Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
>> I can't help but get the feeling that some people think of the
>> terms "Jewish" and "Muslim" as if they were the names of
>> certain 'races'. They're not. They're just two of the many religions
>> out there - and one is free to switch to another religion, become
>> agnostic or even become an atheist if one thinks that the doctrine of
>> certain religion(s) is unacceptable to them.
>
> I disagree with this somewhat. While Muslim is a religion only, not an
> ethnicity, Jewish most certainly is:
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews>
>
> I guess you could switch the term to "Hebrew".

And I disagree with you somewhat <eg>

To quote your source: "Converts to Judaism, whose status as Jews within
the Jewish ethnos is equal to those born into it, have been absorbed
into the Jewish people throughout the millennia."

So... if I decided to convert to Judaism tomorrow, for example, how
would that change my *biological* race, may I humbly ask?
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy