Why God Chose the Jews

L.A. Times ^ | 1-14-06 | Andrew Klavan

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Why God chose the Jews

By Andrew Klavan

THERE IS ONE good thing about anti-Semitism: It lets you know who the bad guys are. Right, left, black, white, freak or straight, the minute someone starts rattling on about the evil Jews, you know your train just pulled into Slimeball Station.

All bigotry is wrong, of course, but there's something about this particular form of prejudice that's weirdly reliable as a sign of deeper wickedness. Perhaps it's because the Jews contributed so much to humanity's moral code that to hate them as a race is to despise the restraints of morality itself

Whatever the reason, true, virulent anti-Semitism is such a good indicator of the presence of evil that I'm tempted to believe that when God made the Jews his chosen people, this is what he chose them for: to be a sort of Villainy Early Detection System for everyone else.

Unfortunately, in his infinite love for his creation, I suspect the Big Guy may have overestimated our intelligence. Maybe he thought that after Hitler we'd just, you know, like, get it. Instead, we still see apparently intelligent people appeasing, making excuses for and even embracing the sorts of stinkers who ought to set off the Big Alarm.

That's why I think the system could use more bells and whistles — a loud honking noise perhaps, or closed captioning for the morally impaired. Thus, when Iranian President Ahmadinejad says the Holocaust is a "myth" or Israel "must be wiped off the map," you would hear a loud honk and words would appear in the air below his face: "Hello. I am an evil madman. Please stop negotiating with me now and proceed to cripple my nuclear capability by any means necessary."

[metmom]

"Fiddler on the Roof", IIRC?

[rdb3]

Genesis 21:12 provides a good start into understanding why the Jews are chosen. It's all due to the promise that the Father made to Abraham.

This is a ch__ch. What's missing?

[RVN Airplane Driver]

Take a look at this:

http://www.masada2000.org/impalement.asx

if the bandwith is full..try later not for the faint of heart

[SteveMcKing]

"All bigotry is wrong, of course,"

And most of it is false in today's America.

[Baraonda]

"I was really distressed in church this week when the pastor mentioned the "suffering of the Palestinians",..."

They can't be suffering since, like the remaining 99.99999% of humanity they're not God's "chosen people."

[SteveMcKing]

"I suspect the Big Guy may have overestimated our intelligence. Maybe he thought that after Hitler we'd just, you know, like, get it."

Great piece of writing for a serious journalist... worthy of MTV, certainly. Maybe it will just, like, get an award duuude.

[EveningStar]

GOD NAMES NEXT "CHOSEN PEOPLE"; IT'S JEWS AGAIN

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Great piece of writing for a serious journalist... worthy of MTV, certainly. Maybe it will just, like, get an award duuude.

He's not a journalist, though. He's a crime novelist.

[dennisw]

Thanks. I'm getting that book

[Mr. Mojo]

>>>"Maybe he thought that after Hitler we'd just, you know, like, get it."<<<

"I don't even think the Jews get it, really."

Some do, some don't. .....if you find 10 Jews you'll likely get 10 different opinions on just about every subject. Unfortunately though there are indeed many that haven't learned the lessons of Nazism, and blindly support the most Hitlerian of policies -- gun bans. I've personally known many hoplophobic Jews, but a few trips to the gun range often goes a long way to curing the problem.

[Alouette]

They can't be suffering since, like the remaining 99.99999% of humanity they're not God's "chosen people."

Are you jealous?

[Dark Skies]

I wish I knew where mine was...I loaned it to my sister-in-law and it has moved on to greener pastures. Roy is a great man and his book is the "Seven Story Mountain" for this generation.

He's a real leader (one of God's chosen).

[elcid1970]

I am sick of hearing of the poor suffering Palestinian Arab Muslims.

Geographically speaking, Israel is a mere splinter up the ass of the vast Arab Muslim world.

There are three hundred million Arab Muslims who mostly wish for the extermination of five million Israeli Jews.

WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE DO THE FREAKING MATH!!?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I don't even think the Jews get it, really.

Liberal Jews don't. This is because they chose the golden calf over what Moses had delivered them from and had delivered to them...

[sasportas]

God's chosen people. Chosen for what?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

It is no coincidence Islamic pagans hate Israel, Jews, Christians and Western Civilization. The entire basis of Western Civilization is Mosaic Law, something both the Neo-Pagan Left and the pagan Islamic thugs cannot abide and wish to destroy.

The very idea that human beings have individual rights not subject to the whims of a monarch, but subject to the laws of Yahweh, is directly from Moses.

Historically, this is proven over and over again with the successive conflicts between the forces of paganism and the Judaic culture. It is being played out here and all over the world today...

[Conservative Goddess]

RUN!!!!!!!!!! from that left-leaning church. I ran from the Methodist church years ago because they were embracing Communism and Communists. Sounds like this is the early warning system for your church!!!!!

[Zionist Conspirator]

G-d actually chose Israel as mankind's clergy, but I understand the point the author's trying to make.

Chavez has a lot of big fans among the anarcho-Nazis at "Liberty Forum."

[Conservative Goddess]

Thank You for taking them under your wing...and showing them the truth about firearms. I've had this dicussion on more than one occassion with Jewish friends who are virulently anti-gun. I just don't understand how they can be anti-self-defense....after all that history shows.

[Conservative Goddess]

PING!