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To: rom

It took exactly three centuries for Christianity to become tied to the Roman state, and since the Christian scripture blamed Jews for the death of Jesus, that Roman state immediately began making them pay for that alleged crime. To be sure, Jews were low hanging fruit - Rome was already mad at them for two large, bloody, and nearly successful rebellions.

But the scriptures, in blaming Jews for Jesus’ death, are not much less anti Jewish than is the Koran. If Christians have really gone back to Christ’s teachings, then they have skipped back to before the scriptures were written.


19 posted on 12/30/2009 9:22:53 AM PST by Daveinyork
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To: Daveinyork

What are you talking about? Where does it say in the New Testament to kill the Jews or to persecute them?

Factually stating that the Jews killed Jesus (himself a Jew, as are all of the authors of the New Testament minus Luke) is not allowed? Paul writes that the Jews have rejected their Messiah. Yet he states that he himself would rather have his salvation taken from him so that the Jews could have their hearts softened.

You make some radical statements here about the nature of the Scriptures that you cannot back.


20 posted on 12/30/2009 9:39:24 AM PST by rom (Rejoice! The Christ has come!)
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To: Daveinyork

The Scriptures are not anti-Jewish, except that they say that the Jewish Nation was wrong in rejecting Jesus as the Messiah and not acknowledging his Lordship over all nations. In “Romans” Chapter 11, Paul predicts their conversion.


33 posted on 12/30/2009 4:57:10 PM PST by RobbyS (Pray with the suffering souls.)
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To: Daveinyork

The Scriptures are not anti-Jewish, except that they say that the Jewish Nation was wrong in rejecting Jesus as the Messiah and not acknowledging his Lordship over all nations. In “Romans” Chapter 11, Paul predicts their conversion.


34 posted on 12/30/2009 4:57:21 PM PST by RobbyS (Pray with the suffering souls.)
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