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starman_
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 Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:10 am Post subject: In the Name of Christianity |
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Whether it was the Crusades, or, most horrific of all, the Holocaust -- Christian anti-Semitism paved the way for these atrocities. Is it any wonder that the name of Jesus is not loved by Jews -- and that the cross is, for them, a symbol of persecution?
After the age of the apostles, the theory arose that God was through with the Jews, that the Church was the New Israel and that the Jews were being punished for the crime of killing God. Later, when Christianity became the state religion, this theology was used as the basis for anti-Jewish policies. In time, the Jews were blamed for every calamity. A case in point is the Black Death, said to have been caused by the Jews poisoning the wells. In the name of Jesus unimaginable atrocities were committed: Jews were humiliated, deprived of their rights, baptised by force, burnt at the stake -- thousands upon thousands of them. Christian festivals, such as Easter, were sometimes chosen as a time to attack Jews. While burning the Jewish population in the synagogue in Jerusalem, the Crusaders sang 'Christ, We Adore Thee'.
The truth is that the Jewish people have suffered more violence from Christians in the last 2000 years than from any other group. Modern-day Christians all share in the responsibility for the continuous persecution of the Jews down through the ages. Regardless of your Christian tradition or denomination, your spiritual roots go back to the Early Church.
The Christian may have forgotten the past, but your Jewish brothers and sisters have not. Hated, hunted, massacred down through the ages, the Jew has become a symbol of Jesus Himself. But through all of this, the Jews have forgiven and have come to love their Christian brothers and sisters.
Source: http://www.cdn-friends-icej.ca/antiholo/comm2000.html
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But actually loving others like you want to be loved? I don't know a single person that accomplished that, other than Jesus Himself.
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Thousands upon thousands of Jews have accomplished this.
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Is it fair to say: We can make ourselves treat people the way we want to be treated, but, it's impossible to make ourselves love anyone?
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It's fair to say that you you question the words of Jesus. You have just insulted the entire Jewish Nation in the name of Christianity. Jesus said, "love your enemies as yourself". Do you think for one minute that Jesus would have said this if he didn't believe it was possible? Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:41 am Post subject: |
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Whatchoo talking bout, willis?  |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: In the Name of Christianity |
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But actually loving others like you want to be loved? I don't know a single person that accomplished that, other than Jesus Himself.
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Thousands upon thousands of Jews have accomplished this. |
No human being has ever accomplished it perfectly.
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Is it fair to say: We can make ourselves treat people the way we want to be treated, but, it's impossible to make ourselves love anyone?
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It's fair to say that you you question the words of Jesus. |
It's fair to say you are talking out of something other than your mouth.
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| You have just insulted the entire Jewish Nation in the name of Christianity. |
Where do you get these little crazy ideas? Your last two statements are self-contradictory anyway. If I questioned the words of Jesus than I certainly wouldn't be making some kind of point 'in the name of Christianity," would I.
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| Jesus said, "love your enemies as yourself". Do you think for one minute that Jesus would have said this if he didn't believe it was possible? Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes. |
Of course anything is possible with God's help! Christianity101. |
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| Christianity was never the problem....taking Christianity out of context and injecting ones own imaginations into it were the problem...that and using christianity as a cover for power grabs, as is typically the case. |
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