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From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: smug sophomorics
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Date: Sat, 3-Nov-84 13:42:13 EST
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Incidentally, but pretty much on the topic, there are a large number of
documented cases of "Jews for Jesus" using deliberate deception to get Jews
to convert to Christianity.  The favored tactic is playing on the ignorance
of Judaism among many Jews, by setting up a "Jewish" talk/lecture group and
introducing "sayings of the Prophet Yeheshua", who was "hung on a tree".
These increase in frequency until finally, when the suckers are hooked, the
leaders draw them into overt Christianity, although even then they don't
call it that.  Really vile tactics.

On another subject, Yirmiyahu, I quite agree that the ostrich mentality is
inappropriate when dealing with Christians, who have two thousand years of
intolerance to answer for.  My only difference with you is that it doesn't
just apply to Jews, who are actuallu among the more favored of the minority
religions in this country.  I get exasperated when I see members of
oppressed minority religions feeling obligated to say things like "Of
course, Jesus was a great teacher, and all this stuff about Hell-fire is
just something a few of the more intolerant Christians made up".  Not so,
not in the Synoptic Gospels, anyway!

And how many Christians would say, "Of course, Buddha and Crowley were great
teachers"?  Why should we in minority religions always be the ones making
the effort, when so very few Christians ever reciprocate?
-- 
Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center
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