Chris,

Sophiee did not start this thread for you to respond to posts in a thread that is now closed. I am not going to release your post as it responds to a post which has nothing to do with this thread, and contains a number of inappropriate statements. A few points since you seem not to have learned anything from what you have been taught/told:

- There are absolutely certain genes you will find in many/most Jews both matrilineally and patrilineally. However, having a Jewish mother does not inherently have anything to do with genes. Read this very carefully: A Jew may have a mother whose female line goes all the way back to Sarah. Another Jew may have a mother who was not born Jewish and who converted before conceiving and giving birth to them. Both of these people would both be born Jews.

- Ignorance has nothing to do with a desire or lack of desire to learn. Someone who doesn't care to learn about a subject and doesn't know anything is ignorant, and so is someone who wants to learn but still does not know anything about that subject is also still ignorant. One is ignorant because they choose to be, the other is ignorant because they still don't understand. Shedding ignorance about something doesn't come from wanting to learn, it stems for actually learning, from comprehending and understanding the answers being given. Asking questions is a good start. Attempting to teach others as if you already have/know the answers when one doesn't is a set-back to discarding ignorance on that subject.

- I assure you you've learned nothing of worth about Jews of Judaism from Christians. I hesitate to say that you've learned anything about Jews from this site, though not for a lack of answers to your questions (sometimes the same ones on multiple occasions).

If you wish to discuss things outside of the topic Sophiee has posted feel free to PM me, but don't insert a discussion from another thread into one which has nothing to do with it. If you have questions pertinent to Sophiee's original post please do and continue to ask.

Thanks,
Netanel

Last Edited By: Netanel Mon, 16-Jun-08 17:21:32. Edited 1 times.