You made a specific assertion about Jewishness not being tied to religion. If you don’t want to defend it in public, that’s up to you.
BTW, I agree with the principle that the tongue is capable of great evil. Our own Apostle James taught exactly that. Jesus too. But speaking evil of others must logically include misrepresenting the content of their faith. A great deal of what observant Christians and Jews believe is identical. It is simply not logical that the same statement about God is true when said by a Jew and false when said by a Christian. That is an outrageous absurdity. All truth is God’s truth. Therefore, your sweeping generalization is false. And as it relates to real people, it is slander.
Peace,
SR
Torah isn’t religion.
The Law commands Jews to rebuke anyone who says otherwise. Either you believe Torah was given to Moishe at Sinai by Hashem, or you don’t. No gray area exists, only direct repentance to and forgiveness from Hashem.
Now, if you’re bringing up the fact some Jews hide for survival with an outward appearance of other religions and cultures, then anyone with a Jewish education knows those are known to Hashem as Jews because only Hashem knows Torah is written on their hearts and minds. Same goes for determining who the righteous Gentiles are.
Trust in your Creator, not man.
Also, I look forward to the day where labels are irrelevant.
Interesting you bring up truth, and I’m sure we both agree anything contradicting Torah isn’t truth. The sages examined the issue concerning what to do when encountering someone breaking the law, and it’s very enlightening.
Torah never changes because we’re forbidden to change it. All anyone has to do is compare anything they question the validity against the unchanged Torah, and truth jumps from the pages.