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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
I wonder how easy the Jews throughout history have thought being devout was?
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Who is persecuted is really dependant on who is in power... and who is in power is both a function of time (t) and position (x, y).
jews, native americans, christians, "heretics", muslims, black people, scientists, philoshophers...the list goes on of groups that have been persecuted.
Historically, it has been very difficult to disown "your people", due to language barriers, etc. it would be at a very minimum extremely difficult to disown your jewish heritage/family and become part of the dominant class.
allow me to provide a hyperbole...a jewish raised man under the rule of the egyptians is no more likely to become an upstanding member of the egyptian society than a black man on a plantation was to wake up and be "white".
back to reality, you cant really compare the historical journey of a race with your life today in western society.