2007-12-01 09:33:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, my mother who was born a Jew, was an atheist all her life. Her father mistreated her terribly, and as a result as a teen she decided there is no God, and she stuck by that all her life.
I turned out religious, even though I never even heard the word "God" spoken in our household when I was growing up, except once when my mother said "People like us don't need God" I thought that was very arrogant.
2007-12-01 09:48:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a person can indeed be a Jewish atheist!
A person only stops being Jewish if they embrace another religion/theology. So for instance, a person cannot be both Jewish and Christian; the two religions are mutually exclusive.
2007-12-01 18:36:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can be a Jewish national and be an atheist.
2007-12-01 17:38:24 · answer #3 · answered by Averell A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can be ethnically Jewish but atheist by religious belief. They often refer to themselves as "non-practicing Jews".
2007-12-01 17:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up atheist and jewish in the dictionary, and report back to us.
2007-12-01 17:37:59 · answer #5 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure; atheists by choice, Jewish by birth (heritage).
2007-12-01 17:38:38 · answer #6 · answered by xn_momma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, I'm one
2007-12-01 17:36:22 · answer #7 · answered by I'm an Atheist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋