Scripture also speaks of the Lord's love for the Jews. The example given by scripture is that Paul tries to witness to the Jews even as they try to stone Him.
Anybody who construes a passage of scripture as an excuse to persecute the Jews has failed to understand a major part of scripture. They've failed to understand:
I'm not denying that selective scripture has been used by anti-semites. But to do so was evil.
How many times were you told in sunday school that the agony of christ was in no small part his rejection and persecution by his people. And don't you be fibbin' to me now, you know perfectly well that this is a fundamental part of christian doctrine.
Their rejection caused him agony because He loved them so much. How you construe that into a mandate to kill Jews, I don't know. The agony of Christ was never presented as a reason to hate Jews in any of the churches I've ever been to. Jesus asked the Father to forgive them for they know not what they do, how can we do less?
Oh, well, and that paints the jews in such a fine, positive light, doesn't it?
Anybody who construes a passage of scripture as an excuse to persecute the Jews has failed to understand a major part of uscripture. They've failed to understand:
* The promise to Abraham to "bless those............ ..... ............. ............... ........... ... .............. ............. .........
Well now, whose surprised that the old testement doesn't go out of it's way to dishonor jews? It's the gospels, which were rendered in a manner to gain christian converts from the jewish population that put on the full court press.
I'm not denying that selective scripture has been used by anti-semites. But to do so was evil.
...and ever so easy, given that that was why it was written the way it was.
Their rejection caused him agony because He loved them so much. How you construe that into a mandate to kill Jews, I don't know.
Gee whiz, it is just so knowable, isn't it? Maybe good christians streamed out of easter sermons to kill jews in local ghettos in eastern europe with such regularity for 400 years by pure random chance. It couldn't have possibly had anything to do with graphic pictures implanted in people's heads from the pulpit of jewish crowds mocking and injuring jesus as he dragged his cross up the hill. I guess it's just going to have to remain a total mystery.
I can't believe that I'm inclined to side with liberals on anything, but...
How do you explain the dinosaur bones dating back millions of years? Do you take Adam and Eve literally or figuratively?
There were some very prescient aspects to the biblical story. For example, God created water before he created land. It was only millions of years later that scientists concluded that life began in the sea and then worked its way onto solid ground.
Coincedence? Maybe. Maybe not.
What the heck do I know? I don't have a beard or wear a robe or sandals.