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Yes it helps people successfully operate in the world. Jesus says all who humble themselves will be exalted and all who exalt themselves will be humbl...

Maher makes a good point, but he completely overlooks the bible as a source of anything related to western civilizations/ideals. I think of Samuel's s...

I understand the claim of "nation-race" - or rather "nation people" we should say; one cannot convert into a race. The period between the 11th century...

my position is due to the clear and powerful emphasis that jesus places on the afterlife and avoiding hell. he preaches a hard line. do you disagree?

It helps if you make an argument for your position.

Yet everyone ought to agree that he is/was Jewish. All literature on Jesus is myth? Then on what basis do we form an idea of him? Some things must be ...

You'll have to explain to me how Judaism popularized resentment as its moral foundation. If you ask the Jews I suspect they'll tell you morality consi...

Apparently Hamas is now using sniper rifles on palestinian women and children who were trying to move south to avoid the violence. not surprising as h...

Let's say then "educated in the Jewish tradition" - such a statement seems self-evident to me as Jesus is able to cite Scripture 78 times and draws fr...

I think it's plausible Jesus was educated in the Jewish educational system. Teachings such as "love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you" c...

Hey guys, check out this epic exchange between Ben Shapiro and anti-Israel activist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqD-bwXzWV4 I did watch the Ta-Ne...

It's not just Hamas. There's Hezbollah and Iran and a whoever else opposes Israel. I'm also not fond of the assumption that the Palestinians just are ...

I guess Jesus's teachings could be compared and contrasted with both groups. When I read the gospels I see Jesus primarily critiquing Pharisaic materi...

I just watched "Photographer of Mauthausen" and that focuses on Spanish victims. "Come and See" focuses on Slavic/Russian victims (it is also the most...

Not a simple question. The history trace back around 4000 years, but many of the key religious ideas/concepts doesn't form until the 1st millennium BC...

One could make a case along the lines of national self-determination.

It's common as a mode of explanation throughout the Bible, even on a personal level. Why does King David's infant son die according to ancient biblica...

You say Jews just believe this and "it goes without saying." If anyone is looking for theological anti-Semitism look no further. I am Jewish btw. I ha...

Yes there is a special relationship, but God watches over the entire world. Jews don't know the relations he has with other groups because Jews are ju...

Yes, chosen to carry out the 613 commandments, only 320 of which are applicable without the temple. Chosen to perform such commandments such as placin...

Because Benkei and I were discussing Judaism and Benkei made the claim that Jews/Judaism was "subverted" to being a nation-people as opposed to merely...

Nobody is telling you what you must believe or how you must weigh the ethics of the situation.

It is authoritative for Jews and Christians. It is not just the time spent ruling. The Torah, the meat and potatoes of Jewish religious canon, details...

I am not. When crowds of protestors are screaming "gas the Jews" in Australia or when Jews are being told by police to stay away from these pro-Hamas ...

Yes, it was done by the hand of Pilate. No one is arguing that. Pilate is described as hesitant. All I'm saying is that there's solid biblical grounds...

It is in their Bible. It wasn't until Vatican II in the 1960s that the Catholics officially repudiated the idea. But if one were to just pick up and r...

Once a Jew has accepted the divine revelation of Jesus Christ he has placed himself outside of Judaism. If religion were sport then he would be playin...

Well Jesus critiques the Pharisees (ancestors of the modern day Jews) in the New Testament and then the authors of the NT run with that and go a bit f...

Hm. As opposed to what? The way I understand Judaism is that it has always been bound up in the land of Israel. Our Bible details centuries of Israeli...

:100: That is fascinating. I did not know that 4 Finnish Jews were offered the iron cross by Germany but rejected it. You learn something new everyday...

I believe a people can be murderous, not inherently, but rather because their culture/what they are taught. According to Jewish tradition/theology the...

Ty for the improved re-write. Certainly bombs smash children against walls as well (or walls against children.) True, it wouldn't matter much. As long...

Jews are not a murderous people. Murder is the primeval sin in our religious texts; Judaism is also a much older religion than Islam. The ultra-orthod...

Yes, the Jews were oppressed and the Nazis were genocidal oppressors, as a group. On an individual/personal level things become more complicated. I re...

I condemn anyone who uses such tactics. I'd condemn a Jew who intentionally murdered German civilians in WWII. Thankfully I don't know of any historic...

I'm the Jew but you apparently hate Nazis more than me. :chin:

Hey which is worse? A group of armed Jews in 1944/45 who go from house to house murdering German civilians with guns and blunt weapons. A German pilot...

Christians have been traditionally well treated in Israel, but sadly there has been an uptick in anti-Christian activity lately. It seems to mostly co...

By "Israeli cause" you mean Israel's existence as a state, period? Is "Palestine" really for the Palestinians? Are they the original inhabitants? And ...

I don't know what a rational manner would be. Hamas killed 1400 Israelis in the worst massacre of Jews since WWII. Any state's primary purpose is secu...

The moment Israel attained statehood it needed to defend itself in 1948. Without force there would be no state. Violence radicalizes, no doubt. But th...

For Israel to exist as a state it must use violence. That has been the case since the beginning. We can criticize the scale, but not the tool.And yes ...

Yes it is an ethnostate surrounded by Muslim nations. Just as the Muslims govern in a special way that promotes Islamic ideals, Israel perpetuates Jew...

I don't see where the Likud platform says that Israel must be entirely Jewish. Or maybe I misunderstood you because the grammar. I've just never heard...

Ethnic cleansing. Genocide. One square inch of Israel on Muslim lands constitutes ethnic cleansing for a certain side. Excuse me if I sound jaded.

Since when has Hamas been in favor of a two state solution? In their charter they demand the annihilation of Israel. Where did Likud state that Israel...

What do you think "from the river to the sea" means? They wish to free it all from Israel. I think it's fairly straight forward.

It is a call for ethnic cleansing. The chanters do not wish to share the land; they wish to annex it all and subjugate the Jews under Muslim rule assu...

Do you think one day there will be Jewish presidents of Arab nations?

I see where you're coming from, frank. It's a nice idea. Unfortunately granting the Palestinians full Israeli citizenship just isn't feasible if Israe...