Posted by Dena on December 26, 2008, at 23:40:29
In reply to Antisemitism in Christianity, posted by Bobby on December 26, 2008, at 23:12:49
I *like* your good heart, Bobby -- I hear God in your words.
I'm a follower of Jesus (don't call myself a Christian anymore, for a variety of reasons, mainly because I believe it's a manmade religion, and I'm more interested in a relationship with God outside of the artificial restraints of religion).
My husband is Jewish, and also a follower of Jesus (I don't mean offense by using that name -- He goes by many names, Y'shua, Yeshua, Yashua, Isa, Messiah, Savior, Anointed One, etc.).
I do have to say this though, Bobby, and though it grieves me, I must say that Christianity has indeed been quite antiSemitic through the centuries. The atrocities done "in the name of Christ" are legion: killing of "heretics", slaughtering and raping of thousands in the Crusades (both Jews and Muslims), the Inquisition, buring of "witches" for centuries, persecution of the Jews, the Holocaust.
All one has to do is read some of Luther's or Calvin's writings, to see how antiSemitic they were.
It continues to this day, albeit perhaps more subtley, with "replacement theology".
Likely you haven't seen it because your heart is good, and it sounds as though you want to see the best in others. I do too, but after being on the receiving end of being declared a "Jezebel" myself, I did a lot of peering into the history of Christianity -- and what I found was beyond unsavory (such as doctrine being decided by the point of the sword, rather than by the Holy Spirit).
Man's inhumanity to man, evil that comes out of the heart of man, is all too prevalent in the pages of Christian history.
Methinks Jesus wants His reputation back...!
Shalom, Dena
"The unanswered questions aren't nearly as dangerous as the unquestioned answers."
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