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Originally posted by ZTAngel
In Judaism, it is believed that children should follow the religion of their mother. So, let's say dad is Catholic and mom is Jewish, the children are technically Jewish.
Is this the same in Catholism, Christianity, and Islam? Do these 3 religions also hold the same belief that children are whatever religion their mother is?
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This is not the case with Christianity. That is, "being a Christian" is not on a paternal or maternal basis. Each human being must choose for him or herself whether or not to accept Jesus Christ as Saviour.
The thing is that, according to an anthropology study I conducted with a Jewish woman, Judaisim is in a bit of a "twilight zone" between being a religion and being an ethnicity of sorts. In my ethnography, my participant explained to me that Judaism runs along maternal lines. She explained this by using her own daughter as an example. Her daughter elected to become a Christian by her own accord. However, because her mother is Jewish, the daughter is automatically Jewish too, even though she chose another religion. That says to me that, in some cases, "Jewishness" isn't always necessarily linked to actual religious ritual practice.
.....Kelly
