[net.religion] Hostile Christians and Judaism

wkp@lanl.ARPA (12/03/84)

I'm frankly getting a bit tired  of  the  hostile  and  sarcastic
questions  about  Judaism that people like David Harwood and Gary
McNees are using to further their attacks against Yiri.

I guess the point of all this hostility was to  avoid  having  to
answer Yiri's questions on the validity of interpreting 2000 year
old Jewish writings  by  20th  century  Fundamentalist  Christian
standards.   No one has even tried to address the issue of how it
is possible from a foreign  (German,African,Aztec,Indonesian,etc)
viewpoint  to  really  understand what a Jew from Northern Israel
who wore tzitzit (fringes) and  went  up  to  Jerusalem  for  the
Pesach meant when he said certain things.

I also find it humorous that these same non-Jews  like  to  quote
this deified Jew who himself likened non-Jews to dogs undeserving
of children's bread.  (That was his own opinion.)  David  Harwood
insists  on  believing  that this Jew was righteous or godly; the
gospels themselves relate how this Jew had told his followers not
to  call him good for "there is none good but one, G-d."  Doesn't
it seem a bit strange that this Jew who lived by the  Torah  (and
once  said  that  not  one  tad of the law will pass away) is now
worshipped by people who pick and choose among this same law?

May I suggest to all of you that if you really do have  questions
about  Judaism, please don't be hostile.  If you find this impos-
sible, invest in the Talmud  and  the  Encyclopedia  Judaica.   I
promise  you it's more rewarding than trying to convince Jews how
free you are from G-d's laws.

                                         bill peter