To: af_vet_1981
Can it be quantified?
One can extrapolate from enough anecdotal evidence.
I grew up in a heavily (though not majority) Jewish neighborhood in New York City. Attended universities with large Jewish populations. Have long lived in a heavily (though not majority) Jewish neighborhood in Los Angeles. And have work in media and entertainment alongside many Jews for decades (though now retired).
Plus, I was often mistaken for Jewish by Jews. I apparently have Jewish features, and Jews are as prone to stereotyping as anyone else. Which meant that Jews occasionally made remarks to me, whom they thought to be a fellow Jew, that they would not have made with gentiles present.
Yes, many Jews do harbor animosity toward Christianity.
There is a double standard. When Christians hurt Jews, it's "anti-Semitism." When Jews hurt Christians, it's "anti-Semitism" to mention it. (Much like it's "racist" to mention the harm that blacks inflict on whites.)
To: Angelino97
Ah, so that is your source of animosity for the Jews; decades of resentment because those you knew did not show you the love of God, which was their calling and duty. If you truly love(d) the Messiah you would love them and not be their public adversary. You cannot give what you do not have, yet as long as you have life you can obtain it.
Romans 11:
[25]For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
[26] And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
[27] For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
[28] As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
[29] For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
[30] For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
[31] Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
[32] For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
131 posted on
03/18/2025 4:07:44 AM PDT by
af_vet_1981
( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
To: Angelino97
Yep. Lived near the “Rez” in a significantly Jewish town. Extended family are married in jews. Like any other group when you live cheek and jowl any presuppositions vanish.
Lived with all flavors of reform and conservative.
Hell the girl next door had a Bubby arrange her marriage at age 14. To a surgeon in training. The rock was 3k.
They didn’t want to mix. A d we didnt.
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