Jewish Anarchism and Athiesm

[Postmaster]

It seems to me that Atheism and Anarchism to be a common theme amongst people of Jewish origin. Much of which I consider to be fruitful.

Here's an interesting person Emma Goldman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also more about Jewish Anarchism
Jewish anarchism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and Jewish Atheism
Jewish atheism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Can anyone elaborate on this? Maybe some of our Jewish members?

 

[bananabrain]

postmaster, you might also note that comedy, music, physics, communism and christianity are common jewish themes - the last two were invented by jews, certainly.

it could well be that we were particularly affected by the intellectual freedomn of the enlightenment so that once we got into it, we took it in some of the most interesting directions. i don't really know.

b'shalom

bananabrain

 

[Tao_Equus]

postmaster, you might also note that comedy, music, physics, communism and christianity are common jewish themes - the last two were invented by jews, certainly.

it could well be that we were particularly affected by the intellectual freedomn of the enlightenment so that once we got into it, we took it in some of the most interesting directions. i don't really know.

b'shalom

bananabrain

Could it be that Jewish social structure and its value of education leads to questioning, or at least thinking, outside the box and this makes diversity in thought inevitable? A competitive outlook too helps to drive innovation.

 

[bananabrain]

well, it is a learning culture and one that encourages open-minded enquiry; traditionally, minority opinions are preserved and safeguarded, not erased. this is, however, a deeply held religious value, which is supported by education, rather than otherwise.

b'shalom

bananabrain

 

[Postmaster]

ahh well I don’t know about Christianity.. It’s often said but I know my ex Jewish gf used to tell me, Jews are Gods chosen and even Jesus was a Jew. But you can either be Jewish or Christian? And Jesus was certainly Christian? Or was he a Jewish Christian aswell? I'd deffo give Jews improvments and founder of Psychology and Psychiatry aswell.

There is a multi dimensional existential vastness of knowledge which Jews have been exploring more often recently. Did this start happening in the post modernism age? Whereas in previous periods we had the likes of the Persians, Romans and Greeks were seen as the main innovators.

 

[bananabrain]

Jews are Gods chosen and even Jesus was a Jew.

well, it depends what you mean by "chosen". if you look up my previous comments on the phrase "'am segulah" you will find what *i*understand it to mean, which i don't think anyone could interpret as chauvinistic.

But you can either be Jewish or Christian?

you certainly can't be both.

And Jesus was certainly Christian?

i don't know what he thought he was, but they didn't start calling his followers christians until much later on.

Or can you be a Jewish Christian aswell?

the early church (i.e. before paul ditched the law) you might be able to make an argument for, but nowadays, no way. there are those who claim to be "jewish christians", but if they're halakhically jewish, they are in fact jewish apostates and if they're not, they're christians.

I'd deffo give Jews improvments and founder of Psychology and Psychiatry though.

oh yes, freud, forgot about him.

What we have is a multi dimensional existential vastness of knowledge which Jews have been exploring more often recently. Did this start happening in the post modernism age? Whereas in previous periods we had the likes of the Persians, Romans and Greeks being the main innovators.

nope. the jewish commitment to exploring this goes back at least as long as the greeks and certainly longer than the other two.

b'shalom

bananabrain

 

[Postmaster]

Cheers BB she doesn't come from a converntional Jewish family. Her mum is married to a Cypriot guy of Christian origin but her mum is Jewish and also has a PHD in Theology. Were still good mates. To be fair I didnt take much of what she yaps on about seriously lol. And shes deffo not racist or chauvinistic haha.