Porschenut1066
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Wed Sep-24-08 01:36 PM
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Is this what Palin believes? Forced conversion of Jews? |
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Monday, September 08, 2008 Evangelicals Looking to Convert Jew: Blasted by ADL
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) caught the attention of the ADL when it declared it's intentions of targeting European Jews for conversion. Abraham H. Foxman and ADL director of interfaith policy Rabbi Eric J. Greenberg both issued a strong statement denouncing this conversion drive:"Promoting a campaign to convert Jews away from their faith is a serious affront to the Jewish people and disrespectful to Judaism's own teachings"."To issue this declaration from Berlin, where the Nazis directed their Final Solution to exterminate the Jewish people, is the height of insensitivity." Another Jewish organization speaking out against these conversion attempts is Jews for Judaism. Jews for Judaism founder, Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz points out that the WEA claims to deplore the use of deception and coercion. It also considers "good and right... those ministries specifically directed to the Jewish people."Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz calls these claims hypocritical. "You can't deplore deception and coercion," he says, "and at the same time call 'good and right' ministries who attract converts by masquerading themselves as traditional Jews, misquoting and fabricating Jewish sources and using fear of damnation as a form of coercion."
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Wed Sep-24-08 01:42 PM
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1. That worked so well in the fifteenth century. |
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:sarcasm: (Remember the Spanish Inquisition?)
Why don't these geniuses learn the lessons of history if they can't come from a place of human decency?
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Porschenut1066
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Wed Sep-24-08 01:48 PM
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Wed Sep-24-08 01:50 PM
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3. Sounds like Ann Coulter and her "perfecting" doctrine. |
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Birds of a feather, who knew?
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Wed Sep-24-08 01:52 PM
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4. if your religion mandates recruitment drives, it is a shit religion |
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that's about all there is to say about that.
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Wed Sep-24-08 01:52 PM
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5. Sounds like Ann Coulter and her "perfecting" doctrine. |
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Birds of a feather, who knew?
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Wed Sep-24-08 01:57 PM
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6. You know what's really funny about this? |
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Freepers reason that Obama is a Muslim because his grand dad was a Muslim, and, according to them, you can never change your religion.
If that's the case, then how do they propose converting non-Christians?
They can't have it both ways.
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Wed Sep-24-08 02:01 PM
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7. They can always do it the old ways... |
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Wed Sep-24-08 02:15 PM
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8. But this is the potential VP of the USA!!! |
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Wed Sep-24-08 02:20 PM
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9. Sounds like the McCain campaign.... |
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With some adjustments this fits the McCain campaign very well. I can't believe that McCain /Palin could get any support from Florida if this gets out! I can see he vetted her really well..Ha
Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz calls these claims hypocritical. "You can't deplore deception and coercion," he says, "and at the same time call 'good and right' ministries who attract converts by masquerading themselves as traditional Jews, misquoting and fabricating Jewish sources and using fear of damnation as a form of coercion."
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Wed Sep-24-08 02:24 PM
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10. Thanks for this post, |
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I just E-mailed the original article from the Jerusalem times to my sister who has been brainwashed by the neocons through AIPAC. hopefully this will cause a programming meltdown.
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