TylerMC/judaism

Talk about extremism. People ask me when I traveled through the occupied territories if I was afraid of terrorists. I always found this amusing. The answer is no. The Palestinians don't scare me and they're not terrorists. Under international law, as an occupied people, they have the right to resist the occupation by any and all means possible. Besides, the Muslim faith prohibits attacking someone who hasn't shown a hostility toward you and as a Christian, I'm considered a sister and of the book.

However, the Israelis do frighten me and this very short piece in Haaretz illustrates why. Israel is also the only country in the world that can kill Americans and get away with it. The last time I looked at the stats, (2005) the state of Israel had murdered 40 Americans in cold blood between 1967 and 2005. They've never been held accountable for a single one and these people cover all three faiths: Christianity, Islam and Judaism. The extremism demonstrated in this article is a belief held by approximately 30% of the Israeli population, and a key belief with the terror wielding settler movement. They do not consider non-Jewish people to be fully human and feel justified in killing whether the person is one day old or 100. To make their case, they twist scripture and take passages out of context, the same way the Christian Right promotes its justifications for hatred and groups like the Taliban theirs. No, the Jewish faith doesn't promote this, but like all faiths, it can be twisted to justify evil and that's what this Rabbi is doing. It's what Pat Robertson and John Hagee do in the US with Christianity and its what the Taliban and extremist Imams do with Islam. Wouldn't it be nice if we could take all these apostate religious leaders and put them together on an island where they can only hurt themselves? Then the rest of us could get on with the business of living without the need to hate.

Ah yes, money laundering and organ trafficking. One of the best pieces of advice my pastor gave me was this. Always approach those in the clergy with a measure of skepticism as two types of people are attracted to service. Those who truly want to love and support God and those who what to use Him to shield them as they pursue their own desires whether wealth, status, greed, pedophilia and more.

By the way, the stat I last saw shows 2.5% of all clergy, (that includes ALL faiths, not just Christianity) are corrupt. Seems the Rabbis are holding up their end here. Too bad the US media rarely reports it. Of course they'd be called anti-Semitic if they did. Truth is hate to those who hate the truth. Personally, given the activities of the 'Christian Right', I'd have to put that percentage closer to 10%.

Gilad Atzmon is one of my favorite musicians. If you haven't heard his award winning albums, Exile and Refugee, (Jazz/Arabic mix) you really must. It's one of my favorite cocktail party pieces and people always ask, 'Who is that? It's great!'

Gilad, now a British resident, has been on the frontlines fighting Zionism. Raised in Israel, Jewish and privy to the atrocities first hand, he did what many people have done and said, 'not in my name'. He's been a fastidious supporter of ending Israeli apartheid and Zionism ever since. He's also a great satirist. His book, 'My one and only love' is a hilarious take on Zionism behind the scenes.

This interview, which appeared in New Zealand, will give you the other side of being Jewish in relation to Israel. The side against genocide, against using faith to kill and steal. Against deception and destruction. I think you'll really enjoy it.

There is a lot of evidence that Israel's well planned blitzkrieg on Gaza (18-months in the making) is a dress rehearsal for Iran. It's very important that people step back from this and realize very ruthless people are using two faiths: Judaism and Christianity to convince a lot of very good people to support pure evil. Evil is defined in the bible as Destruction, Deception, Murder and Theft. There is nothing Jewish about Israel other than its veneer. There is nothing Christian about supporting the wholesale genocide of Christians and Muslims by Jews to create the end of the world.

Jewish people following their faith and Christian people following their faith cannot under any circumstances support Zionism. This political ideology, white supremacy hiding beneath a yamika, goes completely against everything both faiths stand for. Torah True Jews do a wonderful job of explaining what the Torah says, (first five books of the bible). The Talmud, which is what Zionism uses is not God's word. It is not inspired. It contains quotes from the Torah but it is the opinions of Rabbis and sages and the two most popular versions did not exist until the 2nd and 3rd Centuries AD. It was many of these teachings, for those of you that are Christian, Christ condemned. This is also why a number of Jews only use the Torah, which Jews, Christians and Muslims all agree is the inspired word of God. These Jews don't use the Talmud. They also don't support Zionism because it is directly against God's word.

Because I'm the first to flag this, It's making me do a thumbs up. I know the writer of this, a Lebanese Christian and he's done a lot to improve Christian and Muslim relations and I hate to do this but I thoroughly disagree with the premise on this, the argument and the direction. The quote from Deut. is out of context. The Cannanites were given 900 years by God to get their act together and when they continued to smite Him, He decided to destroy them and all they represented. This was not a mandate for Hebrews to kill as is portrayed. It's much like weeding the garden so it can be planeted anew. The mission of the Hebrews was to go into the world and show the world through deed and action the goodness of God's love. They were to be the shining light, not a blow torch. What Israel is doing today is evil, pure evil and there is nothing in faith to God that permits what they are doing or how they are doing it. However, like taking elements of Revelation out of context, reading into Ezekiel what does not exist or adding the idea of a rapture into Biblical text when it does not exist and the entire concept violates everything Jesus spoke of, this is an example of using religion out of context to vilify where vilification is not justified.

Mohammed and I are working on an article at this time about the massacre today...and it was a massacre. Once he signs off, I'll post it. But be careful of the analogies and conclusions within this article. This is dangerous ground, very dangerous ground and it's not fair to the faith or the people within the faith working very hard to expose Zionism and all it really stands for. In fact, this is exactly the type of stuff that really scares me.

Excuse me? The Zionist Movement's Goal is to defend state lands from the invasion of Arabs? To begin with, the Arabs were there first so it isn't defending, it is stealing. Secondly, these are not communities, they are colonies, illegal by International Law and every single Jewish person living in these colonies is a war criminal under international law. There was no disengagement from Gaza. If there had been, the walls would come down and the Palestinians could leave freely from their coastline and border with Egypt. And no, one Israeli is not worth thousands of gentiles. One Israeli is equal to one non-Jew, period and neither should be afford privilege above the other. What this essay bemoans is the affects on nature. This is of concern, but the effects on men should be of utmost importance and it is obvious this writer doesn't consider non-Jewish people human, let alone as important as a tree. Extremely disgusting.

There were actually a few facts in here I didn't know, which is unusual on this subject given I've been writing, debating and researching it for nearly a decade now both as a journalist and a peace activist.
The writer is a Historian at Tel Aviv University and quite succinct. I've always enjoyed scholarly writing which intertwines, biblical origins, history, science and sociology. You'll find this interesting and intriguing.

CUFI is very dangerous. Little known fact about the Temple thou. In 360 and 361 AD, the Romans provided state funds for the Jewish people to rebuild their temple. For the Christians of the time, this was a true test of faith since God stated that once destroyed, the Temple would never be built again. The temple is used for sacrifices to God, animals on a daily basis. Prior to its destruction in 70 AD, God lived in the holy of holies and only the head priest was allowed to enter on the Day of Atonement. Christ became the final sacrifice. This occurred in around 32 AD. God sacrificed his son for human kind, all human kind, not just one group of people. Any sacrifice less would be an insult so the temple, its system and the basis of the faith had to be destroyed for eternity.

Prophecy fulfillment came full circle with the complete destruction of the temple and its purpose of sacrifice in 70 AD. All the elements leading up to this are foretold and retold in the book of Revelation with the exception of the last two paragraphs which relate to the 2nd coming and Christ was quite clear that all of the events portrayed, (which Revelation retells using the apocalyptic style of the time forming the bridge with the old Testament stories and the New Testament). These events and that Revelation provides the thread weaving the Old and New Testaments together are easily confirmed by the official records of the time, the style of writing and the writings of the Hebrew sages including Josephus. The re-casting of Revelation as a future literal battle on earth is part of dispensationalism and forms a necessary element in the support for the political movement of Zionism. The dipensationalist interpretation of it defies all of Christ's work and meaning, but it does make a lot of people really rich. Let's face it, fear sells.

What happened with the two attempts to rebuild the temple in 360 AD and 361 AD? The same thing in both cases. Workers began the foundation. As they started to build the walls, the ground literally opened up and swallowed them, and the building in flames. Those working and supporting this figured it was a fluke so they tried again. They placed the foundation, started building the walls and low and behold, the ground opened up again and swallowed them in flames. Nobody has dared to defy God's mandate that the temple never be rebuilt again until Zionism's entry into the fray over the past 100 years. It will never happen but it would be interesting to watch people try again. Last time I looked, Jerusalem was not sitting on a volcano!

By the way, the above is the crux of the differences between Judaism and Christianity. Historically all the elements are accounted for. Christians believe Christ is the Messiah promised the Hebrew people and that ended the temple based faith forever. Jews believe Christ was a false prophet and the Messiah has not come yet which is why they need their temple to give sacrifices to God so he'll send Him. Yes, that's a very simplistic explanation but it covers the basics.

If you'd really like to know more about this, the best book I've ever read on the subject of Revelation and the fulfillment of the prophecy is David Currie's 'Rapture: the end of times story that leaves the Bible behind'. Walhout's 'Revelation' is also one of the few non-dispensationalist books on Revelation which will help you understand the imagery without the political agenda.