--- Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10 Jun 2003 at 13:02, Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 05:37:12PM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote:
> >
> > > You do not chose to be Jewish if your mother is. You are Jewish.
> >
> > But you are not automatically practicing the religion because of your
> > mother. Semantics. Not so hard to comprehend, really, if you are
> > thinking clearly.
>
> Yep. Agree. However, as I said the religion part is only ONE part of
> it. There's also the Jews-as-a-people, Jew-as-a-culture and Jews-as-a-
> ideology (Zionism). You don't have to be religious to be Jewish.
> (unlike say Islam - there's no such thing as a non-practicing
> Muslem).
>
Actualy non-practicing simply means that you were raised in that religion but
do not practice it any more, or that you still believe in that religion, but
no-longer congrigate or do any of the ...well, practices.
Like a non-practicing doctor....at least that is the way I here it used. my
friend was recently asked what religion he was in a green card interview. His
response was a "non-practicing hindu".
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