I've been assuming for the past few years that the anti-Jewish (not
anti-Semitic, as the Jews are not the only Semitic race) prejudices
are exacerbated because Christians know that they have tried to steal
the God Jehovah who chose the Jews as his people, but Jesus Christ, a
Jew born the Son of God whose only interest was in the Jews, from
them. We paint pictures of Jesus (and Mary) in our own racial
background colourings) assume that what either Jehovah or Jesus said
to and regarding a Jewish people residing in a middle eastern country
applies to us, wherever we live. Not that we don't pick and chose. I
don't think I've ever heard of a Christian family that keeps the
Levitical food laws (if I did, I"d regard it as an extreme oddity).
I blame it all on Saul / Paul, who didn't have much sense of person or
place, particularly his own, in the grand scheme of things.
The only times Jehovah paid attention to other peoples and nations was
if they interfered with the Jews. In which case he visited divine
wrath upon them and / or told the Jews to kill them all. Jesus didn't
preach to non-Jews and didn't want any of his disciples to, making
particular note that Gentiles were to be strictly avoided.
Christians are, by analogy, the less favoured children of god (or
children of a different god?). He cared only for the Jews. Time for
the Howards of the world to get over it and find a decent religion of
their own and stop trying to get even with the favoured children for
being favoured.
--
r.bc: vixen
Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher, etc..
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless. Really.
I can't speak for anti-Semites or anti-Jews, but I and those I prefer
to follow, are only concerned with a relatively small cabal of people
who hide behind the anti-Semite claim like the ADL - they use that
term as a shield for their rather nefarious activities worldwide. They
are extremely racist, do not integrate with other cultures in which
they find themselves, seek to corner economic advantages and to
influence international affairs according to their own agenda. Many
of them call themselves orthodox, but they are basically the same type
of people that Jesus pronounced condemnation upon as in Matthew 23,
and are the ones who demanded his crucifixion.
--
Howard
all going to hell anyway if you dont worship blue #2, n sell your soul
to yellow #5....
WHAT??? no fried shrimp in heaven???? no Catfish either???
aw hell!