Whereas most religions actively seek to recruit people to share their beliefs and to belong in their communities, this one screens out and often forbids people from joining their faith on the sole basis of genetic ancestry and ethnic background. Who can get away with this kind of behavior these days? Isn’t this blatant racial discrimination? I wonder why/how this doesn’t even raise an eyebrow in our media.
Membership of this highly selective club (0.2% of the world population) must carry its benefits…
Interesting related article by the British magazine The Economist:
