reply to post by warrenb
I am no geneticist, but I do know that I myself am ( diluted ) with darn near every group who has ever trudged through Europe , and if I could look
further... probably everywhere else.
Of course, everyone else is, also.
You may hide out for a generation ( or several ) in New Zealand or someplace, but that's about it.
The belief that one is racially pure is- IMHO - a psychological condition of delusion, probably brought on by denial of some percieved failure or
shortcoming...
Who could not expect Israelites ( or Germans, for that matter ) to cling to SOMETHING - even a delusion... after having been conquered and screwed by
absolutely everybody with a pair of sandals and a spear ?
The thread you posed your question in is Zealoutry, I think. Someone looking for something to cling to, I expect. I did not look too deep because I am
an atheist and have no interest in gods OR devils.
One thing to remember when discussing the Torah and its histories: there was this thing called a flood ( after the time of Abe ) , and ALL humans are
descindants of only those who were aboard the ' ark '.
I hate to be so cynical, but- when people started learning things about organized animal husbandry, certain ideas of creation and descendancy had to
be modified. Why, we can't have a retarded / inbred priesthood, after all.
I believe that the garden of eden story in India involved more genetic choices... people probably penned animals earlier there. Well, I'm wandering-
sorry... where ARE my sandals ?