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To: hlmencken3
On your home page you state...

Christians see contemporary Jews through the prism of The New Testament's John 8:44. It probably is that simple.

John 8:44 says...

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Of course, you are welcome to your opinion.

However, from a Christian point of view, you are incorrect. I have never in my life heard any Christian take such a position...read Paul's letter to the Romans if you want to see how Christians view the Jews.

In John, that statement is meant for anyone who is a follower of Satan, be they Jew or Gentile. Actually, the statement is most applicable to followers of Allah.

True Christians look at observant Jews as the true family of God (the chosen people), and see themselves as very fortunate "red-headed step-children."

21 posted on 12/21/2004 8:26:11 AM PST by weenie (Islam is as "dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog." -- Churchill)
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To: weenie
True Christians look at observant Jews as the true family of God (the chosen people), and see themselves as very fortunate "red-headed step-children."

As a Jew who has only a cursory knowledge of Christianity (mostly from friends and from sites like this, for whatever that's worth), this is also my understanding. I wish that many more people, both now and over the last 2,000 years, believed and acted upon the same principle - far less blood would have been spilled.

BTW, the concept of "The Chosen People" is not one of superiority of any kind - and this is one of the most misunderstood concepts in religion. G-d chose Jews to deliver a message to the world through our actions and our way of life, and the Jews at Mt. Sinai accepted the challenge. And make no mistake, it IS a challenge (as is anything of worth). Being a Jew in the traditional sense is not easy; conducting one's self 100% according to the dictates of G-d is actually extremely difficult (if not impossible), and only a few people throughout all of history have come close to doing so. Not even Moses himself was able to attain perfection, as any student of the Bible knows very well. However, perfection is not a requirement of G-d. One must merely improve upon one's self, to make a better person of yourself than you started out as (based on your inclinations, your family history, your upbringing and the society in which you live).

The simple fact is that Judaism provides a place in The World to Come (which you could call Heaven) for ANY non-Jewish person, of whatever faith (or even of no particular faith), who obeys the 7 Noahide laws. That Judaism recognizes that there are righteous people of other faiths is beyond question. It truly is up to each of us - every day, every hour, every minute we have choices to make, choices between the moral and the immoral - and how we choose over the course of a lifetime will determine our ultimate fate.

27 posted on 12/21/2004 8:52:24 AM PST by Ancesthntr
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