Pure Mythy

Denying the Jewish religion is denying the Jewish nation. The Jewish people are not a people with a faith. “The Jewish people are a people only because of their faith.” Before Mount Sinai, the Jewish people were not called Jews. Only upon receiving the Torah at Sinai were we established as a people. (Deuteronomy 27:9) The sole reason an atheist is still considered a Jew is because the Torah says that being Jewish is eternal. It is not something one can simply leave behind. While such a person remains liable for their sins, the commandments to love a fellow Jew and the duties Jews have toward one another do not apply to them in the same way. Jewish brotherhood is rooted in being ma’aminim baHashem, believers in G-d. It is a spiritual bond that a convert can become part of, while someone who rejects the Thirteen Principles of Faith places themselves outside that bond. (Rambam, Commentary on the Mishnah, Sanhedrin 10:1) Why does having a Jewish mother make someone Jewish? Only because Jewish law, again, the Torah, dictates as such. (Kiddushin 68b) The only people negating authentic Jewish identity are those who want to separate our souls from the Torah and create an alternative reality where G-d plays no part in being Jewish, but land does. That’s not Judaism. That’s a different religion.