Re: [tips] Who's Jews in the USA?
On 19 March 2008 Stephen Black asked us to guess
Who's Jews in the USA?
And atheists. And Muslims.
Rank 'em in order of percentage of the population (no fair Googling!).
Then I'll tell you the results of the most recent survey.
Robin Abrahams responded
Not necessarily, which I believe is a politer way of saying, who the hell are
you to determine how another person defines themselves?. An atheist Jew might
still not want to deny his or her Jewishness, whether you think there's only
one answer they can give or not. Hell, you can BE an atheist
I challenged people to rank the percentage of the U.S. population who are
Jews, Muslims, and atheists.
On 19 Mar 2008 at 8:54, Robin Abrahams wrote:
A problem with this is the overlap between Jews and atheists since
you can be both--and lots of people are.
Too true. Similarly, Christopher
At 4:58 AM -0500 3/20/08, Allen Esterson wrote:
Re: [tips] Who's Jews in the USA?
On 19 March 2008 Stephen Black asked us to guessSurely it all
depends on how the question is worded. If the survey asks
what is the respondent's religion, then someone of Jewish descent who is an
atheist has only
I wish there were a more universal and less negative term than atheist. I
know there are some terms (Bright, naturalist, secularist, etc.), but none
that seem to have caught on. I mean, atheist means not a theist/believer
in a god. A person who is religious isn't called a nonatheist. Why
must
Wasn't Sammy Davis Jr. Jewish? Didn't he trace his roots to the black Jews
of Ethiopia?
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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before, you can be an atheist/agnostic and a
RELIGIOUS Jew. Saying that they're mutually exclusive is interpreting Judaism
with a Christian, belief-based lens.
Paul Brandon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 4:58 AM -0500 3/20/08, Allen
Esterson wrote:
Re: [tips] Who's Jews in the USA?
On 19 March 2008
In response to my writing
Surely it all depends on how the question is worded. If
the survey asks what is the respondent's religion, then
someone of Jewish descent who is an atheist has only
one answer: Atheist.
Robin Abrahams wrote:
Not necessarily, which I believe is a politer way of
And atheists. And Muslims.
Rank 'em in order of percentage of the population (no fair Googling!).
Then I'll tell you the results of the most recent survey.
Stephen
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Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology,
At 10:15 AM -0500 3/19/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And atheists. And Muslims.
Rank 'em in order of percentage of the population (no fair Googling!).
Then I'll tell you the results of the most recent survey.
In increasing order:
Jews (1-2%)
Muslims (2-5%)
Atheists (5-10%)
All of these are
A problem with this is the overlap between Jews and atheists since you can
be both--and lots of people are. So one of the two groups is probably being
underreported, if you can only pick one answer. I don't know how my husband,
for example, would respond if asked to choose between identifying
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, Robin Abrahams went:
A problem with this is the overlap between Jews and atheists
since you can be both--and lots of people are.
I'll raise my hand for that. Yes, for some of us, Judaism is an
ethnicity.
--David Epstein
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Subject: Re: [tips] Who's Jews in the USA?
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, Robin Abrahams went:
A problem with this is the overlap between Jews and atheists
since you can be both--and lots of people are.
I'll raise my hand for that. Yes, for some of us, Judaism is an
ethnicity.
--David Epstein
, and
even Jewish and Christian. But
Grandma won't like it much.
Paul Okami
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Subject: Re: [tips] Who's Jews in the USA?
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Subject: Re: [tips] Who's Jews in the USA?
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, Robin Abrahams went:
A problem with this is the overlap between Jews and atheists
since you can be both--and lots of people are.
I'll raise my hand
No, Paul, you can't be Jewish and Christian no matter what the supposed Jews
for Jesus
profess. There's an irreconcilable and fundamental contradiction. You truly
can't be
Jewish and believe in Jesus as the Son of God.
In Judaism, that idolatry.
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
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