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To: ArrogantBustard
BTW, did you know that every year, every faithful Catholic everywhere in the world hears the Passion narrative, in its entirety, at least twice per year, at church?

I do not fear faithful Catholics. They are not responsible for the sins and failings of their forebears. They should at least acknowledge them though. Faithful Catholics know that antisemitism is sin. They know that Yeshua of Nazareth and Miriam his mother are Jews according to the flesh. The noblest of them would lay down their own lives to save those of the least of Yeshua and Miriam's brethren. I have to believe this. I will believe this.

124 posted on 02/20/2004 1:19:43 PM PST by af_vet_1981
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To: af_vet_1981
The noblest of them would lay down their own lives to save those of the least of Yeshua and Miriam's brethren. I have to believe this.

You should believe it ... it's not just a pious hope, it's an historical fact. The Catholic monasteries, convents, churches, and private homes of continental Europe took in and provided forged papers for as many Jews as they could, during WWII. Sometimes, they tried to provide cover for too many Jews and got busted by the Gestapo. In such cases the lot, Catholic and Jew alike ended up in the camps. Meanwhile, the hierarchy had to delicately parse their words: Say too much, and the Nazis get even more riled up than usual, say too little and your message doesn't get out.

130 posted on 02/20/2004 1:32:23 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Chief Engineer, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemens' Club)
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