Are you a Jew?

Could somebody please explain to me why so many people in the world hate Jews? I mean the only reason I've ever heard is that the "jews" killed Jesus. And that's just stupid because you're persecuting the descendents of jews, and jews who have relation to those who killed Jesus only through religious affiliation, all for the actions of a few. In which case you might as well blame all of christianity for the actions of George Bush. Just imagine that argument; "did you hear, the christians invaded Iraq. We'll never let then live it down!"

Racism, jealousy, fear, those are probably the main reasons why people hate Jews. The jealousy arises from the fact that many Jews are very successful, and Jewish parents tend to heavily stress education so Jews are often intelligent and educated (which probably helps with the success too). For the yarmulka-wearing and orthodox Jews, the clothing makes them different, and people tend to fear what's different from themselves. The racism, well, that comes about just because some folks are racist assholes.

Honestly, I've never really understood the persecution of Jews myself. Yeah, they have some different customs or whatever, but so what, I don't see why that's a big deal to others. It's not like Jews are out there trying to force their customs on anyone else, or convert people to Judaism.

im not jewish, but i lived in a dorm that was 80% jewish and i have come to one conclusion about jews...they all smoke pot, all of them

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Originally Posted by mrdevious

Could somebody please explain to me why so many people in the world hate Jews? I mean the only reason I've ever heard is that the "jews" killed Jesus. And that's just stupid because you're persecuting the descendents of jews, and jews who have relation to those who killed Jesus only through religious affiliation, all for the actions of a few. In which case you might as well blame all of christianity for the actions of George Bush. Just imagine that argument; "did you hear, the christians invaded Iraq. We'll never let then live it down!"

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ive also learned that jews tend to look out solely for themselves for the most part...maybe this has to do with why a lot of people dont like them. personally i have jewish friends, and theyre fuckin hilarious. as for "the christians invading Iraq" statement. if you havent realized it yet, that is exactly what it is. no one in the media will admit to it, but it is a holy war. radical muslims wanting to kill everyone except muslims? (specifically christians). christians wanting to surpress the radical muslim faith? sounds like a religious war to me. and i guess i shouldnt being saying "radical muslims" being that it is very evident there are shit tons of them, therefore its moreso common muslim beliefs rather than radical ones. ok enough rambling( sorry i just really hate the society that has been created, i mean, does anyone ever think that no one is right? and God acknowledges the fact that youre praying to him, no matter what faith? we all share the same God, whether you like it or not, its true)

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Originally Posted by socialinjustice

ive also learned that jews tend to look out solely for themselves for the most part...maybe this has to do with why a lot of people dont like them. personally i have jewish friends, and theyre fuckin hilarious. as for "the christians invading Iraq" statement. if you havent realized it yet, that is exactly what it is. no one in the media will admit to it, but it is a holy war. radical muslims wanting to kill everyone except muslims? (specifically christians). christians wanting to surpress the radical muslim faith? sounds like a religious war to me. and i guess i shouldnt being saying "radical muslims" being that it is very evident there are shit tons of them, therefore its moreso common muslim beliefs rather than radical ones. ok enough rambling( sorry i just really hate the society that has been created, i mean, does anyone ever think that no one is right? and God acknowledges the fact that youre praying to him, no matter what faith? we all share the same God, whether you like it or not, its true)

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Sorry man, but you've totally missed my point. I know full well it's largely a holy war, but the point I was making is that you can't just say "the christians invaded Iraq" anymore than "The Jews killed Jesus". In either case you are pinning personal responsibility on the many, whether or not they are from the same time of the events, for the actions of a few. To put it another way, it was 2 students that shot up columbine; but you can't just say "I hate students because they shot up a school", because it was only the actions of a few that are being pinned on the many. It's that same mentality (not yours, the described one here) that drive people to put a nice simple face on things and say "muslims attacked america", rather than accepting that it's only a small percentage of muslims that do so and the situation can't be made so simple just by linking different people to one action by some common affiliation.

That was booty :(

They removed my joke out of this thread. I understand that it was out of context but on the flip side this is a stoner forum right?
IT WAS A JOKE, I heard it and I repeated it, it wasn't any personal attack on anyone. I apologize to anyone who took offense to it.

I'm sure plenty of jewish people did not take offense to it. Where's the freedom of speech? Does it exist here? I'm very surprised that you guys removed a joke from a stoner forum :confused:

And by the way, money does not grow on trees :thumbsup: If that joke were true I would be rich cause I grow alot of trees :D

It didnt offend me.

and money DOES grow on tree's... Well, what kind LOL?

Good point :thumbsup:

Money DOES grow on trees. And plenty :pimp:

I wish I were Jewish.:cool:

i beg to differ with you social injustice....you should do some more reading..jews are very involved in causes other than jewish related things..did you know jews were the first ones to march with the afro americans during the civil rights era? we also have something called the interfaith league in our synagogues through each town, which amongst other things, helps other religions and their causes..i highly resent the remark no matter how you meant it..i mean, no offense and all, but that was really an ignorant statement..maybe you could give google a spin or something..i wasnt aware people didnt like jews, especially since we "look out for each other"..i always thought that it was called intolerance and closed mindedness...thank you for pointing this out to me..

the iraq war? a holy war? isnt that a war the americans are fighting for bush so he can get his oil pipeline? it isnt about religion..it is about politics and the good ol boys....the US just wants to change everyone to be like them, even though these people have lived this way their whole lives..this is just my opinion.. (the above is fact)

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