It doesn’t seem he was angry. I believe he was referring to his knife to “skin it back” for you, ie. circumcision.
I’m surprised by all the anger directed towards Jewbacca for an intended compliment. And for the most part, it was societies castoffs who came here for a better life. Hell, the majority of Columbus’s crew were criminals given the choice of sailing off into the unknown or prison.[/quote]
Correct on all accounts.
The reference to circumcision is in response to the absurd accusation that Jewish people think they have some sort of special blood line. This is absurd. Judaism does not seek converts — the Jewish belief being that it is not necessary for non-Jewish people to follow the Law, that they have their own path to G-d.
But, if someone feels led to become Jewish, they are welcome to do so. Discouraged, mind you, as the road is hard and the world hates us, but accepted just the same as a born-Jewish person.
Heck, there is an entire book of the Bible about converts – Ruth.
It doesn’t seem he was angry. I believe he was referring to his knife to “skin it back” for you, ie. circumcision.
I’m surprised by all the anger directed towards Jewbacca for an intended compliment. And for the most part, it was societies castoffs who came here for a better life. Hell, the majority of Columbus’s crew were criminals given the choice of sailing off into the unknown or prison.[/quote]
Correct on all accounts.
The reference to circumcision is in response to the absurd accusation that Jewish people think they have some sort of special blood line. This is absurd. Judaism does not seek converts — the Jewish belief being that it is not necessary for non-Jewish people to follow the Law, that they have their own path to G-d.
But, if someone feels led to become Jewish, they are welcome to do so. Discouraged, mind you, as the road is hard and the world hates us, but accepted just the same as a born-Jewish person.
Heck, there is an entire book of the Bible about converts – Ruth.[/quote]
True. Sammy davis jr, Rod Carew, are a few notable black converts mentioned in the book of Ruth.
Dan Savage weighed in on the topic of this thread if anyone is innarested:
Nothing not covered in this thread but worth a look at the bottom of the page.