# Why \[were the Jews\] chosen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 24, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-jews-chosen/735595 "2015-10-24T00:58:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Human\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-jews-chosen/735595/41 "2015-10-24T18:26:29Z")
**tooldtocare** , I don’t think you know what a “sport” is…it’s not something you do accidentally. ---
**Author:** ![tooldtocare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@tooldtocare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tooldtocare)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-jews-chosen/735595/42 "2015-10-24T18:39:05Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I _think_ .,…\*it doesn’t seem as if they deserve to be The Chosen People. > \* > Is that it? “Deserve” is not an element in this equation. The fact is they were. How they got there is irrelevant at this stage of the game. In my view ---
**Author:** ![tooldtocare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@tooldtocare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tooldtocare)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-jews-chosen/735595/43 "2015-10-24T18:42:20Z")
> [@Human\_Action](#): > > **tooldtocare** , _I don’t think you know what a “sport” is…it’s not something you do accidentally._ I did not write that article. I did not choose that term, the author did I just posted it for comment ---
**Author:** ![tooldtocare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@tooldtocare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tooldtocare)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-jews-chosen/735595/44 "2015-10-24T18:55:15Z")
**thou shalt not** Some of that direct conversation (Deu 24:19 KJV) \*When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, **thou shalt not** go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. \* (Deu 24:20 KJV) _When thou beatest thine olive tree, **thou shalt not** go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow._ (Deu 24:21 KJV)\* When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, **thou shalt not** glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.\* (Jer 22:3 KJV) _Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place._ (Zec 7:10 KJV) _And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart._ (Exo 22:21 KJV) _Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt._ (Exo 23:9 KJV) _Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger,seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt._ (Lev 19:34 KJV) _ **But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you,** and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God._ (Lev 25:35 KJV) \*And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; **then thou shalt** relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. \* I believe He was talking about the Palestinians ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-jews-chosen/735595/45 "2015-10-24T18:58:00Z")
So you’re saying that Jews are inherently evil? Or just Israelis like me? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-jews-chosen/735595/46 "2015-10-24T19:02:05Z")
And what does it mean to be toold to care? ---
**Author:** ![Human\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-jews-chosen/735595/47 "2015-10-24T19:14:05Z")
> [@tooldtocare](#): > > I did not write that article. I did not choose that term, the author did > > I just posted it for comment Which article? You linked to quite a few. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-jews-chosen/735595/48 "2015-10-24T19:22:28Z")
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