59. "RE: Where's koalalove when you need him?" In response to In response to 48
>>Somebody please tell me how jewish >>turned into a race rather >>a religion simply because some >>european jews declared it so? > >Not even close. Jews became >a race b/c the Nazis >made us a race.
That's partially true (the idea of Jews as a race existed before the Nazis), and it's true also that the idea of race has no scientifical grounds and is a pure construct.
With that said, this idea is constantly exploited by zionists to justify the creation of Israel and the spoliation of Palestinians.
Given the fact that the notion of race now exists, whether we want it or not, Jews are not a race. There are white jews, black jews, maybe even yellow jews.
And you can't rely on all that babble about the tribe of Judah in the Torah or the Bible to justify anything, because guess what, they are NOT history books. They're the basis of a religion, and therefore they're highly subjective.