jewish mother, you're Jewish, whether or not you believe in God, practice anything, or even know anything. Unless you have the blood, or go through the intentionally discouraging conversion process, you're not Jewish. There are various ways you can lose your Jewishness, but apathy or even unbelief aren't usually among them.<br /><br />I strongly suspect that stable poll number means that the percentage of people identifying themselves as having Jewish ancestry is stable, not that Jewish religious practice or belief is going strong.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-43452234174018385842015-05-13T17:05:34.968-04:002015-05-13T17:05:34.968-04:00Well Jewishness, at least in America, has long had...Well Jewishness, at least in America, has long had less to do with going to temple and far more to do with speaking Yiddish, eatting brisket, and living comfortable and unassuming middle class lifestyles.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com