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To: RickyJ
Actually, yes some do. A recent Rome newspaper showed a picture of a baby Jesus in the manger surrounded by Israeli tanks asking "Do they mean to kill me again?"

To my Christian friends: you need to understand the history of the church is filled with anti-Semetism. Note that I said history. That is not a reflection of your personal views, nor those of the majority American Christians today.

You may say that those who hold anti-Semetic views aren't "real Christians", and I would agree with you in the sense that they do not follow the teachings of Jesus as I understand them. However, the Christian world generally refers to all of those who call themselves Christians and attend a Christian church, regardless of denomination. Some evangelicals may tell me, for example, that Catholics aren't real Christians, but most Catholics would argue the point. They, and most of the world, see themselves as Christian. Do you mean to tell mt that the Catholic church was never anti-Semetic? I somehow doubt that.

The Rabbi's article is not anti-Christian. It does point out some very real history, and some very dark things were done in Christ's name.

I don't hold today's Germans responsible for the Holocaust. Most of them weren't even born at the time, and many more were just small children. Yet Germans are keenly aware of their history. Those who identify as Christian need to be equally keenly aware of the history of those who went before them and called themselves Christians. Be intellectually honest, please.

6 posted on 04/19/2002 5:20:45 PM PDT by anotherview
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To: anotherview
Many so called "Christians" will say on judgment day "lord, lord, we did many things in your name", and Jesus will say, "depart from me ye that work iniquity, I never knew you."

Jesus knows who truly follows him and loves him. And as you probably already know Jesus is a Jew. However he is not just a Jew, but the King of the Jews and savior of the world.

BTW the New Testament describes true Jews as those that follow the Son of God, Jesus Christ.

16 posted on 04/19/2002 7:07:31 PM PDT by RickyJ
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To: anotherview
Actually, yes some do. A recent Rome newspaper showed a picture of a baby Jesus in the manger surrounded by Israeli tanks asking "Do they mean to kill me again?"

Was this a Christian newspaper?

37 posted on 04/19/2002 11:23:53 PM PDT by niki
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