Jewish lawmakers threaten walk-out over reference to Jesus

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | April 3, 2003 | Diana Lynne

[auggy]

???

I don't have a clue now. I read #415 and agree. I am not sure as to what you are saying.

What I mean is the christian minister should say his prayer without having to alter it in any way. It was the Jewish that were being intolerant. Which is B/S.

Let's say I moved to Israel. I would not expect them to change in anyway, the way they pray, by the fact that I was in the same room. Which they would not do anyhow. If, I expected them to, I would be an intolerant butthole.

[Just mythoughts]

I keep hearing that phrase being use "Judeo-Christian principles". When exactly did that phrase become in existence?

To require one to ignore Christ is by government officials is against the Constitution. Government is not to determine ones beliefs.

Why is it ok for Christians to be told what is ok and not to believe? To say and not to say? Whom to pray to and not to? Christians are not second class citizens.

Looks like the offence was to Christians from government.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Baruch Haba Bashem Adonai Yeshua HaMoshiach

Exodus 15:1-3 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

Revelation 15:3-4 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

[Jn316]

Jesus went to the cross and died a grusome death for us.

The least we can do is mention His name when praying.

[mc10]

i believe that i understand your point and you, of course, are right...sorta...but the country was founded by a bunch of Christians and we have done pretty well living according to, for the most part, the culture and traditions of Christianity...i have never and probably will never understand people who are anti-jewish...the attack on the liberty notwithstanding where as you know the jews intentionally *slaughtered* 34 members of the crew and wounded, crippled, and mangled dozens more...mostly a bunch of Christians...but yet i and most Christians support and are protective of the courageous and resourceful people of israel because we believe the jews hold a unique position within our beliefs...we must support israel because the jews and their coming and staying home is necessary to meet prophecy...so relax and be comfortable with the fact that a bunch of Christians in a country founded on Christianity and yes, God, will never fail the jews...even though we will suffer and have suffered for it...and may suffer a nuclear war as a result of our determination that the jews must stay and prosper right where they are...can you say that of any other country in the world?...all religions, even Christianity, should be allowed to, when opening a session of congress, lead prayer according to their beliefs...the objections by the jews to closing a Christian prayer with "in jesus name ...." etc. is wrong and i got a nagging feeling that you know that...wrong and yes SHAMEFUL

[Chancellor Palpatine]

This thread is wretched and has degraded to such an extent that I'm reluctant to even bump it up by one post. That being said, I'll put it like this - in the tact and decency department of this thread, if ignorance is bliss, then you have strived very hard to reach the highest state of nirvana. Some make thoughtless and inconsiderate statements out of naivete, but like most paleos, you do so deliberately, pretend you didn't mean the arrogance and condescension of your words - and then you get defensive when you're called on it.

I won't post again to this thread - you want the last word, take it.

[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

"two Jewish lawmakers threatened to stage a boycott of the legislative session if the phrase was not removed."

Guys, Let'em go. Who needs intolerant buffoons making laws anyway. Peace and love, George.

[Just mythoughts]

Yes the overcomers sing the Song of Moses which is recorded in Deuteronomy 32:

Wonder how many Christians are taught what the overcomers "Christians" will be singing?

1. "Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

2. My doctrine shall drop as the rain,
My speech shall distil as the dew,
As the small rain upon the tender herb,
And as the showers upon the grass:

3. Because I will publish the name of the LORD:
Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

4. He is the Rock, His work is perfect:
For all His ways are judgment:
A GOD of truth and without iniquity,
Just and right is HE.

5. They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children:
They are a perverse and crooked generation.

6. Do ye thus requite the LORD,
O folish People and unwise?
Is not HE thy Father that hath bought thee?
Hath HE not made thee, and established thee?

7. Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of many generations:
Ask thy father, and he will shew the;
Thy elders, and they will tell thee.

8. When the MOST HIGH divided to the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of Adam,
He set the bounds of the People
According to the number of the children of Israel.

9. For the LORD'S portion is His People;
Jacob is the lot of His inheritance.

10. He found him in a desert land,
And in the waste howing wilderness;
He led him about, He instructed him,
He kept him as the apple of His eye.

11. As an eagle stirreth up her nest,
Fluttereth over her young,
Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them,
Beareth them on her wings:

12 So the LORD alone did lead him,
And there was no strange GOD with him.

13. He made him ride on the high places of the earth,
That he might eat the increase of fields;
And He made him to suck honey out of the rock,
And oil our of the flinty rock;

14. Butter of kine, and mild of sheep,
With fat of lambs,
And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the fat of kidneys of wheat;
And thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

15. But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked:
Thou are waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness;
Then he forsook GOD Which made him,
And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

16. They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods,
With abominations provoked they Him to anger.

17. They sacrificed unto devils, not to GOD:
To gods whom the knew not,
To new gods that came newly up,
Whom your fathers feared not.

18. Of the Rock That begat thee thou are unmindful,
And hast forgotten GOD That formed thee.

19. And when the LORD saw it, He abhorred them,
Because of the provoking of His sons, and of His daughters.

20. And He said, I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end shall be:
For they are a very forward generation,
Children in whom is no faith.

21. They have moved Me to jealousy with that which is not GOD;
They have provoked Me to anger with their vanities:
And I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a People;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

22. For a fire is kindled in Mine anger,
And shall burn into the lowest hell,
And shall consume the earth with her increase,
And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

23. I will heap mischiefs upon them;
I will spend Mine arrows upon them.

24. They shall be burnt with hunger,
And devoured with burning heat,
And with bitter destruction:
I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them.
With the poison of serpents of the dust.

25. The sword without,
And terror within,
Shall destroy both the young man and the virgin,
The suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

26. I said, I would scatter them into corners,
I would make the remembrance of them to cease from
among men:

27. Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy,
Lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely,
And lest they should say, 'Our hand is high,
And the LORD hath not done all this.'

28 For they are a nation void of counsel,
Neither is there any understanding in them.

29. O that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would consider their latter end!

30. How should one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Except their Rock had sold them,
And the LORD had shut them up?

31. For their rock is not as our ROCK,
Even our enemies themselves being judges.

32. For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,
And of the fields of Gomorrah:
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter:

33. Their vine is the poison of dragons,
And the cruel venom of asps.

34. Is not this laid up in store with Me,
And sealed up among My treasures?

35. To ME belongeth vengeance, and recompence;
Their foot shall slide in due time:
For the day of their clamity is at hand,
And the things that shall come upon them make haste.

36. For the LORD shall judge His People,
and repent Himself for His servants,
When He seeth that their power is gone,
And there is non sut up, or left.

37. And He shall say, 'Where are their gods,
Their rock in whom they trusted,

38. Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offerings?
Let them rise up and h elp you,
And be your protection.

39. See now that I, even I, am HE,
And there is no god with ME:
I kill, and I make alive;
I wound, and I heal:
Neither is there any that can deliver ou of My hand.

40. For I lift up My hand to heaven,
And say, I live for ever,

41. If I whet My glittering sword,
And Mine hand take hold on judgement;
I will render vengeance to Mine enemies,
And will reward them that hate Me.

42. I will make Mine arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword shall devour flesh;
And that with the blood of the slain and of the captives,
From the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

43. Rejoice, O ye nations, with His people;
For He will avenge the blood of His servants,
And will render vengeance to His adversaries,
And will be merciful unto His land, and to His people.

[CCWoody]

If there was no way to make a prayer that would be acceptable to all involved, I might see your point. But in this case there are points of congruence between Christian, Jew and Muslim.

Even Buddhists and Hindus use the generic term "God" to mean deity.

A prayer to God would have been appropriate. ~ Illbay

Mormon, your foot is slipping! A prayer to God without making such a prayer in the name of Christ is a prayer to nobody. It would be as if I was praying to block of wood or perhaps the "doublemint twins".

Of course, I'm not the least bit suprised that most people find this offensive. The Lord never was interested in being domesticated.

Woody.

[carton253]

How is saying "In Jesus name" getting in anyone's face?

[Delphinium]

So how can it be that Christians are supposed to pray ONLT to Jesus????

Christians pray to God in the name of Jesus.

[DED]

Thanks for the excellent input.
This is why I like this forum. Educated well read people in a forum where you can learn from some of the posts.
(Compare with DU where almost none of the people sound like they've ever read a history book.

[drstevej]

***The Lord never was interested in being domesticated.***

Great line, CCW!

[The Bard]

Jewish lawmakers threaten walk-out over reference to Jesus

Let her walk. When the time comes, it will be Jesus I'll stand before, not the "Jewish Lawmaker".

[carton253]

Well, since Jesus is God, we actually pray to the Father in the name of the Son. (But you already knew that... I was just clarifying)

[FrankR]

"They should have removed references to Jesus."

I can just about guarantee that if they had a Arab preacher in there, and he mentioned "Allah"...they would have kept their politcally correct mouths shut.

Christians are the only ones who aren't jumping up and down, declaring freedom of religion and all that. Same ol stuff...the libs think they have all the rights, and no one else is allowed

Well, this nation was founded on Christianity, and it ain't done too bad up to now.

[saradippity]

Very interesting post Just My Thoughts.Thanks.

Neverenders this entire thread is good and on point regards a current topic on the Neverending thread. I especially am fascinated with the particular post I "pinged" due to my curiosity about the "overcomers" mentioned in Apocalypse/Revelations 2 and 3.Thought you all might be interested too.

[honway]

Free Republic is an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web.

Would you mind stating which ticket you voted for in the 2000 Presidential election, Bush or Gore?

In the interest of full disclosure, I voted for George Bush.

[TopQuark]

Firstly, an apology: I screwed up; it should have been #431, not 415.

Secondly, I agree with everything you said.

Thirdly, you, as many frame the situation in antagonistic terms and then rightfully get offended.

At the very beginning of this thread I said that I would never walk out under the circumstances. At the same time, one can question why the minister had to insist on this partiocular prayer.

The answer to this question lies in thinking of how we have prayers on Capitol Hill and our armed forces, and yet this issue does not arize. This proves that there are plenty of prayers that do not constitute any "dilution" of Christianity.

People on this thread choose to ignore this simle fact: according to them, any prayer that does not include "int he nane of Jesus" is a dilution of Christianity. I am not a specialist in religion, but this does not look right: all the chaplains in the army and the Capitol Hill cannot be traitors to Christianity.

[sauropod]

I have been watching your posts. I find it highly amusing that you, of all people, accuse me of incitement.

I make the statements I make and I mean every one of them. If I realize that I overstep the line, I apologize to the other person.

Speaking of incitement, when are you gonna change your tagline OPH?

See you around the forum sweetie cups.