Jewish lawmakers threaten walk-out over reference to Jesus

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

[Marysecretary]

Sorry, Illbay, I'm not praying to my "divine parent," and I don't expect any other Christian to do so either.

[malakhi]

They probably pulled this same stuff with the Germans.

What a disgusting comment. If you had any integrity, you'd ask the moderator to remove it.

[Marysecretary]

Thanks TopQuark. I agree with your statement. M

[sinkspur]

Won't He do? Jesus claimed to be God. We Christians believe He is God. So when we are not allowed to pray in His name we are denied our freedom to pray to Him.

The length of this thread, and the number of people who just continually talk past each other, proves that the time for prayer before legislative sessions should be done away with entirely.

Sing "Take me out to the ballgame" instead.

[Marysecretary]

Ooh, Deb. What you said! Preach it, girl.

[windcliff]

ping

[Hacksaw]

Maybe Thor, he was a Greek God right?

Wrong end of Europe - Thor was a Viking God. I always thought Thor and Odin were pretty cool - along with the Viking heaven of Valhalla (fighting and eating all the time, and you heal from your wounds to fight and eat again!). If I wasn't a Catholic, I'd pick the Viking religion or that one where you throw your enemy off the top of a pyramid.

[so_real]

Rather than ask sauropod to defend the position that Jewish people are the "Chosen People" of God -- which is accepted to be true in most Jewish and Christian communities -- why not take a moment to stop typing and start reading for yourselves? I recommend starting here: Google You'll find the information much more valuable if you dig into it for yourselves.

[sauropod]

ty. I am amazed at the igonorance on the forum lately.

[Marysecretary]

A lot of our presidents were Freemasons, however. That's a true statement. George Washington certainly was, even though he was a devout Christian.

[Marysecretary]

Give the man a ceegar!

[aruanan]

Yep. But the Jews are still the historical "Chosen People." As Christians we can never forget that. We should support a truly religious Israel. The secular Israel that exists today we must support while holding our nose.

Well, that goes without saying. The Gentile believers are grafts into the Jewish rootstock. Anyone who has read Romans should know that. Apparently, though, there are a number of Christians--and I have met some of them--who have never turned to that portion of the NT and believe that the "church" has supplanted the children of Abraham as the chosen people. I, however, was raised from earliest childhood to be an ardent Zionist.

[Marysecretary]

I don't think it really had anything to do with their being Jewish. It was more than they were secular and intolerant of Christianity or God period. They were democrats. Need we say more??

[DensaMensa]

} the position that Jewish people are the "Chosen People" of God -- which is accepted to be true in most Jewish and Christian communities

Thanks for the link, but like most FReepers I'd rather see the evidence and think for myself rather than accept something that is prechewed, predigested and pre ---- uhmmm, er, aaaahhhh, well you know what I mean.

[Marysecretary]

"Vain repetition" prayers don't cut it either, saradippity. The Lord's Prayer has its place for sure, but not really as an invocation. I may be wrong but that's how I feel.

[so_real]

ty. I am amazed at the igonorance on the forum lately.
Happy to oblige :-)

[Marysecretary]

(Love your enemy comes to mind, mosby.)

[Marysecretary]

Amen, I agree.

[countrydummy]

I stand by my original post! That is how I feel and how I believe. For me to go against my own beliefs, would for me be committing a horrible sin. Peter denied Christ x3 and never got over it! However, Christ forgave him. But the lesson is there, don't do it! Don't do it for any reason for the scar will weigh heavily on your soul forever more!

[k2blader]

The Gentile believers are grafts into the Jewish rootstock.

Agreed.

I, however, was raised from earliest childhood to be an ardent Zionist.

Would you please define "Zionist" for me? I see/hear that word and confess I'm not sure what it means.