# why do jews get a pass when it comes to racism? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 6, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-jews-get-a-pass-when-it-comes-to-racism/577370 "2011-04-06T06:35:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 331
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-jews-get-a-pass-when-it-comes-to-racism/577370/331 "2011-04-17T11:21:14Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > And if the Catholic church said that they were welcome and gave them their blessing to be members of the community, that’s up to them. I agree, it’s up to them. It would be bizarre, but of course it is up to them. > [@](#): > > Correct me if I’m wrong, though- isnt it explicitly said that belief in God (and Christ) is a fundamental requirement, as dictated by Catholic religious leaders, to be Catholic? I’m pretty sure that if someone wanted to include atheists into Catholicism, they could do some very fine semantic parsing that enables it, just like the semantic parsing of the first commandment “I am the Lord your God” and the fourth commandment “I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me” that seems to make it OK for atheist Jews to be considered part of the Jewish religion. > [@](#): > > What I’m saying is that Judaism “authority” (which is a bizarre concept to begin with) recognizes atheists as being consistent with being fully vested members of the religion, save, perhaps, the Orthodoxy. Not that I endorse the various beliefs of the Orthodoxy, but on this issue I agree with them. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-jews-get-a-pass-when-it-comes-to-racism/577370)._