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What if G-d was one of us

I was born believing in G-d. It wasn't my choice to be Jewish and I don't think I would have been if my parents weren't. Being brought up with a religion in your home changes the way you look at things, it did for me at least. From the beginning I was part of a community, I had special traditions I did everyday or at least every week and a history that wasn't necessarly mine but my people's. It's not easy to explain to a non-jew what that means since most other religions are based on the only fact of believing whilst Judaism has a lot of different things connected to it. Jews are a people not a religion. Where ever I go I can always find people that have things in common with me, it makes it easier for me to go to different places and explore the world. Jews are considered to be a wandering people and for me it has been a good thing. I don't have one home, I have three and if I wanted to move somewhere else I know I can find people to get along with just because of my religion.
I like to think that I got to choose my religion but to be honest I didn't. There have been times when I didn't really believe in G-d and only found religion as a pain in the a**e because it limited me. I couldn't eat what I wanted, see my friends whenever I wanted and I was always different. However, these doubts disappeared and I realised the importance of this. I am just a part of the chain in judaism. If I stop keeping it, who is gonna keep the traditions we've had for many generations? I've never got to choose my religion but I am not angry because of it, I am thankful. The same way as people are raised with the morals of their parents, so am I. The only difference is that my parents morals come from a religion and there are other people in the world sharing those morals.
I wouldn't choose to be born non-jewish. Judaism has given me a family, tradition and values that I think are sensible. It might be a fuss sometimes with all the differences from non-jews but that makes me special. I used to want to be normal but if I was like everyone else, I wouldn't be me. It might be fair to let your kids choose to believe but I am happy that my parents raised me believing. I had a choice but since I've seen how much it can give people to believe I've chosen my parents way and I hope to one day give my kids the same chance as I've got- to take part of a history starting thousands of years ago and take part of the jewish family.

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