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You are "right". I am born of a mixed household to a Christian mother and Jewish father. Because of this, I am not counted among the Jews even though I converted when I was a child because the conversion was not stringent enough for the Orthodoxy. My issue is that the Torah is very clear about not adding or removing from the law, and the Talmud, while useful as a source of reference material when settling cases (case-law precedent, much like a US Supreme Court opinion/ruling) it is not the LAW. Only the TORAH is the law. Incidentally, it is because they told me I'm not a Jew because of my mother that I actively disbelieve the entire program they are peddling. The entire Torah is patriarchal, why suddenly do we look at the mother? I believe this was a manmade means of destroying the truth of Israelite heritage and lineage. Sure, the women were blamed for leading Israelites astray, but what if the mother doesn't do that? Regardless, I learned by this experience.
I am sincerely flawed and often too stubborn to let go of my personal desires. I still fall into imperfect behaviors. But I also acknowledge that I am a work in progress. I live in exile, among "Egyptians". My girlfriend is not Jewish at all, yet the Torah commands us to marry our people. However, there are also laws regarding virgin women of other groups (Moabite survivors, women taken through conquest, etc) so there is a precedent for my relationship, albeit a stretch. I know better than to try and fool God, He knows all.
Whether or not their mother is an Israelite, it will be up to me to deprogram my bloodline from the sinful ways I have myself known. If my children can be taught to love God and His Torah, I have done my job.
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An aside:
I recently learned that the Gematria for TORAH is 611. There are 613 Commandments. Two commandments were not given through Moses: the first two were heard directly. Thus, the Torah is only 611+2 from the Almighty Himself.
