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To: Ancesthntr

The fate of Christianity is described in Obadiah and Ezekiel 35.

Ishmael eventually repents while Esau remains hard-hearted.


164 posted on 11/09/2015 9:54:48 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto
Ishmael eventually repents while Esau remains hard-hearted.

I think that we are seeing some of that hard-heartedness here - not that most people on this thread are being unkind, mind you (they most certainly aren't), but their steadfast defense of Christianity's historical crimes related to and originating with many attempts to convert Jews is a bit disturbing to me, as a Jew (and, frankly, to me as just a plain old human being).

Historically speaking, Christianity has made an incredible effort over the course of nearly 2 millenia to convert the Jews, to bring "the Good News" to the Jewish people. I'd say that this means that they have, as a group, obeyed the word of their scriptures to spread the word. But, since that effort has led to nothing but heartache, misery and massacres on a scale that dwarf anything historical that ever appeared in the Bible, maybe it is time for a change. After all, insanity is defined as doing the same thing, over and over again, and still expecting a different result. I believe that it is time for Christians as a whole to say:

"Hey, we had the very best of intentions, and gave it our very best shot for nearly 2,000 years to convert the Jews, but given the really horrible unintended consequences that resulted from that effort, maybe we should just let the Jews be themselves, practice the same religion that Jesus practiced and believed in, and let them live in peace for once. We owe them that much, at least."

169 posted on 11/09/2015 10:25:14 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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