Judaism
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Could you describe the conversion process to Judaism? I thought that it was basically a long process of learning Jewish scriptures, etc. In that case, the conversion process would indicate that one is becoming a religious Jew. Does Judaism recognize a conversion for the sake of culture? I do not think that you can escape the question of having faith in Judaism...it is both a faith and a culture. Your explanation that you want to "play in team Jew" is rather odd. I still think that it is like saying that you would like to be Black b/c of the culture...however, because Judaism is a faith(unlike being Black), there is a conversion process. And you say that you are not "converting," but that too is semantics, b/c that is exactly what you are doing...unless I have totally missed your point...Can I also ask what culture you belong to currently, and what ethnicity? I think this is one of the most interesting threads we've had in a while...barring the recent rude posts )
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Could you describe the conversion process to Judaism? I thought that it was basically a long process of learning Jewish scriptures, etc. In that case, the conversion process would indicate that one is becoming a religious Jew. Does Judaism recognize a conversion for the sake of culture? I do not think that you can escape the question of having faith in Judaism...it is both a faith and a culture. Your explanation that you want to "play in team Jew" is rather odd. I still think that it is like saying that you would like to be Black b/c of the culture...however, because Judaism is a faith(unlike being Black), there is a conversion process. And you say that you are not "converting," but that too is semantics, b/c that is exactly what you are doing...unless I have totally missed your point...Can I also ask what culture you belong to currently, and what ethnicity? I think this is one of the most interesting threads we've had in a while...barring the recent rude posts )
I have heard of such things as conversion for the sake of culture but it has never been confirmed to me.
The thing is, Judaism is a culture of faith, and jews have faith in their culture and its history, so I would consider them equal. Even an atheistic jew would not generally disregard either of them. That's why the the process of conversion is pretty much studies of the scriptures AND history of philosophy and culture.
Still I can't really cope with how compare being black to being jewish. The thing is, as a caucasian, I cannot convert to blackness but I can still join a culture which may be considered one of theirs, such as hip hop.
In the case of the team of jews, they already have a lot of players and they are certainly not in the need for more. However, if one seriously like to play with them - he can. Still, he has to prove whatever level of devotion he posseses and that will come out during the process of conversion. Many of the peope that go through the process never reaches "beit din (the religious court)" and that's no big deal.