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Are the Jews a race?
foreverfree | 3/23/05 | foreverfree

Posted on 03/23/2005 5:22:54 AM PST by foreverfree

Some white nationalists vehemently think not although 99.9 percent of Jews have caucasian skin.

Is there any Bible verse that can settle the question?

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TOPICS: Religion
KEYWORDS: jewry; jewsandgentiles; judaism

1 posted on 03/23/2005 5:22:56 AM PST by foreverfree
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To: foreverfree
You don't need the Bible on this one. Skin color does not determine race, period.
2 posted on 03/23/2005 5:29:11 AM PST by Military family member (If pro is the opposite of con and con the opposite of pro, then the opposite of Progress is Congress)
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To: foreverfree

Not a race, no, but an ethnicity, yes. Of course being dispersed throughout the world, we've mixed in with pretty much every other people on the planet.


3 posted on 03/23/2005 5:32:19 AM PST by thoughtomator (Murder by Judges, 1 - 2 - 3, it's as easy to learn as your ABCBSCNNMSNBCs)
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To: foreverfree

What's your point?


4 posted on 03/23/2005 5:33:45 AM PST by marty60
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To: marty60
What's your point?

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Good question.

5 posted on 03/23/2005 5:48:24 AM PST by trisham (choose life!)
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To: foreverfree

Why do you ask?
Why don't you ask "Are Hungarians a race?"


6 posted on 03/23/2005 5:50:09 AM PST by Marguerite
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To: Marguerite

how about "are homosexuals a race"

The Daytona 500... now that's a race!!!


7 posted on 03/23/2005 6:41:22 AM PST by Khepera (Do not remove by penalty of law!)
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To: Khepera

LOL


8 posted on 03/23/2005 6:47:01 AM PST by Marguerite
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To: marty60

I think he wants to know what color god favors


9 posted on 03/23/2005 8:21:29 PM PST by thmssngr
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To: foreverfree

Ethnic group.


10 posted on 03/23/2005 8:25:08 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: foreverfree

They've immigrated to so many diff reigons of the world,it would be impossible to classify.


11 posted on 03/23/2005 9:03:13 PM PST by thombo
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To: foreverfree

No, but one of many ethnicities of the Human Race.


12 posted on 03/23/2005 9:06:29 PM PST by BIGLOOK (I once opposed keelhauling but recently have come to my senses.)
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To: thmssngr

REALLY? I thought GOD was interested in SOULS. Silly me.


13 posted on 03/24/2005 4:23:35 AM PST by marty60
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To: foreverfree

sometimes what is not said is more powerful than what is said. i haven't seen the word 'race' in either Hebrew or Greek in the Holy Scriptures except for the one someone runs in.
the concept of goyim is there, where even Yisrael is spoken of as a 'goy' or "a people". that is not the same thing as the Hellenistically defined 'race'.
it is obvious to the most casual observer that God is not interested in our western thoughts about 'race' if you read His book. Does not He say:
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

look at the bondage that comes from not getting your head screwed on straight

funky marine joke coming on...(they make leathernecks to keep the jarheads on)

regards


14 posted on 03/24/2005 10:33:12 PM PST by ColdWarNavyVet_dirsup (it wasn't cold... 'specially not below the line of death ;-))
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To: foreverfree

Ethnicity, yes. Race, debatable. After all, a black Dominican and white Argentinean are put together as part of the "Latino race" in our culture.


15 posted on 03/24/2005 10:36:34 PM PST by Clemenza (Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms: The Other Holy Trinity)
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To: foreverfree

I'd say they are an ethnic group primarily defined by a common religious legacy, language, ancestry, culture, and to a lesser extent, geography.

The word 'race' has been very warped over the last few decades, usually in the context of racism. A hatred of the French, for example, is not 'racist' since there is no 'race' of French people. The French are an ethnic group, defined by their common geography, language, ancestry, etc.

Still, it's common for such bigotry to casually be referred to as 'racism,' even though there is no French 'race.' It is certainly a bigotry.

So no, there is no Jewish 'race,' I think, just as their is no French race, Italian Race, Catholic Race, etc.


16 posted on 03/24/2005 10:39:00 PM PST by HitmanLV
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To: foreverfree

17 posted on 03/24/2005 10:41:56 PM PST by Selkie (Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.)
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To: Selkie
Thanks all.

ff

18 posted on 03/25/2005 9:44:47 AM PST by foreverfree
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