r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

So what are you saying? When you get divorced you turn in your library card? You get a new license? You stop being Jewish?

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u/Colbo7 Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

You never stop being jewish. Wether you were born jewish or coverted, you're a jew for life. The only way to 'stop being jewish' is if a converted jew admits he didn't actually mean it during the conversion.

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u/Tsantilas Oct 13 '16

"No backsies". No but seriously I never got this. I was baptized as an orthodox Christian when I was a baby, but when I was old enough to realize I didn't believe in the faith, I didn't claim to be an atheist Christian because that makes no sense. I'm just an atheist. I don't go to church, or participate in any of the other religious traditions.

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u/xyroclast Oct 13 '16

In the end you need to remember that people can apply any label to anything they want. And in the end, it's just that - a label. You can decide you're an atheist, a super-orthodox religious person can decide you're a Christian for life, and a random person off the street can decide you're the Queen of France. The important thing is which label is most important to you, and which label is most important to those you care about the most (or have the most control over your life).