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Date: | Fri, 5 Apr 2002 14:22:31 +0200 |
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David Griffin wrote:
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> In a message dated 4/4/2002 8:01:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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> > It comes down to this. Suppose Rabbi Rosencrantz, member of Likud,
> > converts to Catholicism and even retains his old profession, rising
> > through the ranks of the church to become Bishop of Haifa. Is he still
> > a Jew? Can he be a Jew and a Catholic at the same time? Instead of
> > Catholicism, suppose he converts to Islam. Can he be a Jew and a Muslim
> > at the same time?
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> > martin
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> Rabbi Rosencranz, I assume, is also an Israeli. There are Israeli Christians
> and Israeli Muslims. But people still are not understanding this. And my
> question is: Why?
You're avoiding the issue again. Zionism is about creating a Jewish
state. You claimed that Jewishness did not imply a religious
affiliation, but only a cultural one. That would mean a person could be
a Jew *and* a Catholic, or a person could be a Jew *and* a Muslim.
Since a person can not be both a Jew and a Catholic, or both a Jew and a
Muslim, if a person is Jewish he is a member of the Jewish religion.
Then since zionism intends to create a Jewish state, zionism violates
the strong interpretation of principle of separation of church and
state, at least in spirit if not explicitly, regardless of whether the
constitution of Israel specifies Judaism as the state religion.
martin
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