tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post4932655064151285802..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: The Conversion of Charles TaylorDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-70030269525544741482009-06-19T12:11:53.593-07:002009-06-19T12:11:53.593-07:00PG,
I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek, but yes, I...PG,<br /><br />I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek, but yes, I think you're right.chingonanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-19100243846050630252009-06-19T08:03:25.086-07:002009-06-19T08:03:25.086-07:00I think conversion-oriented religions like Christi...I think conversion-oriented religions like Christianity and Islam are fundamentally different in this respect from more ancestry-tied ones like Judaism and Hinduism. Christianity is pretty big on the idea that someone is reborn in Christ upon accepting Him as Lord and Savior; if one is a sincere convert to Christianity, then one's past acts can be forgiven. Hinduism doesn't make any distinctions based on your beliefs. Karma operates regardless of whether you're an atheist or a priest.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-34321512090870576702009-06-18T21:56:13.515-07:002009-06-18T21:56:13.515-07:00I wonder if anyone has ever had a conversion revok...I wonder if anyone has ever had a conversion revoked for committing human rights violations. Or just any kind of crime that would overlap with a violation of halakha.<br /><br />I mean, there have been women whose conversions were revoked for wearing pants. If that same woman killed someone - not by accident, but in a cold-blooded murder - but was modestly dressed, would they revoke her conversion or not?<br /><br />I also wonder if Christians have ever publicly rejected anyone who claimed to find Jesus in prison because they just didn't want to be associated with that person. If not, is it a form of gentile privilege, not to worry about how your faith will be judged if some really nasty person claims to believe in it all of a sudden?chingonanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-87590472377421636602009-06-18T19:50:30.946-07:002009-06-18T19:50:30.946-07:00Well sure, but in most entities it is easier to st...Well sure, but in most entities it is easier to stay in than to get in. The grades that would get me kicked out of UChicago Law are considerably lower than those needed to get into UChicago Law.David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-59869191364429320432009-06-18T19:10:57.118-07:002009-06-18T19:10:57.118-07:00They don't, of course, revoke the Jewishness o...They don't, of course, revoke the Jewishness of born Jews who do bad things, even evil, horrific things.<br /><br />Not that I'm eager to claim Charles Taylor nor that I really believe he is sincere.<br /><br />But converts end up serving as a sort of conduit for all kinds of anxieties about Jewish identity and Jewish values.chingonanoreply@blogger.com