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Old 10-30-2007, 01:23 AM   #15
finnmontserrat

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Personally I'm interested in seeing what happens when the Orthodox Jews become the majority in Israel; an inevitability since they have much higher birthrates than the secular population.

Mainly because the state of Israel would finally become Jewish state in the religious sense, and not the secular state the founding fathers of Zionism - all godless atheists - had in mind.

Secondly it would create a major shake-up of the way Israel functions. Secular Jews often accuse the religious community of being scroungers since most are exempt from national service (which interferes with their religious education) and pay very little tax while receiving huge state hand-outs.

The Orthodox Jewish community also seems more anti-Palestinian than the secular community, yet Israel only has an upper hand because of military and economic superiority, which would certainly be eroded were the Orthodox Jews to become a majority (unless they change their way of life that is).
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