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It seems to me that the ADL wants to practice what it preaches that Ann Coulter may not practice: to identify another's theology as inferior.
.Ann Coulter may be a political pundit but she clearly knows very little about religious theology
...While she is entitled to her beliefs, using mainstream media to espouse the idea that Judaism needs to be replaced with Christianity and that each individual Jew is somehow deficient and needs to be "perfected," is rank Christian supersessionism and has been rejected by the Catholic Church and the vast majority of mainstream Christian denominations.
Of course Christians believe the Judaism needs to be replaced with Christianity, otherwise we would not be Christians. Equally, Jews do not believe that they should be converted to Christianity because they believe Christianity is an inferior theology, otherwise they would convert.
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What Deutsch did was reprehensible.
Deutsch's scheme was transparent, he intended to build his ratings by introducing controversy. On a deeper level, he sought to discredit and Coulter and by extension Republicans and conservatives by making her appear intolerant. On yet a deeper level, Deutsch was trying to move the goal posts of American discourse.
If you watch the Skirmish on You tube, you will clearly see that Deutsch ambushed Coulter and he did so for the motives outlined above. What do I mean when I say he was trying to move the goalposts of American discourse? It means that Deutsch was trying to establish as the norm is tribe's version of interfaith etiquette as opposed to my tribe's version.
A Christian is biblically mandated to proselytize. A Jew is not, nor is the idea of propagating the faith part of the Jewish tradition. It is certainly part of the Christian and Muslim tradition. For a Christian to decline to witness the "good news" is not just derelict but sinful. This is as much a part of America as Chautauqua and for an Coulter to carry the message on the airwaves-which so antagonized the ADL-is the modern extension of the Chautauqua tradition.
That tradition is not Deutsch's tradition nor is it the tradition of the ADL but they want us to adopt their tradition and forsake our own. To accomplish this goal Deutsch engaged in an ambush and the ADL came on like a jackal. The ADL wants everyone to practice religion their way. And to get their way, they and Deutsch falsely accuse practicing Christians of being intolerant. And Coulter did not, for example, suggest that " Jews are inferior to Christians...." She referred to a biblical doctrine and not to Jews or their "deficiencies", nor is the need for "perfection" limited to Jews. Ann Coulter did not open the discussion rather she several times tried to deflect it but it was Deutsch who repeatedly brought it back to Jews, and to himself, and accused her of the invidious judgments. He put Coulter in a position of having to forsake her faith or break the Deutsch/ADL politically correct taboo.
If Deutsch and the ADL get their way, Christians lose their way, that is, their path to God. Nearly as bad, they would make it illegitimate to practice Christianity. They would make us choose between our doctrine and a new kind of political correctness which says that you must forsake your faith rather than offend.
That is why what Deutsch did was reprehensible.
