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It seems to me that there have been a number of points raised in this thread.
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So what do you have to say about the leading role played by Jєωs in the promotion of abortion, sodomy, and other deviant behaviours?
Jєωs themselves admit that the тαℓмυd takes precedence over their sacred scriptures that they have in common with Christians. Are you familiar with the тαℓмυd?
If not there is this. http://www.тαℓмυdunmasked.com/
which has an Ecclesiastical Imprimatur issued 1892
Or this: http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/тαℓмυd1.htm
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Far too many Jєωs today are largely agnostic and atheist, unfortunately, even if they are ashamed or afraid to admit it. The common fact of them going to temple and having bar-mitzvahs and bat-mitzvahs which entails having their children learn how to read from the Torah (some use the тαℓмυd and call it "the Torah!"), means that they are helping their children to appreciate the rich tradition and symbolism of the Jєωιѕн culture, but then they are not teaching their children from a personal adherence to the faith of the ancient Jєωs. The fact that it costs no small sum of money to hire tutors to prepare the children for their "graduation" a.k.a. bar/bat mitzvah, is an "investment" that they're making to help their children be proud of being Jєωιѕн.
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There is an over-riding problem with all this. While it is interesting to see the attention to detail that goes on in training a child to know what to do for his ceremony, and it's interesting to see the blue and white striped robes they wear for the occasion, the fact that these Jєωs reject the divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the beginning of their problem.
They deny that Jesus is God, and therefore their whole system corrupts and falls apart..
For generation after generation they splinter like Protestant sects into all manner of reform, traditional, ultra-traditional, quasi-reform and so on and so forth to the point where you don't know what to think anymore. About 20 years ago I attended a big pow-wow at Valley Beth Shalom temple in Sherman Oaks, CA, run by Rabbi Schulweis. There was a cordial meet-and-greet afterwards, during which time one Jєωιѕн man made it a point to approach me, introduce himself and proceeded to decry the then-current state of affairs there at this ѕуηαgσgυє. He said that in all history, Jєωs had never been accepting of ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖs in the congregation, and it was "taboo" in all the world to even consider such a thing. But there Harold M. Schulweis was, starting to peel off the stigma and welcome homos into their midst, and he was making no secret about it. In fact, he told me, you can walk down the hall right there (outside the door) and go see the display window of their gift shop that has his several books propped up in the window. I took his advice and I went to see the sordid array of pro-homo literature. And if it helps, this ceremony had Roger Cardinal Mahony featured, during which time he stood on "stage" (they call the area -- we would say sanctuary) and silently held Rabbi Schulweis arm in arm as they stared for about a minute at 6 fat candles burning in front of them. Guess what those were for? (You guessed it, the "six million")
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It starts with refusing God's divine revelation in the person of Our Lord Jesus Christ, who proved Who He was by His miracles. He said,
If you do not believe me, at least believe my miracles. That was His last cry for help lest they be hardened in their sin and condemned forever, with His blood being upon their heads and upon their children. Those chief priests and scribes who really did know better because they could see the prophesies being fulfilled, decided they simply would not believe because this Jesus was NOT the KIND of KING they WANTED to have. They wanted an earthly king who would overpower the Roman monster. Little did they know that God's plan included using the Roman monster to spread the Faith and survive the centuries.......... That is, until Vatican II, anyway.
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But seriously, we ought to keep in mind the perfidy of the Jєωs and not let the same thing happen to us!!
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If the Church can survive the catacombs She can certainly survive Vatican II.
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