Being a Jewish person is an identity Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people Faith is considered very important in Judaism but it’s not a requirement. If you follow the religion that’s the most important thing, not belief
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Yep, i think that was the gist of it from the other responses and Danya's newsletter. It's still a little odd to me that one would still follow the traditions of the faith without believing in the top figure, but I'm a little less confused than I was initially at least.
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Try this idea There are over a billion Christians over a Billion Muslims in this world Closer to two billion Christians There are 20 million or so Jewish people in this world. Two orders of magnitude less Can you imagine an aboriginal religion with maybe a couple of thousand followers
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Some are going to practice it because they can. They don’t want the traditions and identity to go away With close to two billion Christians, Christians are not going anywhere Think of it as the stage when old things are considered junk and people throw it away. But when it becomes rare,
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An antique
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