# Why are the Jew's considered God's chosen people?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 1, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-jews-considered-gods-chosen-people/158393 "2003-03-01T15:24:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-jews-considered-gods-chosen-people/158393/21 "2003-03-02T15:05:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Chronos \*  
> \*\*And to extend the tangent, Athena was also one of the three Virgin Goddesses… \*\*

Who are the other 2?

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> \*\* But considering that Hera was Zeus’ sister…\*\*

Hera **is** Zeus’ sister. Gods are immortal, remember? 😃

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**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-jews-considered-gods-chosen-people/158393/22 "2003-03-02T16:32:34Z")

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quasar asked, “Who are the other 2?”

Athena, Artemis, and Hestia were the three virgin goddesses.

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-jews-considered-gods-chosen-people/158393/23 "2003-03-02T17:53:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Mothchunks \*  
> \*\*The Old Testament was also written by the winners. Who do you think they’re going to elect as “God’s chosen?” \*\*

The winners? They were enslaved by Egypt, destroyed and made captive by Assyria and Babylon, overrun by various nations, and destroyed themselves in civil wars.

What exactly did they win?

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**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-jews-considered-gods-chosen-people/158393/24 "2003-03-02T21:18:08Z")

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The Jews are still around, while the Pharohs, Assyrian and Bablyon’s have bit the dust or changed dramatically in their beliefs.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-jews-considered-gods-chosen-people/158393/25 "2003-03-02T21:27:37Z")

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Babylon’s what?

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-jews-considered-gods-chosen-people/158393/26 "2003-03-02T22:28:15Z")

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_Babylon 5_, of course.

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**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-jews-considered-gods-chosen-people/158393/27 "2003-03-02T23:12:31Z")

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> \*Originally posted by DaphneBlack \*  
> \*\*quasar asked, “Who are the other 2?”
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> Athena, Artemis, and Hestia were the three virgin goddesses. \*\*

Thanks! As retribution, here’s [a fun greek mythology quiz](http://encarta.msn.com/quiz/QuizResults.asp?QuizID=92) I came across on MSN.

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