Some xians seem to think Anti-Semitism is nothing more than "demonic evil" and "the wrath of G-d." Anti-Semitism is a HUMAN EVIL and it is
NOT from G-d at all.....
Here is the origin of the word anti-Semitism:
Quote:
...the word 'antisemitism' was created by an antisemite, Wilhelm Marr [in 1879]. Marr's intention was to replace the German word Judenhass (Jew-hatred) with a term that would make Jew-haters sound less vulgar and even somewhat scientific....Throughout history, antisemitism has been directed against [the religion of] Judaism and its values. ...Until about 1800, the societies in which Jews lived were generally piously xian or Muslim, and so antisemitism focused on Jewish concepts of G-d and law. In the last two centuries, during which nationalism became a dominant value in the Western and Arab worlds, antisemitism increasingly focused on the Jews' peoplehood and nationhood."
Telushkin, "Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History," William Morrow, (1991).
From here, let's take a look at how we can see the xian bible is anti-Semitic....
Quote:
Kaufmann Kohler wrote John's Gospel is 'a gospel of xian love and Jew hatred'.
Quoted in Beck, Mature xianity pg. 248
The anti-semitic comments came from a community and writer with an 'Anti-Jewish self-identification'. This can be seen in J* stating 'your law' (Jn. 8:17, 10:34) and 'their law' (Jn. 15:25).
Quote:
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
John 8:17
J* answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are HaShems?
John 10:34
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
John 15:25
..and for a point of reference, I'm sure you've heard, while sitting at the Seder table during Pesach, the story of the wicked son....If not, I'll explain further. Suffice to say, referring to it as "your" and "their's" clearly means he has separated himself from Judaism.
Quote:
John's gospel 'endangered Jewish lives and the Jewish religion for centuries' by developing replacement theology a religion that superceded Judaism.
Anti-Judaism and the Gospels, (Trinity Press, Harrisburg, PA, 1999) article by David Rensberger, pg. 139.
'John serves as a very sobering reminder that words once written leave their writer's control, and that no one can expect to utter violent words without facing violent consequence. The fourth evangelist's use of such violent language is, in the long view, difficult to defend'.
Rensberger, pg. 152
There is little doubt that the Gospel of John, in general, is the most anti-Judaic book of the xian Bible. The word Jew is mentioned seventy one times in the gospel of John and sixteen times in all the synoptic gospels. The 'world' that the Jews inhabit is used seventy eight times in John and fourteen times in the synoptic gospels. In the other books of the New Testament the word Jew or Jews is rarely used; in the Gospel of John it replaces the use of specific Jewish groups, pharisees, scribes, priests, sadducees and elders.
Richardson, Peter, and Granskou, David, Anti-Judaism in Early xianity, (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1986), article by Granskou, pg. 204.
John claims that the Jews rejected J* (17:9), they refused to believe in him (10:31), they persecuted him (5:16), and they attempted to kill him on several occasions (5:11; 7:1,20,25,; 8:37,40,59). That some Jews rejected J*, refused to believe in him, persecuted him and perhaps tried to kill him may be true, that `Jews' (i.e. all or even most Jews) did so is highly unlikely. In the Gospel of John, the tone toward the Jews is hostile and accusatory.
Thus all Jews are evil. 'Indeed to all intents and purposes the J* of John was almost from the start of his career the target of repeated Jewish murder plots.'
Vermes, Changing Faces, pg. 18.
The 'Jews' are 'blind', 'hard of heart' and a veil lies over their eyes' and they are 'carnal men'. Rudolph Bultmann, the great xian scholar of the Gospel of John and The New Testament describes the term Jew from the Gospel of John as follows:
"The Jews are spoken of as an alien people, not merely from the point of view of the Greek readers, but also, and indeed only properly, from the standpoint of faith: for J* himself speaks to them as a stranger and correspondingly, those in whom the stirrings of faith or of the search for J* are to be found are distinguished from the `Jews' even if they are themselves Jews."
Rudolph Bultmann, The Gospel of John, Page 86.
When the Jews claim they do not know where J* comes from (9:29) they do not know because they cannot know; 'if they knew they would not need to ask; since they ask they can never understand'.
Fredriksen, Paula, From J* to J*, (Yale University Press, New Haven, 198 pg. 21.
Among the many anti-Judaic statements Bultmann probably recalled is J* saying to 'You are from your father the devil, and you prefer to do what your father wants' (Jn. 8:44). John was stating that Judaism is the exact opposite of xianity. Despite John telling us that J* was sacrificed for political expediency instigated by the high Priest Caiaphas (Jn. 11:50) to protect the nation; he claims that J* was killed by the Jews for religious reasons: breaking the Sabbath and blasphemy.
John Townsend stated that 'by the time that the Gospel of John had reached its present form the Johannine community no longer considered itself Jewish. Since the movement of the community was away from Judaism, the Gospels relatively pro-Jewish elements must belong to earlier stages of its development, while the more anti-Jewish aspects would have entered the text with later editing'
Quoted by Mark Goodwin, Farmer, Anti-Judaism, pg. 168.
It is worth noted that community 'considered itself Jewish'. That may be different that the author. It is possible that the original author considered himself Jewish but his later community involved in the book as we read it did not. Alan Culpepper, a noted Johannine scholar stated that the "'intra-Jewish' debate positions do not recognize the extent of the breach with Judaism that is already reflected in John. And John Gager stated that in the Gospel of John those 'within the total framework of the Gospel this [belief in J*] surely means that such individuals cease thereby to be Jews'.
Goodwin, pg. 168.
It appears that the Johannine Community and its Gospel rejecting the Torah basis of Judaism, Judaism's strict monotheism and their replacement theology with J* as the linchpin of their religion they can no longer be called a Jewish sectarian group.
Let's look more closely at a few verses....
Quote:
'I know that you [the Jews] are descended from Abraham; but you want to kill me' . . . .8:40 'you want to kill me', (also Jn. 11:54).
John 8:37
'You [the Jews] are from your father, the devil and you prefer to do what your father wants. He was a murderer from the start, he was never grounded in the truth; there is no truth in him at all. When he lies he is speaking true to his nature, because he is a liar and a father of lies'.
John 8:44
Whoever comes from God listens to the words of HaShem; the reason why you [the Jews] do not listen is that you are not from God'.
John 8:47
Your father Abraham rejoiced to think that he would see my Day; he saw it and was glad'.
John 8:56
Quote:
'John gives the ultimate theological form to that diabolizing of the "Jews" which is the root of anti-Semitism in the xian tradition'.
Ruether, Rosemary, Faith and Fratricide, (Wipf and Stock, Eugene, Pr., 1995) pg. 116
What can one do with the anti-Judaism in the Gospel of John? What kind of ancient 'Jews' would accept the Gospel of John? How many twenty first century xians distinguish between the 'Jews' referred to in the Gospel of John and their neighbors who go to the local Synagogue and help out in the Church's soup kitchen? How do xians connect the above statements with the historical fact that J* and all twelve of his disciples were synagogue going Jews following Galilean Halakha?
Quote:
Rosemary Ruether, a Catholic scholar has stated that the above statements are 'the root of anti-Semitism in the xian tradition'.Ruether, Rosemary, Faith and Fratricide, (Wipf and Stock, Eugene, Oregon, 1995) pg. 116
The charge of deicide has only been rescinded in 1965 at Vatican II, twenty years after the 'Shoah'. The Catholic Theologian editors of 'Anti-Judaism and the Fourth Gospel' state that 'The anti-Judaism is for us evidence of the fact that the human author of John as well as the Johannine community were human persons under the influence of sin. Anti-Jewish elements are expressions of their sinfulness which found their way into the scriptural text. These are crooked lines.'
Bieringer and Pollefeyt, Pg. 41.
Can a text go beyond the meaning of the author? Can an inner-Jewish debate be anti-Judaic? The comparison to the language used by the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls is not really applicable. In the scrolls we do not find the authors refer to 'the Jews' or 'your law'. 'The Fourth Gospel is most anti-Jewish just as the points it is most Jewish'.
Wayne Meeks, quoted in Culpepper, R. Alan, Bieringer, pg. 77
The conflict between the `Jews' and the Johannine community is the central problem in the Gospel of John.
Louis Martyn, History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel, (Abingdon Press, Nashville, 196
We read that 'the Jews, who had already agreed to ban from the synagogue anyone who should acknowledge J* as the J*' (9:22).
What did that mean - 'acknowledging J*'?
Acknowledging J* as a Prophet, as a legal authority, as an ethical teacher, as a one bringing the Kingdom of HaShem? Perhaps believing in a crucified Messiah, as opposed to a live Messiah might preclude being Jewish since the Jewish Messiah was to defeat the Roman evil Empire. The Gospel tells us nothing about the reason for the Ban or its impact. It must have happened at an earlier stage of the community since it mattered to the community. If it happened when the community was already 'xian' it would probably not even be mentioned.
When one asks any fundamentalist xian why their ancestors launched the Holocaust or the Inquisition, ten out of ten will retort that "they weren't real xians."
They will continue, "real xians love the Jews and wouldn't do that." So, what then, do "real xians" believe about Jews?
Real xians care little about Jews on a personal level, but care a lot for Jews on a spiritual level. Real xians will go to any length to convert a damned or hellbound Jew regardless of the fact that doing so means the murder of that Jewish convert to xianity...
Real xians have a love-hate relationship toward the Jews. While believing the original Hebrew Scriptures to be the infallible and inspired word of HaShem (despite the fact that xian interpretations are not accurate according to true, biblical Hebrew), they also believe the xian Bible to be equally, though supersedingly, inspired. Real xians believe the anti-Semitism in the xian Bible to be true. Furthermore, real xians believe that Jews and non-Jews should become one people; one community of faith. Real xians believe they have replaced the Jews as the chosen people.
Real xians believe the Torah is null: "J* is the mediator of a new covenant that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that he has died to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant" (Hebrews 9:15). Real xians regard observance of the Torah as an impossibly futile exercise. To real xians, the Jews are currently in a state of spiritual blindness and rebellion and subject to the wrath of HaShem. Many believe the Holocaust was a payback for the Jew's role in the crucifixion....believe it or not. I've actually seen and discussed this asinine dogma with several "real xians" and they use their own "scripture" as support for this stupidity....
Real xians, as stated above, will go to any lengths to convert a Jew. A converted Jew is awarded special significance; he or she is the fulfillment of the ultimate xian mitzvah. Stupid as this may be, many fundamentalist xian leaders express contrition for the historical abuses against the Jews, their baseline objective has not shifted: Bring the Jews to faith in J* by any means possible....
Today's Jews are a spiritual anachronism for real xians. The fundamentalist theo-political agenda has no room for pluralism or tolerant co-existence with people of divergent views. You are in or out, saved or lost, redeemed or damned. All non-xians are in darkness and need a savior. All non-xians must hear the message of salvation. Belief in that imperative keeps the money flowing to fulfill the Great Commission to reach all the world.
How is this new goal to convert Jews by introducing "Messianic Shuls" any different than the evils done 50, 500, or 1,000 years ago? The answer: There is no difference! Perhaps the real xians could love Jews a little less and justice Jews a little more....
We not only find anti-Semitism in the gospels but in Paul's writing especially within these verses below:
Quote:
But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to G-d and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed in the law, and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth-you then who teach others, will you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law, do you dishonor G-d by breaking the law? For, as it is written, "The name of G-d is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
Rom. 2:17-24
J* was dead when Paul began his missionizing....It was Paul who inspired the gospel writers.
Here are just a few more passages from the Gospel of Anti-Semitism/Anti-Judaism....
Quote:
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matt 3:7
And therefore did the Jews persecute J*, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. But J* answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that G-d was his Father, making himself equal with G-d.
John 5:16-18
After these things J* walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
John 7:1
Can anyone say "false witness?"
When I read this one (John 7:1) I am reminded of a friend I once had who would cross the street if a black man was coming towards him. He was jumped by a group of black people in high school and had fear since then though I didn't understand why he would think ALL black people were like those who hurt him.
Above, J* will not "walk in Jewry" because of the lie that Jews sought to kill him. Whatta load of nonsense!
Quote:
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
John 8:51
For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of G-d which in Judaea are in Chr*st J*: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they [have] of the Jews: Who both killed the Lord J*, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not G-d, and are contrary to all men.
1 Thessalonians 2:14-15
But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
Acts 13:50
I think this now says it all...xianity is inherently anti-Semitic especially after reading not only Paul's writings but reading J* own words and the recorded account of those words in the GT.
Other sites to read:
http://www.sullivan-county.com/n...mitism.htm
http://www.sullivan-county.com/i...killed.htm
http://www.sandrawilliams...g/ANTI/anti-semitism.html
http://www.religioustolerance.org/jud_pers.htm
Here is the origin of the word anti-Semitism:
Quote:
...the word 'antisemitism' was created by an antisemite, Wilhelm Marr [in 1879]. Marr's intention was to replace the German word Judenhass (Jew-hatred) with a term that would make Jew-haters sound less vulgar and even somewhat scientific....Throughout history, antisemitism has been directed against [the religion of] Judaism and its values. ...Until about 1800, the societies in which Jews lived were generally piously xian or Muslim, and so antisemitism focused on Jewish concepts of G-d and law. In the last two centuries, during which nationalism became a dominant value in the Western and Arab worlds, antisemitism increasingly focused on the Jews' peoplehood and nationhood."
Telushkin, "Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History," William Morrow, (1991).
From here, let's take a look at how we can see the xian bible is anti-Semitic....
Quote:
Kaufmann Kohler wrote John's Gospel is 'a gospel of xian love and Jew hatred'.
Quoted in Beck, Mature xianity pg. 248
The anti-semitic comments came from a community and writer with an 'Anti-Jewish self-identification'. This can be seen in J* stating 'your law' (Jn. 8:17, 10:34) and 'their law' (Jn. 15:25).
Quote:
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
John 8:17
J* answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are HaShems?
John 10:34
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
John 15:25
..and for a point of reference, I'm sure you've heard, while sitting at the Seder table during Pesach, the story of the wicked son....If not, I'll explain further. Suffice to say, referring to it as "your" and "their's" clearly means he has separated himself from Judaism.
Quote:
John's gospel 'endangered Jewish lives and the Jewish religion for centuries' by developing replacement theology a religion that superceded Judaism.
Anti-Judaism and the Gospels, (Trinity Press, Harrisburg, PA, 1999) article by David Rensberger, pg. 139.
'John serves as a very sobering reminder that words once written leave their writer's control, and that no one can expect to utter violent words without facing violent consequence. The fourth evangelist's use of such violent language is, in the long view, difficult to defend'.
Rensberger, pg. 152
There is little doubt that the Gospel of John, in general, is the most anti-Judaic book of the xian Bible. The word Jew is mentioned seventy one times in the gospel of John and sixteen times in all the synoptic gospels. The 'world' that the Jews inhabit is used seventy eight times in John and fourteen times in the synoptic gospels. In the other books of the New Testament the word Jew or Jews is rarely used; in the Gospel of John it replaces the use of specific Jewish groups, pharisees, scribes, priests, sadducees and elders.
Richardson, Peter, and Granskou, David, Anti-Judaism in Early xianity, (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1986), article by Granskou, pg. 204.
John claims that the Jews rejected J* (17:9), they refused to believe in him (10:31), they persecuted him (5:16), and they attempted to kill him on several occasions (5:11; 7:1,20,25,; 8:37,40,59). That some Jews rejected J*, refused to believe in him, persecuted him and perhaps tried to kill him may be true, that `Jews' (i.e. all or even most Jews) did so is highly unlikely. In the Gospel of John, the tone toward the Jews is hostile and accusatory.
Thus all Jews are evil. 'Indeed to all intents and purposes the J* of John was almost from the start of his career the target of repeated Jewish murder plots.'
Vermes, Changing Faces, pg. 18.
The 'Jews' are 'blind', 'hard of heart' and a veil lies over their eyes' and they are 'carnal men'. Rudolph Bultmann, the great xian scholar of the Gospel of John and The New Testament describes the term Jew from the Gospel of John as follows:
"The Jews are spoken of as an alien people, not merely from the point of view of the Greek readers, but also, and indeed only properly, from the standpoint of faith: for J* himself speaks to them as a stranger and correspondingly, those in whom the stirrings of faith or of the search for J* are to be found are distinguished from the `Jews' even if they are themselves Jews."
Rudolph Bultmann, The Gospel of John, Page 86.
When the Jews claim they do not know where J* comes from (9:29) they do not know because they cannot know; 'if they knew they would not need to ask; since they ask they can never understand'.
Fredriksen, Paula, From J* to J*, (Yale University Press, New Haven, 198 pg. 21.
Among the many anti-Judaic statements Bultmann probably recalled is J* saying to 'You are from your father the devil, and you prefer to do what your father wants' (Jn. 8:44). John was stating that Judaism is the exact opposite of xianity. Despite John telling us that J* was sacrificed for political expediency instigated by the high Priest Caiaphas (Jn. 11:50) to protect the nation; he claims that J* was killed by the Jews for religious reasons: breaking the Sabbath and blasphemy.
John Townsend stated that 'by the time that the Gospel of John had reached its present form the Johannine community no longer considered itself Jewish. Since the movement of the community was away from Judaism, the Gospels relatively pro-Jewish elements must belong to earlier stages of its development, while the more anti-Jewish aspects would have entered the text with later editing'
Quoted by Mark Goodwin, Farmer, Anti-Judaism, pg. 168.
It is worth noted that community 'considered itself Jewish'. That may be different that the author. It is possible that the original author considered himself Jewish but his later community involved in the book as we read it did not. Alan Culpepper, a noted Johannine scholar stated that the "'intra-Jewish' debate positions do not recognize the extent of the breach with Judaism that is already reflected in John. And John Gager stated that in the Gospel of John those 'within the total framework of the Gospel this [belief in J*] surely means that such individuals cease thereby to be Jews'.
Goodwin, pg. 168.
It appears that the Johannine Community and its Gospel rejecting the Torah basis of Judaism, Judaism's strict monotheism and their replacement theology with J* as the linchpin of their religion they can no longer be called a Jewish sectarian group.
Let's look more closely at a few verses....
Quote:
'I know that you [the Jews] are descended from Abraham; but you want to kill me' . . . .8:40 'you want to kill me', (also Jn. 11:54).
John 8:37
'You [the Jews] are from your father, the devil and you prefer to do what your father wants. He was a murderer from the start, he was never grounded in the truth; there is no truth in him at all. When he lies he is speaking true to his nature, because he is a liar and a father of lies'.
John 8:44
Whoever comes from God listens to the words of HaShem; the reason why you [the Jews] do not listen is that you are not from God'.
John 8:47
Your father Abraham rejoiced to think that he would see my Day; he saw it and was glad'.
John 8:56
Quote:
'John gives the ultimate theological form to that diabolizing of the "Jews" which is the root of anti-Semitism in the xian tradition'.
Ruether, Rosemary, Faith and Fratricide, (Wipf and Stock, Eugene, Pr., 1995) pg. 116
What can one do with the anti-Judaism in the Gospel of John? What kind of ancient 'Jews' would accept the Gospel of John? How many twenty first century xians distinguish between the 'Jews' referred to in the Gospel of John and their neighbors who go to the local Synagogue and help out in the Church's soup kitchen? How do xians connect the above statements with the historical fact that J* and all twelve of his disciples were synagogue going Jews following Galilean Halakha?
Quote:
Rosemary Ruether, a Catholic scholar has stated that the above statements are 'the root of anti-Semitism in the xian tradition'.Ruether, Rosemary, Faith and Fratricide, (Wipf and Stock, Eugene, Oregon, 1995) pg. 116
The charge of deicide has only been rescinded in 1965 at Vatican II, twenty years after the 'Shoah'. The Catholic Theologian editors of 'Anti-Judaism and the Fourth Gospel' state that 'The anti-Judaism is for us evidence of the fact that the human author of John as well as the Johannine community were human persons under the influence of sin. Anti-Jewish elements are expressions of their sinfulness which found their way into the scriptural text. These are crooked lines.'
Bieringer and Pollefeyt, Pg. 41.
Can a text go beyond the meaning of the author? Can an inner-Jewish debate be anti-Judaic? The comparison to the language used by the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls is not really applicable. In the scrolls we do not find the authors refer to 'the Jews' or 'your law'. 'The Fourth Gospel is most anti-Jewish just as the points it is most Jewish'.
Wayne Meeks, quoted in Culpepper, R. Alan, Bieringer, pg. 77
The conflict between the `Jews' and the Johannine community is the central problem in the Gospel of John.
Louis Martyn, History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel, (Abingdon Press, Nashville, 196
We read that 'the Jews, who had already agreed to ban from the synagogue anyone who should acknowledge J* as the J*' (9:22).
What did that mean - 'acknowledging J*'?
Acknowledging J* as a Prophet, as a legal authority, as an ethical teacher, as a one bringing the Kingdom of HaShem? Perhaps believing in a crucified Messiah, as opposed to a live Messiah might preclude being Jewish since the Jewish Messiah was to defeat the Roman evil Empire. The Gospel tells us nothing about the reason for the Ban or its impact. It must have happened at an earlier stage of the community since it mattered to the community. If it happened when the community was already 'xian' it would probably not even be mentioned.
When one asks any fundamentalist xian why their ancestors launched the Holocaust or the Inquisition, ten out of ten will retort that "they weren't real xians."
They will continue, "real xians love the Jews and wouldn't do that." So, what then, do "real xians" believe about Jews?
Real xians care little about Jews on a personal level, but care a lot for Jews on a spiritual level. Real xians will go to any length to convert a damned or hellbound Jew regardless of the fact that doing so means the murder of that Jewish convert to xianity...
Real xians have a love-hate relationship toward the Jews. While believing the original Hebrew Scriptures to be the infallible and inspired word of HaShem (despite the fact that xian interpretations are not accurate according to true, biblical Hebrew), they also believe the xian Bible to be equally, though supersedingly, inspired. Real xians believe the anti-Semitism in the xian Bible to be true. Furthermore, real xians believe that Jews and non-Jews should become one people; one community of faith. Real xians believe they have replaced the Jews as the chosen people.
Real xians believe the Torah is null: "J* is the mediator of a new covenant that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that he has died to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant" (Hebrews 9:15). Real xians regard observance of the Torah as an impossibly futile exercise. To real xians, the Jews are currently in a state of spiritual blindness and rebellion and subject to the wrath of HaShem. Many believe the Holocaust was a payback for the Jew's role in the crucifixion....believe it or not. I've actually seen and discussed this asinine dogma with several "real xians" and they use their own "scripture" as support for this stupidity....
Real xians, as stated above, will go to any lengths to convert a Jew. A converted Jew is awarded special significance; he or she is the fulfillment of the ultimate xian mitzvah. Stupid as this may be, many fundamentalist xian leaders express contrition for the historical abuses against the Jews, their baseline objective has not shifted: Bring the Jews to faith in J* by any means possible....
Today's Jews are a spiritual anachronism for real xians. The fundamentalist theo-political agenda has no room for pluralism or tolerant co-existence with people of divergent views. You are in or out, saved or lost, redeemed or damned. All non-xians are in darkness and need a savior. All non-xians must hear the message of salvation. Belief in that imperative keeps the money flowing to fulfill the Great Commission to reach all the world.
How is this new goal to convert Jews by introducing "Messianic Shuls" any different than the evils done 50, 500, or 1,000 years ago? The answer: There is no difference! Perhaps the real xians could love Jews a little less and justice Jews a little more....
We not only find anti-Semitism in the gospels but in Paul's writing especially within these verses below:
Quote:
But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to G-d and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed in the law, and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth-you then who teach others, will you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law, do you dishonor G-d by breaking the law? For, as it is written, "The name of G-d is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
Rom. 2:17-24
J* was dead when Paul began his missionizing....It was Paul who inspired the gospel writers.
Here are just a few more passages from the Gospel of Anti-Semitism/Anti-Judaism....
Quote:
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matt 3:7
And therefore did the Jews persecute J*, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. But J* answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that G-d was his Father, making himself equal with G-d.
John 5:16-18
After these things J* walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
John 7:1
Can anyone say "false witness?"
When I read this one (John 7:1) I am reminded of a friend I once had who would cross the street if a black man was coming towards him. He was jumped by a group of black people in high school and had fear since then though I didn't understand why he would think ALL black people were like those who hurt him.
Above, J* will not "walk in Jewry" because of the lie that Jews sought to kill him. Whatta load of nonsense!
Quote:
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
John 8:51
For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of G-d which in Judaea are in Chr*st J*: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they [have] of the Jews: Who both killed the Lord J*, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not G-d, and are contrary to all men.
1 Thessalonians 2:14-15
But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
Acts 13:50
I think this now says it all...xianity is inherently anti-Semitic especially after reading not only Paul's writings but reading J* own words and the recorded account of those words in the GT.
Other sites to read:
http://www.sullivan-county.com/n...mitism.htm
http://www.sullivan-county.com/i...killed.htm
http://www.sandrawilliams...g/ANTI/anti-semitism.html
http://www.religioustolerance.org/jud_pers.htm
