u/AbiLovesTheology

TW: Mention of antisemitism and physical attacks

Hello all. I am new to learning about the conflict and antisemitism. I live in the UK and there has been quite a few antisemitic attacks recently, which I think are absolutely horrible.

Can someone ELI5 this to me please? Why do some people (some Muslims usually) attack Jewish people or institutions because of what's happening in Gaza/Palestine? I know many Jews don't support what Israel are doing, so why would people equate being Jewish (often Orthodox) with supporting the Israeli government leading to attacks?

I just want peace for all. Thank you in advance.

Hello everyone.

I'm a pro-life student and I'm 24 years old. One of my teachers (let's call them Miss C for anonymity) is very pro-choice and made these arguments about abortion (which is frustrating and confusing, since one of the subjects they teach is biology)

They said that "Zygote is a cell, not an organism, so you can’t say that from conception there is a new organism."

They also said "Unborn are not human beings prior to birth  because they are not responsible for keeping themselves alive. Zygote is not a human organism because it’s not a series of organ systems." They said "it's a human, but not a human being".

They also said that if I wanted I would have to I would have to convince them that the unborn are human beings. Miss C's criteria for a human being is: that you are responsible for keeping yourself alive by doing your inhaling yourself. I would need to convince them that either their criteria is wrong, or that the unborn do meet that criteria from conception. 

They reject the heartbeat argument because it indicates brain activity, not that you are keeping yourself alive.

Miss C thinks that any termination of pregnancy is an abortion, even if the baby will likely live.  

How to respond? I'm just lost for words at this. I think they are very nice and I love their lessons, but they are SO misguided on the topic of abortion.

Hare Krishna.

I wanted to know the best argument why unfertilised eggs are forbidden and non vegetarian. With unfertilised eggs, there is no chance of it developing into a chick, no killing of animals necessarily and eggs are biologically NOT chicken periods. I always avoid eggs and any egg product because I know they are non-vegetarian, but I wanted to know why unfertilised eggs are considered. non-veg. Thank you