No. I am going to make a statement now. I am Jewish and I’ve been active in the Republican party for years in AZ. I know I am in the minority and I don’t mind when I an left out of prayers because the person who gives it has to end with in Jesus’s name WE pray. I don’t pray in Jesus’s name. All you have to do is say, “In Jesus’s name I pray or in HIS name we pray.” That would be inclusive and respectful. So I stand there and I don’t say anything because frankly, it’s not going to change my life. But after awhile, it’s a bit off-putting. But now, knowing Joan Rivers is Jewish and saying that you hope she accepts Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior? That is beyond disrespectful and I am going to call it out.
Joan Rivers is Jewish, yet the Christian faith says that we ask for Jesus’ help. The Bible says that Jesus is the Son of God therefore you need to accept Him as Lord and Saviour here on Earth BEFORE you stand before the Father. That being said, Joan (God Bless her) will see them both when the silver cord severs.
It’s not being disrespectful to those of the Jewish faith for we are ALL of the House of Israel. You want to see it as disrepectful, well that’s your burden to carry.
Christians are only doing what we are supposed to. Have a problem with it?
Talk to God.
The “We” is believers. It has nothing to do with you. We shouldn’t change our traditions because they offend you. Frankly, I get tired of people getting their hackles raised over the most miniscule of issues. And how is it offensive to pray for a Jewish person? I ask my Jewish friends if they mind me praying for them. Guess what? They don’t care. They thank me because they know I don’t wish them ill. Ridiculous. We want her to recover. We don’t want Satanic goats to eat her heart. You’d think that’s what we have suggested, by the way you’re raising a fuss.
We pray for her to find Christ because we know there is no other name by which men can be saved. Joan has no hope without HIM...and neither do I! Whether you believe that or not doesn’t matter. An embargo on the truth doesn’t change the truth. And withholding the truth to be “respectful” is not loving.
You want the freedom to be Jewish yet would deny us the freedom to be Christians. True Christians want no one to perish without Christ, including you.
Would it be disrespectful to pray for an atheist?