Cardinal George Pell on early Jewish intellectualism

Asked why God would reveal himself to a small group of Jews, Cardinal George Pell broaches the topic of Jewish intellectual capacity. QandA host Tony Jones then has a sticky question of his own.

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[StevieTBoy]

George Pell is a great man.

[StevieTBoy]

Oh...Tony. You just can't help yourself.

[stevenflight]

context is a beautiful thing

[verstwo2]

All things being equal, someone with no education in anything intellectual will always be less intellectual then someone with education. Is it really that difficult a point to understand? For example an illiterate person can never be as intellectual as a literate person, no matter their race or religion.

[verstwo2]

Ya, no, you're taking his point out of context. He was saying that the Jews were not as intellectual as others at the time the bible was written. They were not as advance intellectually as many other civilization that surrounded them at the time. Yes, good, Jewish people are quite intellectual now, congrats, point taken. But I must say you are very good a refuting points that weren't made. Can you believe an Atheist is defending a Priest's point? You'd better believe it.

[verstwo2]

nice try tony indeed!

[Patrick Treacy]

Chemistry (32 prize winners, 20% of world total, 29% of US total)

Economics (28 prize winners, 41% of world total, 53% of US total)

Literature (13 prize winners, 12% of world total, 27% of US total)

Peace (9 prize winners, 9% of world total, 10% of US total)

Physics (49 prize winners, 26% of world total, 37% of US total)

Physiology or Medicine (54 prize winners, 27% of world total, 40% of US total)

[Patrick Treacy]

Among women laureates in the four research fields, the Jewish percentages (world and US) are 38% and 50%, respectively. Of organizations awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 25% were founded principally by Jews or by people of half-Jewish descent. (Jews currently make up approximately 0.2% of the world's population and 2% of the US population.)

[Patrick Treacy]

What a complete idiot!

At least 185 Jews and people of half- or three-quarters-Jewish ancestry have been awarded the Nobel Prize,1 accounting for 22% of all individual recipients worldwide between 1901 and 2011, and constituting 36% of all US recipients2 during the same period. In the research fields of Chemistry, Economics, Physics, and Physiology/Medicine, the corresponding world and US percentages are 27% and 39%, respectively.

[Gregcaleb7]

Well no one here is up to it . I mean pell said 2000 years ago where has he been ?it was 3500 Years ago both were like kids Did not know anything about The bible the reason that God Chose the Jews was because He chose there forefathers to Be the chosen people read it My 7 year old knows that ! Calen