The Jews consider the child's mother to be proof of being a Jew. A man can say, "That's my kid and I'm a Jew, so the kid is a Jew," but that doesn't carry the "religious validity" as "my mom is Jewish." The man could be lying, but a womb can't lie.
I study Kabbalah, my very best friends are Jewish, my grandmother was Jewish, and I think they have some spiritual insights that can match anything in Hinduism or mystical Christianity or Sufi or whatever. The Sefirot of the Kabbalah is quite a deep, inspirational documentation of divinity. I was tipping my hat to the fact that despite not knowing about mitochondria, the Jews came up with a system that recognizes the mother's role in "owning offspring." It's cool that they intuited it, and came up with a "rule" about it. Edg --- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Duveyoung wrote: > > > The Jews had it figured. If yer mommy's not a Jew, > you're > > > not a Jew. > > > > > There's no female "Jewish" mitochondria, you idiot! > > > Rick wrote: > > Richard, we're refraining from personal insults. Put in context. > > If you were at a party, consider how insulting it would be to call > > someone call someone an idiot to his face. Therefore, please don't > > do it here. > > > I'd be highly insulted if I was of the Jewish faith and > I was told that because my father was a Jew and my mother > wasn't, that I wasn't Jewish! Is that context enough, Rick? > > Question: Would someone be an idiot if they made the claim > that there was such a thing as a "Jewish" mitochrondira? Or, > would they be called ignorant racist instead? >
