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askjumblr · 1 month

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Hi! I'm a prospective convert and currently something of an atheist. Basically, I believe in the divine as a concept, and I believe that certain actions are in themselves holy (feeding the hungry, healing the sick, etc.), but I don't believe in the existence of a higher power. I haven't properly studied Torah yet, but I worry that I would not be able to study in a meaningful way since I would not literally believe in the Torah. I worry that this would make conversion functionally impossible.

I know that it's possible to be a Jewish atheist, but my understanding is that Jewish atheists are typically born Jews. I can't picture a rabbi taking on a conversion student who does not believe in God and is therefore unable to accept the Torah.

Being that I'm an atheist and expect to continue being an atheist, should I just give up on the idea of converting, or is there a meaningful way to convert without belief in a divine being? Any advice on navigating this? (If anyone has book recommendations, I'm prepared to do a lot of reading.)

OP does not mention what movement they intend to convert under. Please state your FOR and identify which movements you are discussing clearly 😊

#jumblr #ask jumblr #judaism #jewish conversion #jewish convert #conversion to judaism #conversion #atheist jew #belief in g-d #belief in hashem #agnostic jew

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jewish-witch-bitch · 5 months

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ABOUT THIS BLOG/ABOUT ME

My name is Kadin or my Hebrew name ניצן (Nitzan), I use moon/it/he/grave/את/הוא pronouns, I am 20 years old, I am agender, pansexual, ambi, and possibly on the aromantic spectrum. I converted to Judaism. I would like to keep an online diary about more studying I do. Feel free to ask questions!

BYF

Absolutely no discourse, bigotry or fakeclaiming is tolerated here; this is my space and I'm not here to debate, fight with anyone or intentionally piss anybody off, I'm not here to spend my time arguing with randos on the internet. Tone tags are not only preferred but highly encouraged, if not required most times! I can't believe I need to say this and disclaimers truly kill me on the inside but just because I reblog something from somebody or talk to something doesn't automatically mean I 100% agree with everything they say or do or their beliefs on every single opinion be fucking for real.

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General DNI criteria, racists, -phobes, queerphobes, antisemites, ableists, sanists, anti well researched self dx, exclusionists, TERFS/SWERFS, ped*s/z**s/pro contact paraphiles and any variants, pro ed/sh, pro-israel, anti landback, anti mmiwg2s/mmip, anti black lives matter, anti stop aapi hate, if you don't support indigenous sovereignty and black liberation, abuse apologists, blank/ageless blogs, radqueer/transx identities (transage, trace, transabled, etc.), conservative/prolife/antivax/fascists/right wing/centrists/n*zis, gore, DDLG/CGL, anti sfw agere, anti sw/antikink, more TBA (likely extended).

#dni #about me #about this blog #about my blog #do not interact #byf #before you follow #humanistic jew #jewish #jumblr #judaism #humanistic judaism #reform judaism #reform jew #reform jewish #agnostic #agnostic jew

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apostateoverrubies · 11 months

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Children don't need religion to develop good morals. I'd argue that certain religions get in the way of that because they encourage you to do things because a deity approves and it will lead to you having a good afterlife or whatever. And I don't know about you but I find that to be self-serving.

Not to mention, the fact that religion can advocate for immoral things.

Let's just teach children to be good just because.

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jewishboricua · 6 months

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every time i see someone exclude, mock or ignore queer religious people's existence (whether from bigoted religious people or bigoted queer people) i think it should be perfectly acceptable for us to punch them in the face for that

#bonus points if the person is NOT christian (queer jew in progress here!)#yes i saw smth bigoted earlier btw #queer jews #queer muslim #queer christian #queer religion #queer sikh #queer hindu #queer buddhist #queer people of faith #also yes i love queer atheists and agnostics. that's for a different post though #lgbtq and religious #aggie talks #jumblr #jewblr #<- target audience

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blahdiblahblah · 1 year

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gingerswagfreckles · 11 months

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the way everyone on this site just assumes all atheists r ex-christians is really fucking gross lol. and frankly just goes to show how christian-centric 99% of you still are.

#atheism #atheist #agnostic #agnostisizm #judaism #like 70% of jews r athiests u ignorant dicks lol. and like 80% of athiest philosophers r jewish #tho major atheist thinkers come from every culture and religion that exists. fucking obviously. u narrow minded idiots??#atheists and agnostics and rational thinkers come from all kinds of religious backgrounds its literally the oldest worldview #a lot older than any religion lol #like why do u think everyone who doesnt think like u has to be a broken version of what u already are. shut up shut up shut UPPPP #none of u know 1 single thing about history or science or culture or anthropology and it fucking shoooows #~culturally christian~ for the love of fuck please stop using this term none of u know what it means #sorry i got hatemail #gingerswagfreckles #jewish history

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erela-tsisdu · 1 year

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I swear the last few culturally xtian atheists I’ve run into have been like

“All the Abrahamic faiths are bad”

“But while xtianity abused me I know real chill xtians & I prefer to judge individuals rather than the whole faith”

“Jews are violent, bloodthirsty, genocidal bigots tho. I read your fairy tales in your Torah. This is okay for me to say because I’m queer.”

//says nothing about Islam

#jewish #judaism #jumblr #antisemitism #islamophobia #atheist antisemitism #atheist islamophobia #blood libel #abuse mention #goyische culturally xtian atheists y’all need to stop #stop using your marginalized identities as an excuse to be antisemitic & islamophobic #sincerely #a queer agnostic jew

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welcometotheravenclawcommonroom · 7 months

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My dad all year: fairly secular like the rest of us, doesn’t keep kosher, doesn’t really observe Shabbat, the occasional temple service.

My dad on Yom Kippur: *putting on a kippah* hello family yes I am fasting and don’t ask me money questions. I am now extremely devout for the next 24 hours

#mod des #😂😂😂#not super religious jews on Yom Kippur be like #ah shit I better set this year up right #like bruh if G-d is real he can definitely see you eating that bacon and sinning the rest of the year😂#no judgement tho I just think it’s funny how my dad without fail every year #finds G-d but only on the high holidays 😂#I try to do Shabbat every Friday night just as a comforting ritual because I’m pretty agnostic #and I host picnics for all the holidays except this year for new years stuff I’ve just been so busy with the new semester #and a new apartment #and there was a wedding that we got back from late Friday so I couldn’t plan anything for Rosh Hashanah #but anyway my dad does like the whatever the Jewish version of Pascal’s wager is but only on holidays 😂#I can’t fast for medical reasons even if I wanted to tho lmao

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graymatteradvocate · 4 months

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#maybe im a lil dumb but i dont get the whole lilith debate #i was born a jew #u tellin me the circumstances of my birth grant me the privilege of naming myself lilith?#and ive thought about it #i might #but it gets me thinkin yk?#what if i never engaged with judaism?#i do and i might want to do it more #but what if i were an agnostic jew?#what if i wanted to name myself lilith but i had bad experiences with religion?#what if i even resented my jewish upbringing?#what is the qualifier here?#what makes this suddenly ok?#how devout would you say id have to be in order to make naming myself lilith socially acceptable?#should i be practicing kabbalah?#would i be villified for questioning this?#maybe i disagree and believe lilith is perfectly acceptable a name for a gentile trans woman?#wouldnt it be antithetical to the exploration aspects of judaism to deny a differing opinion?#but i can certainly see myself being harassed for that opinion #probably accused of lying about being a jew #who knows?

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hairtusk · 4 months

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happy 'we'll have satanic christmas eve' to all those who celebrate

#lazing around with my bf drinking lots of beer listening to lots of music having lots of sex #merry christmas eve (he's an atheist and i'm an agnostic jew)#our fourth holiday season as a couple !#i'm ridiculously happy :')

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tinderfishboy · 1 year

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God is real and he wants us all. If anyone was going to live forever it was going to be leonard cohen and he died years ago and it was a mercy. So close your eyes and open your heart and take what you will of the world. Worlds. Take what you need babylove take whatever you want. Take what you damn well please. Cause god is real and in us all and he wants you. He wants us and he is coming for us so you may as well suck the world dry of whatever it is you want out of it. Its time to embrace mortality. God may love you but god will not save you. God knew his power and so he took him from us. Do not expect yourself to be the exception. Take and take and take of the world. You do not decide when you have had enough, so why limit yourself? God wants you and he will have you. Try not to worry about it.

#leonard cohen #i am so drunk #late addition im an agnostic jew. christians can interact but be normal

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platos-tabloid · 23 days

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#religion #agnostic #athiest #christianity #christian #islam #muslim #judaism #jew #Hinduism #hindu #sikhi #sikh #jainism #jain #paganism #pagan

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shittygaypornmagazine · 1 year

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christmas is approaching a tiny apartment in which lives a gay agnostic, a pansexual witch, a bisexual jew with a norse pagan mother, a trans buddhist who is very angry about the body they have been reincarnated into, and an atheist. please send help. our defenses against mariah carey are very limited.

#christmas is fine as a concept #but like why #why is it everywhere #I do not feel the spirit of christmas I do however smell the pine trees and smell the sufganiot #witch #norse pagan #panseuxal #bisexual #gay #atheist #agnostic #jew #not christian #not a single one #christmas #mariah carey #unfrosting

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mommybard · 1 year

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Are... You okay after drinking all of that monster?

Half convinced that the reason that g-d won't come down here and FIGHT ME YOU FUCKING COWARD is because I survived an ungodly amount of monster. If that can't kill me what hope does their crotchety ass have

#the other half is just that im an agnostic jew #nonhorny asks

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eccentricextrovert · 1 year

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when people say the wheelers aren’t jewish it kills me because these are literal screenshots from s1 guys come on are you blind

nancy wheeler is on cher horowitz levels of jewish american princess and the ONLY thing holding her back is being middle class

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tmmylovejoy · 2 years

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When I found out about Technos passing this tweet was one of the ones that hit me the hardest. May his memory be a blessing.

#as a fellow agnostic jew watching sophie tweet about jewish mourning rituals has really really hit home #i hope he is resting well and that all his friends and family are doing ok #technoblade

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