You have nothing to apologize for; such zeal is a wonderful thing.
Again, I think we are in agreement more than we differ.
My point (before it got derailed by the side discussion of “why do Jewish people mistrust Christians”) is this guy is not very diplomatic.
There is a way to say certain things. For example, I recently regret replying to someone who was kvetching about “C.E.” being used in an article about a ruin in Israel instead of “A.D.” —— my reply was “we use C.E. because “A.D.N.H.” was too long (After Death of Notable Heretic). Not a way to win friends or influence people.
My original points is this:
1. Jewish people are, rapidly, turning conservative. They are very unhappy with the Democrat Party, for all the reasons posters here know about.
2. There is a stigma in the overall Jewish community about conservative Jews, largely stemming from the (mistaken) belief that “conservative” leaves no room for people of any faith but Christians.
3. This guys impolitical statement squarely falls into thos who would promote the false beliefs stated in No. 2.
There is a stigma in the overall Jewish community about conservative Jews, largely stemming from the (mistaken) belief that “conservative” leaves no room for people of any faith but Christians.
What I, as a non-chrstian Noachide, cannot understand, is why so many Jews are obsessed with chrstianity and so solicitous of other false religions. How does defending other false religions from one particular false religion make any sense? Do Jews really feel safer when jihadi moslems or `ovedei `avodah zarah replace fundamentalist chrstians in the government? Even knowing the history between Judaism and chrstianity I do not understand this absolutely fanatical singleness of opposition.
This guys impolitical statement squarely falls into thos who would promote the false beliefs stated in No. 2.
This "impolitical statement" was a sermon and has no more bearing on his fitness for public office in a secular state than does Orthodox Jews' recitation of `al hamalshinim or the actual Halakhah on rescuing non-Jews on Shabbat. One's religion comes first and a society that cannot respect that is already too far gone to worry about.
PM to follow.