Paulie had the common sense to write it dowwn, not broadcast it in the studio of a left-wing fink like Deutsch, and leave himself wide open for a charge of anti-semitism, no matter how spurious.
Interesting that Paulie (look I know it's disrepectful to some, but I feel a know the guy, OK?) was addressing the first big problem Christianity had... i.e, did one have to become a Jew before becoming a Christian, complete with circumcision? As the Romans considered Christianity a Jewish sect, which of course is exactly what it had been up until then, this was an excellent question.
Marketing genius that he was, Paulie wanted to sell Christianity to a bigger market, and did away with the surgical requirements. As far as the "Perfected Jews" idea goes, it has very deep Puritan roots in this country. The founders, especially the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (as opposed to the Pilgrims) considered themselves the latest model of the Chosen People, and were certainly a great deal more tolerant of Jews than they were of Catholics or Quakers, even to the extent of having rabbis on the faculty of Harvard and Yale to teach the new ministers proper Hebrew.
However, none of this is to defend Annie, who needs a good long rest in the country and to stop dating Andrew Stein, who does need a great deal of perfecting .. probably not at first as a Christian. Working that jerk up to human would be a better idea.
“...considered themselves the latest model of the Chosen People...”
For a minute there, I thought you were referring to Southern Baptists!
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