tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post1884042172817392265..comments2024-03-19T09:06:21.507-04:00Comments on Irtiqa: Streamlining the gene pool through religionSalman Hameedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-88162281147444331802010-06-11T21:44:21.250-04:002010-06-11T21:44:21.250-04:00I am amazed the study is considered a breakthrough...I am amazed the study is considered a breakthrough... <br /><br />- 200 participants in three clusters out of some 80.<br />- No blank participants were included. These would be, for a proper stochastic evaluation from the locale of where the 247. A comparison with 'non-Jews' is meaningless due to social factors attending the pattern of Jewish lives since the Babylonian expulsion.<br />- More importantly: to prove that Jews are a distinct racial group one would need to include in the ‘study’ Arabs from the Middle East and North Africa - not only Jews.<br /><br />- The study astutely ignored Ashkenazim from the US. There, the variation would probably be staggering and stretches for at least five generations.<br /><br />- The study attempts to prove the 'expulsion' by the Babylonians. We have no record, apart that of the single Jewish 'historian' Josephus Flavius, who is now completely discredited. What we do have is ample evidence in Babylonian, Assyrian, and above all Egyptian documents, several references to the Hebrews being "Semi-Nomadic" tribes.<br /><br />This suggests that the Koestler's theory that the Jews roamed around even beyond the Fertile Crescent, to the periphery of Central Asia seems to be partly and inadvertently validated by the 'study.' Only that the immigration was not from Palestine to Europe, but from Central Asia to Europe. Which would require an investigation whether the Hebrews as semi-nomadic ('Habiru' in Egyptian hieroglyphs) moved about and settled wherever they could feed themselves.<br /><br />Today some Jewish Khazars in the boarders of Central Asia still exist. Many were converted to Islam but the rest remained Jewish. How would that figure if the 'study' included them?<br /><br />The stories and fables of the Hebrews have no basis in archaeology - so far. No one can assert with any material evidence the spread of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judea, the stories about David and Solomon, and other fables that include, according to US and Israeli historians the Exodus itself. It all existed in the minds of the story tellers... <br /><br />The challenge remains: There is not a single evidence to any of these fables: one, a small one, a tiny one!<br /> <br />This does not make the Jews bad or good. They are no better or worse than other human beings, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, and the rest. This, however, makes the Zionists, who falsify history very bad, and their scientists even worse. <br /><br />This is a political study aimed at promoting specific political ideals - but then, it does come from a religious school so no surprise there! The flaws are detectable by a 2nd year student in experimental design.HHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899011794613412385noreply@blogger.com