zeebee -- how can you have "utmost respect for different dogmas," when you consider that dogma "antisemitic"? Certainly you don't respect antisemiticism? I don't.
And that you correlated Christian's understanding of the Messiah with the Muslim's demand that you convert or die is ludicrous.
That's the way I saw it. But I'm not looking for a theological extropolation of the concept of redemption and a Messiah, I'm looking to work with our allies to preserve Western civilization.
And Israel gets that support hands down.
When a Christian says that someday the Jews will disbelieve their traditions and come around to the Christian way, that is antisemitic.
Christianity is obviously not antisemitic, but there are fundamental differences between Christian and Jewish beliefs that must be respected.
There are a whole lot of Muslims in this world who are not violent. President Bush does not believe all Muslims are violent. Islamofascists are a different story.
Allow me to correct myself somewhat.
The word "antisemitic" is very loaded and is not appropriate here. Antisemitism implies violence and fascism.
Christians feeling that Jews will someday recognize Jesus as the Messiah is not antisemitic. It is disrespectful of the Jewish tradition, and it is the real reason that more Jews are not Republican, but it is not antisemitism.
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