Good_Burning_Plastic comments on Is Spirituality Irrational?

Good_Burning_Plastic 27 Feb 2016 16:28 UTC
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If Jewishness is inherited from one’s mother,

Or you can convert into it.

and a person’s great^200-grandmother was more like a chimpanzee than a modern human

I think you need at least a couple more zeroes in there for that to be right.

then on what basis is it reasonable to call that person Jewish?

They or one of their matrilinear ancestors converted to Judaism?
- gjm 27 Feb 2016 23:14 UTC
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  They or one of their matrilinear ancestors converted to Judaism?
  
  In case it wasn’t clear: I was not posing “on what basis …” as a challenge, I was pointing out that it isn’t much of a challenge and that for similar reasons lisper’s parallel question about free will is not much of a challenge either.
- gjm 27 Feb 2016 23:12 UTC
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  you need at least a couple more zeroes
  
  Oooops! I meant there to be three more. Will fix. Thanks.