“It’s a complete contradiction.”
How so?
“It’s always been Palestine never been Israel.”
Got some evidence of that?
What was ‘Palestine’s capital city?
Who were its kings, presidents, chiefs?
What did its flag look like?
How was its currency denominated?
Show us a few examples of its postage stamps.
“The cohen argument works against you because if you all are descendants of ancient Jews you’d all be cohens.”
Nonsense; that doesn’t follow at all.
I’d simply offered the CMH discussion to illustrate the point that your claim: that the common Jewish assertion to have descended from the ancient Hebrew tribes “is on a level with believing in Santa Claus” — was itself a steaming pile of horse manure.
And the CMH provided a perfectly sound example.
Doesn’t mean that every Jew is descended specifically from Aaron the High Priest — since Aaron was himself but one of many Israelites of his day. But the CMH paradigm clearly does give the lie to your lame attempt to discredit the claim that today’s Jews descend from the Israelites.
“If dna can’t determine ancestry then again you contradict yourself with cohen.”
Quit trying to put words in my mouth. I didn’t say it can’t determine ancestry; re-read the pertinent post. The point was that DNA (which is biological) cannot independently determine the LOCATION of one’s ancestry — because location is geography, and geography isn’t biological.
“The majority of self identified Jews are Eastern Europeans. There’s no arguing that”
Of course there is. I’ve already SHOWED you that your assertion is garbage. Did you even READ what I wrote? The Israeli Jewish majority has absolutely NO European ancestry (let alone, Eastern European) whatsoever.
“If you shared more dna with each other then how do you explain Ivanka Trump the newly minted Jewish woman?”
What is it that needs explaining for you? She’s a convert; you knew perfectly well that I was referring solely to those born to Jewish parents. Stop playing dumb; it really doesn’t become you, and nobody’s fooled by the gambit.
“So if you convert to Judaism does your DNA change too?”
No, but if — in keeping with Jewish practice — you raise your children as Jews, and if they continue the practice with THEIR children, then it stands to reason that the genetics of their line will eventually reflect that fact. Aint rocket science, bubba.
Again, I really must ask: are you really this blockheaded & shallow — or are you just putting us all ON?
