reply to post by KRISKALI777
Jews are not a race. Being Jewish is following a particular religion (Judaism), much like Catholics are not a race. There may be predominant races
that follow the faiths, but being a Catholic or a Jew is not an issue of race.
judaism.about.com...
www.iahushua.com...
There is no Semitic Race, that makes no sense. A Semite is someone who speaks Semetic languages. This would be like saying anyone who speaks English
belongs to the English Race.
"Sem·ite (sěm'īt')
n.
A member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples"
Semite definitions
I understand your confusion as it is often used erroneously in the phrase "Semitic Race" because there were literally 7 or so legitimate and
different races of peoples that traditional spoke semitic language variants in antiquity.
I know this can seem confusing, but really all one need do is investigate just a little and you will find that the confusion stems from various things
like:
Nazi's wanting to classify Jews as a race, through eugenics so that they could more easily define them all as inferior peoples, used very powerful
propaganda that still prolifferates through to today. Easier to fight a race war than a religious war, I assume.
This kind of thing has always gone on.
I could drone on and on, but the important take away is that being a Jew does not mean you belong to any particular race, and there is NO Jew race
just as there is no Christian race.
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