[af_vet_1981]

The bottom line is that I need not respect his opinion, which relies on a logical fallacy (that the word Jew means two distinct and separate ideas at the same time) that is not part of the Torah.

Which returns to the starting point; What does one call a Jew who rejects Halacha in favor of one's own interpretations of Torah?

[thoughtomator]

You call him a Jew, which you would understand if you understood Judaism.

You appear to be imposing a Catholic viewpoint on Judaism, with its heirarchical systems and earthly proxies for the divine.

This conversation is staggeringly similar in nature to when I have tried to explain principles of liberty to Communists. All they seem to understand is authority.

[thoughtomator]

> Which returns to the starting point; What does one call a Jew who rejects Halacha in favor of one’s own interpretations of Torah?

One more response to this and then we’re done talking about this subject forever.

On the one hand, you assert materials that claim any descendant of the tribes of Israel, or convert, or descendant of a convert, is Jewish.

On the other you imply that failure to treat materials other than the Torah itself as divine law is a disqualifier for being a Jew.

You’ve gone full Alinsky on me in this conversation and I don’t appreciate it at all.

Your understanding of Judaism is so wrong that you should never comment on it again because you will only mislead yourself and others.