I mean that what *defines* an atheist's identity is not, of necessity, an explicit rejection of Christ properly understood. Sometimes this may be the case, but on such occasions I do not think the atheist would be distinguishable from the Jew. Rather, the atheist is defined by a rejection of theism simply, if the atheist accepts their identity *as atheistic*, rather than viewing their atheism as a mere accident of who they are. Or perhaps atheism is an accident of their identity, but naturalism is what truly defines them, in which case their identity is a rejection of the supernatural, out of which atheism falls. My point is that, whether atheism is essential or only accidental, this kind of identity is distinct from the kind of identity that is *essentially defined as a rejection of Jesus Christ*, and it is this latter identity that defines the Jew, and it is *because* this is the case that we find an eerie amount of single-mindedness, on certain matters, among the Jews. Jews may disagree on the political strategy - i.e. Zionism vs Communism - but what they all agree on is rejection of Christ. If they no longer reject Christ, they cease to be a Jew - at least in the way that is most notable in our circles. Just as atheists can disagree on progressive vs conservative ideology, but they *can't* disagree, *as atheists*, on the non-existence of God - for to do so would disqualify them as atheists! This is my point about the essence of identity. @Chiro