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To: Natural Law
(OLD REGGIE) "I addressed your claims only"

But you did not refute them. You only stated claimed that it must be OK because others have done it too. The bottom line is that there is a reason that German antisemitism ran deeper among the Protestants than Catholics and that reason was the biases of the so-called reformers.

Of course your claims were refuted. The ROOT of anti-semitism began with the Catholic Church and the Popes well before Luther or Calvin were born.

Do you understand the meaning of the word "root" in the context in which you used it?

Dictionary.com Root:

7. the source or origin of a thing: The love of money is the root of all evil.
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The following is completly untrue (a lie).

"You only stated claimed that it must be OK because others have done it too."

I never said, claimed, or even intimated anti-semitism was OK.

If you find it impossible to be truthful I can see no reason to continue with this discussion.

114 posted on 07/09/2010 9:27:32 AM PDT by OLD REGGIE (I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: OLD REGGIE
Of course your claims were refuted. The ROOT of anti-semitism began with the Catholic Churc

Why is that, in your opinion? Is it because the Catholic Church believes and teaches that she is Israel? And that she has replaced Israel in God's eyes?

I'm trying to understand. Thanks

115 posted on 07/09/2010 9:34:27 AM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Defending the Indefensible. The Pride of a Pawn.)
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To: OLD REGGIE
"The ROOT of anti-semitism began with the Catholic Church and the Popes well before Luther or Calvin were born."

Don't attempt to prove your point with the same methodology of incomplete information and out of context quips that are so often used here to defend Protestant dogma. Antisemitism predated the Catholic Church by more than 1500 years. There are many historical examples within ancient Egyptian, Phoenician, Greek and Roman history.

Blaming the disproportionate German Protestant antisemitism on the Catholic Church is as vacuous and Obama blaming all of his problems on Bush. 400 years after Luther published his books condemning Jews and Judaism and Calvin preached against them from his pulpit they bear burden of the fruits from seeds they planted and encouraged.

116 posted on 07/09/2010 9:54:33 AM PDT by Natural Law (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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