Exactly right papabrody. It sounds like hyperbole but I think it Rabbi Singer who said, Hitler was able to destroy the body...but conversion and assimilation does what he could not, destroy the soul.
Now Blaster my friend...
I just had to respond to what you wrote here..
Do you really think G-d would be so cruel to destroy a human beings eternal soul that happens to be a Jew for believing Jesus Christ as Messiah?
Is GOD going to destroy Jewish Souls who embraced ISLAM, Or Hinduism or Buddhism or Agnsoticism or Paganism or Atheism or Wiccan? or is G-d just interested in destroying Jewish Souls that believe in Yeshua? the Christ?
If that is the case...
Well Saul/Paul
Matthew, Mark, Peter,James
Mary of Magdela
Mary and Joseph
All the *First* Jews I guess are damned to soul destruction according to the G-d you believe in....
I guess me and you do not believe in the Same G-d...
I still wish you Peace and Shalom...