re israel an apartheid state in article smllm m cville srv wam umd edu aap wam umd edu alberto adolfo pinkas writes in article may pasteur berkeley edu adams bellini berkeley edu adam l schwartz writes which was my point by converting to another religion i do not loose my cultural identity i just loose my religious identification i consider that defining the belonging to a nation that claims the right to have a state based on religious belief is a form of racism to be a part or not of the jeish nation is defined by my culture and not by my religion actually if i am an atheist which is in fact like converting into a non jewish in terms of religion i am still considered as part of the jewish nation i can be proud of my jewish culture while not giving any importance to the jewish religion or even more i can be proud of my jewish culture while still be convinced that the real god is another one i do not know anyone who lost his memebership to the american nation because he changed of god alberto you ve repeatedly misunderstood my postings you are now making the exact point that i ve made several times but with a different definition of religion you don t not have to believe in the religious aspects of judaism to be a jew this would confine judaism to be just a religion in the sense of a christianity so by converting out of judaism i don t mean just not believing in the god of judaism i mean voluntarily removing yourself from the jewish nation i am an agnostic but still consider myself jewish because of my cultural heritage i admit that many religious jews would argue that i am not completely jewish because of my lack of faith but judaism is a religion of dissent and debate isn t it the fact that one can opt to become jewish simply by converting to judaism makes the nation of the jewish people the least racist and most open nation we have no quotas so i will once again make my point defining a member of the jewish nation by religion not as you say religious belief is not racism you come to your incorrect conclusion because you use a different definition for religion when you define the law of return and when you define judaism adam schwartz
