"Sorry, once I saw the gentleman was quoting the hateful judgements about the Catholic Church by the former priest, Jim Carroll, I clicked out of the story."
IMHO the article is worth reading to the end as the author goes on to disagree with Carroll and says why he is wrong. He also criticises the Jewish voices who side with Carroll.
The article has a fresh approach which I have not seen taken from a Jewish p.o.v. before.
You forced me to read the article. I was only responding to ZC's posts regarding the church's position on Jerusalem.
While the author's attempt at reaching out is commendable and decent (as was John Paul's), many of the points he makes are sophomoric or disingenuous. For example:
Judaism is not about suffering. It is, in the final analysis, about spreading knowledge of the God of Israel to the world.
That is by no means what Judaism is "about" and never was.
He does make some good points in that we can work together in a pragmatic way to do God's will. Sign me up. I'm all for finding common ground for doing good works.
OK, thanks for the heads-up. I will read it.