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To: DSH

YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY CORRECT, BUT FOR ONE DETAIL, SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION.

GENESIS 12:3
“I will bless those who bless you
And curse the one who curses you;”

NOW, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS A NATION UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, HAS NEVER TREATED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THE DECEDENTS OF ABRAHAM, WITH WHOM G-D MADE AN EVERLASTING COVENANT INHERITED ONLY BY THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, IN ANY DISCRIMINATORY MANNER WHATSOEVER. JEWS, IN AMERICA, ARE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER RESIDENT. THEY ARE NOT FORCED TO WEAR DISTINGUISHING CLOTHING, BARRED FROM PROFESSIONS, OR OWNING LAND, OR KEEPING AND BEARING ARMS, VOTING, OR PARTICIPATING FULLY AND EQUALLY IN CIVIC LIFE, OR SOCIETY.

GRANTED, THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO HATE AND CURSE JEWS, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS THAT DO SO ALSO, EVEN ORGANS OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT, BY “GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT” DO SO, BUT THE LAW OF THE LAND, THE CONSTITUTION, HAS NEVER TREATED THE JEW AS BUT ANOTHER RESIDENT, EQUAL TO ALL OTHERS.

I AM OF THE OPINION, AS A JEW, BORN IN A DISPLACED PERSONS CAMP IN EUROPE AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THAT THIS NON-DISCRIMINATORY POLICY OF THE CONSTITUTION, THIS NATION, IS A VERY REAL AND RARE BLESSING OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THE COVENANT, AND THEREFORE IS RIGHTFULLY BLESSED BY G-D AS HE SWORE TO DO.

OFF HAND, I CANNOT THINK OF ANOTHER NATION THAT HAS SO BLESSED THE DECEDENTS OF THE COVENANT. HOLLAND, CANADA PERHAPS?

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR SURE, EVEN BEFORE ITS FOUNDING.

SO, YES, G-D BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR SHE HAS BLESSED THE PEOPLE OF THE COVENANT.


24 posted on 12/17/2022 2:47:28 PM PST by TigerHawk (The Raised Middle Finger in the Clenched Fist of the World!)
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To: TigerHawk
I declined to read this because I DON'T LIKE BEING SHOUTED AT.

On the other hand, your invocation of Genesis 12:3 does provide some biblical basis for saying that the American people have been "blessed" by God. I'm happy to concede to that. Certainly, those nations who've rejected the Jews, cast them off, or abused them, have paid a price over the course of history.

That said, the claim to which I objected was the painter's assertion that God had entered into a "covenant" with the American people. That is simply not true.

33 posted on 12/17/2022 4:23:27 PM PST by DSH
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