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April 14th, 2014 
David Schulberg Ed Miliband has professed that he does not believe in God – but says he does still have ‘faith’.
The Labour leader, speaking about his religious beliefs in detail for the first time, said he would be the ‘first Jewish prime minister’ if he wins the next election.
But he said his faith, which is ‘part of who I am’, is compatible with being an atheist, claiming that like many religious believers, he hopes to ‘change the world’.
David Cameron, who spoke about his own faith this week, is the only one of the three party leaders to say he believes in God, as Nick Clegg is also an atheist.
But during his tour of Israel and the West Bank, Mr Miliband distanced himself from the last Labour government which, in the words of spin doctor Alistair Campbell, did not ‘do God’.
Britain, he said in an interview, is a ‘Christian country’ despite declining observance, and he strongly believes religion ‘nourishes people’.
He said: ‘I have a particular faith. I describe myself as a Jewish atheist. I’m Jewish by birth origin and it’s a part of who I am.
‘I don’t believe in God, but I think faith is a really, really important thing to a lot of people. It provides nourishment for lots of people.
‘In terms of faith for me, it’s a faith about how you change the world. And that is actually true for a lot of religious people as well.’
Faith, he said, has an ‘important place in society’ and he added that many faith schools do an ‘incredible job.’
Mr Miliband’s Jewish parents were not practising, but he has spoken about the impact their experience fleeing Nazi persecution had on his decision to go into politics.
‘It’s obviously relevant to me, and I hope to members of the community aswell, that I would be the first Jewish prime minister if we win the election’, he said yesterday.
The Victorian Conservative Benjamin Disraeli, who coined the term ‘One Nation’ that is now a Labour mantra, is often remembered as the first, as he was born to Italian Jewish parents.
But he was baptised as an Anglican aged 12 when his father left the religion – which would later enable him to run for parliament in 1837, from which Jews were excluded until 1858.
Source Article from http://www.dailystormer.com/ed-miliband-confirms-that-the-jew-is-a-race-and-not-a-religion/
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