Sha'irullah
رسول الآلهة
Before I start I would like to state that I do not wish to bring up any hostilities towards Jews and Muslims as it seems popular for people to believe that every Muslim is hell bent on attacking Jews. I AM NOT THAT SORT OF PERSON!
I do not live in an area that has a Jewish community of any sort within 300 miles so I have never been able to speak to a rabbi or religious leader of any sort regarding my question.
But from various forums on the internet so many Jews are hostile towards conversion of people that are not "Jewish". The word Jew has become so intertwined with a religion and a ethnicity that the two are inseparable now. We have the "religious Jew" and the "ethnic Jew" as descriptions to designate Jews of different religions or none for that matter. This of course becomes highly confusing to many people since it is expected that if you come from Israel or are of a certain Semitic descent then you must be a follower of Judaism. I have actually known an Arab Buddhist so I know for a fact that there are plenty of non-Muslim Arabs. Ethnicity and religion in reality have very little to do with theological choices.
I assume that people of the Judaic faith that are active on this site are more liberal and open. So I would like to know what are your personal standpoints of why you think others of non Jewish/Semetic descent CAN'T or CAN join the founding religion of the Abrahamic faiths.
I have actually never found a Jew who supports conversion oddly. This is something which has baffled me truly.
Salam, namaste, shalom and all that jazz
I do not live in an area that has a Jewish community of any sort within 300 miles so I have never been able to speak to a rabbi or religious leader of any sort regarding my question.
But from various forums on the internet so many Jews are hostile towards conversion of people that are not "Jewish". The word Jew has become so intertwined with a religion and a ethnicity that the two are inseparable now. We have the "religious Jew" and the "ethnic Jew" as descriptions to designate Jews of different religions or none for that matter. This of course becomes highly confusing to many people since it is expected that if you come from Israel or are of a certain Semitic descent then you must be a follower of Judaism. I have actually known an Arab Buddhist so I know for a fact that there are plenty of non-Muslim Arabs. Ethnicity and religion in reality have very little to do with theological choices.
I assume that people of the Judaic faith that are active on this site are more liberal and open. So I would like to know what are your personal standpoints of why you think others of non Jewish/Semetic descent CAN'T or CAN join the founding religion of the Abrahamic faiths.
I have actually never found a Jew who supports conversion oddly. This is something which has baffled me truly.
Salam, namaste, shalom and all that jazz
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