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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: What means "chosen"?
Message-ID: <101@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 23:10:42 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 29 23:10:42 1985
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Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
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I've seen a lot of traffic in some other newsgroups debating whether
or not the Jews really are "G*d's chosen people".

I sense that some gentiles resent what appears to them to be Jewish egotism,
without even understanding what we mean when we claim to be chosen.  I myself
am not sure what it means.

	What exactly does it mean to be "chosen"?  Chosen for what?
	What is the significance of this description?
	Does a convert to Judaism become "chosen"?  How so?
	What does it say about the Jews' relationship with G*d?
	What exactly is the status of the "nonchosen"?
	What does this imply about G*d's relationship with non-Jews?

Frank Silbermann