I believe that the religious Christian community (including denominations like the Assyrians) is the best friend of the Jewish people.
In most cases, we Jews don't have to offer ourselves up as targets for conversion by our friends.
Forcing us to offer up our children for conversion as the price for this friendhip is like sacrificing our children to Baal as the price of the protection of our community.
Sort of like the beginning of the movie King Kong, when the tribe had to offer up one virgin to Kong every so often so that the tribe could continue to live in peace.
And prayers for the peace of Jerusalem.
Thank you, I hope we continue to be worthy to be called your friends.
Forcing us to offer up our children for conversion as the price for this friendhip is like sacrificing our children to Baal as the price of the protection of our community.
Ew. I certainly hope that we've not tied the two and made the one a condition of the other.
As a Christian I fear my kids will be swayed by another religion. To guard against that, I teach them enough scripture, and I teach them enough about why we believe certain things and don't believe certain things, that they are less likely to be tempted by other groups, because they can always go back to scripture and see what God has said.
I would think you would be doing the same. Of course, the way I see it, Christianity is more compatible with the Old Testament than current Judaism is. So I see where your kids are vulnerable, but in my view, they are only vulnerable because the Jewish scriptures point to Jesus.