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This is where this thread is posted. As a Jew, I don't go into the Evangelical Christian forum on FR and post all the articles supporting the non-divinity of Jesus.
What a contradiction you present. You claim to "love the Jewish people" but you want them to cease being Jews. That's Satan talk by the way.
Under the threat of death by "Christians," Jews were forced to erase all historical records surrounding Jesus. Some of it still survives, and Celsus retained a significant part of it. There are several major studies from the Hebrew University and other scholars that verified much of the surviving fragments as true because the sources were so diverse but the narrative the same.
If you want to view Jesus as your Christian messiah, that's your choice. Jews won't because we were specifically warned not to fall for that in Torah. "Replacement theology" doesn't apply to Jews.
I know you're new here, but this thread was NOT posted like you think. It was placed in the RELIGION forum but having a "keyword" of Judaism does not make it a Judaism forum (or Judaism Caucus). There is also the word "Protestant" in the keyword list for this thread, it didn't make it a Protestant forum either. I have no problem if FReeper Jews want to have a Judaism Caucus and post threads. I have no desire to post to those just like I stay out of Catholic Caucus threads. But this thread was NOT posted that way (the one who posted it in the first place is a Catholic - that should give a hint). Regardless, "Caucus" threads on the Religion Forum (there is no Judaism Forum) should not compare beliefs or speak in behalf of a belief outside the caucus. So this one, because it talked about Lutherans and Martin Luther's anti-Jewish writings wouldn't have been permitted to BE a Judaism Caucus thread. Is that more clear now?
And JFTR, I deplore the way the Jewish people have been treated over the millennia. I don't condone it at all. It is certainly never a way to evangelize them for Jesus. I understand that the Jews have predominantly rejected Jesus as their Messiah and I believe it is because there is a veil of confusion over their eyes due to their unbelief and disobedience. Of course, nearly ALL of the early followers of Jesus WERE Jews and there are thousands of Messianic Jews today who believe in Him, too, and for good reasons. One day that veil will be lifted and eyes will be opened to Him as the true Messiah. I will continue to pray for that day and for the peace of Jerusalem.
P.S. I don't believe in Replacement Theology. God is not finished with His people (see Jeremiah 31. Shalom.
Do you have any links to articles about what Hebrew University and other scholarly Jewish sources say about the suppression of Jewish documents about Jesus?