Jesus Christ

- Pat1993

- obie

Would you believe me if I told you my mom was Jewish.
- pete26

i was kidding but nothing surprises me anymore, pete. mine is half.

I don't have any names to provide but I've heard of this "debate" when I studied at uOttawa...


you can look it up:

https://en.wikipedia.org/...Egyptian_race_controversy

https://en.wikipedia.org/...cite_note-Egypt_pg_162-10

there's even a theory that they weren't even slaves, but a privileged class lol:

https://www.harvardmagazi...o-built-the-pyramids-html
- Pat1993

privileged class is just another way to say slave owners. lol the egyptians weren't the slaves building pyramids though.

privileged class is just another way to say slave owners. lol the egyptians weren't the slaves building pyramids though.
- Gramps28

no, the Harvard article talks about "privileged workers"

i was kidding but nothing surprises me anymore, pete. mine is half.
- Gramps28

I don't think you can be half jew. Not more than you can be half christian. Do you identify with the religion or not.

I don't think you can be half jew. Not more than you can be half christian. Do you identify with the religion or not.
- deadpoulet

Judaism is very different than Christianity...


very deep debates tonight

I don't think you can be half jew. Not more than you can be half christian. Do you identify with the religion or not.
- deadpoulet

So, I’m not half my mom??

These times..

Would you believe me if I told you my mom was Jewish.
- pete26

so you're Jewish, who knew!
want a bagel?

So, I’m not half my mom??

These times..
- pete26

So, I’m not half my mom??

These times..
- pete26

His point is that religion isn't a genetic trait

no, the Harvard article talks about "privileged workers"
- Pat1993

oh.

oh.
- Gramps28

very long article but here's the interesting part (to me at least lol):

If not slaves, then who were these workers? Lehner's friend Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, who has been excavating a "workers' cemetery" just above Lehner's city on the plateau, sees forensic evidence in the remains of those buried there that pyramid building was hazardous business. Why would anyone choose to perform such hard labor? The answer, says Lehner, lies in understanding obligatory labor in the premodern world. "People were not atomized, separate, individuals with the political and economic freedom that we take for granted. Obligatory labor ranges from slavery all the way to, say, the Amish, where you have elders and a strong sense of community obligations, and a barn raising is a religious event and a feasting event. If you are a young man in a traditional setting like that, you may not have a choice." Plug that into the pyramid context, says Lehner, "and you have to say, 'This is a hell of a barn!'"

So, I’m not half my mom??

These times..
- pete26

i think what he is trying to say is jew is not a nationality. mine is either russian or ukranian jew. its kinda murky.

So, I’m not half my mom??

These times..
- pete26

Do you follow the religion? Then if not, you're not half jew.


My parents introduced me to catholicism. I don't identify myself like that today as an adult. And yet my parents gave birth to me.

i think what he is trying to say is jew is not a nationality. mine is either russian or ukranian jew. its kinda murky.
- Gramps28

It's a religion. Yeah.

I don't think you can be half jew. Not more than you can be half christian. Do you identify with the religion or not.
- deadpoulet

i am aware and clarified it. i don't identify with any religion if you want to know.

matthew schneider

Ima shelcha zona

His point is that religion isn't a genetic trait
- mr.peanut

thank you

Do you follow the religion? Then if not, you're not half jew.


My parents introduced me to catholicism. I don't identify myself like that today as an adult. And yet my parents gave birth to me.
- deadpoulet

yeah but there's a hereditary component Jews have that Christians don't

Judaism is very different than Christianity...


very deep debates tonight
- Pat1993

I like it deep

I like it deep
- deadpoulet

lololll