Thomas wrote on 11/22/07:

The simple answer to this question of Gideon Mage is given by Jesus himself in the parable of the tares in Matthew 13:24-30: "...An enemy has done this." Jesus certainly did know about the future. Chaim quoted from Matthew 7:16. Just keep reading to verse 23 where Jesus is telling how he will face people on the Judgment Day who will claim to be his followers and he tells them to depart for being workers of lawlessness.

So, Jesus started out with plans for the kingdom of heaven knowing that many false followers would commit atrocities in his name, just as Moses started out giving the law to the people of Israel, knowing what many of them would do with it. Neither can be called a failure.


Sorry I'm just getting to this.

If Jesus knew in advance what would happen in his name, then he is far and away the most evil ba$tard who ever lived on this planet, bar none, and eternal hellfire wouldn't be enough for him.

I'll link UriYosef's article about the anti-semitic NT here:

www.virtualyeshiva.com/co...jewish.swf

Jesus is quoted many times (see article above) lighting into Jews with extreme prejudice, as though he were being paid for each insult. Gentile Christendom has been Jesus' audience historically, not Jews. The NT canon has been and is a book for gentiles. Jesus would have known this. Gentile Christendom has been fed so many lies and slanders against Jews, it's no wonder so many have murdered innocents in Jesus' name the past 2000 years.

If Jesus was all-knowing, how dare he denigrate and slander Jews throughout the gospel accounts and never once make it perfectly clear - once and for all in no ambiguous terms - to his gentile audience to never in a million years persecute his 'fellow' Jews or any other humans including christians?

With just one sentence that could have been repeated several times like other sayings, Jesus could have easily prevented most of Christendom's crimes these past 2000 years. All he had to command was that people who believe in him should never ever in a million years entertain evil thoughts of persecuting others, especially Jews, their children, etc. This is all it would have taken. Never do any wrong to Jews or other fellow humans as this is always wrong, 24-7, no questions asked. Paul could have demanded this of his gentile audience. Repeat about 30 times knowing what the future held. He didn't do it either.

For the record, in no way did Jesus know the future. However, if the argument is that he did - he's easily more evil than Hitler for instigating Christendom's crimes and not doing anything to prevent them.

To equate Christendom's failures with Judaism's is beyond absurd. Whatever Judaism is responsible for is between Jews and God, and is no one else's business. Christendom's actions have intruded upon EVERYONE's business as the massacres committed in Jesus' name cannot in a million years ever be compared to the Jewish nation's insubordination against God alone.

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"He who saves one life... it is as if he saves an entire universe. He who destroys a life... it is as if he destroys an entire universe"

TALMUD - Sanhedrin 4:5

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