rjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob]) (11/27/84)
Mr Steinberg, I picked this article by you off the net. You seem to have an incomplete sentence in one case...did some of your article not make it ? >>Mr. Brown claims that certain people who have responded are "paranoid". >>How can Mr. Brown say such a thing, when in the very same posting >>he start quoting Saul of Tarsis (Paul) and tries to say how Paul's prayers >>are better than the Pharisees prayer of. In all Mr. Brown's remarks >>I see negation towards Judiasm. Let me respond to what I got. Esan was blowing smoke at me about how great he felt that he was [ not created ] me. Now I detected a bit of spiritual pride in that response. That is why I thought I made an apt reply to him. Paul's words in this case "I am what I am by the Grace of God" should apply to Jews as well as Christians each in their own context. Aren't you positive about being a Jew ? I hope so. With few exceptions (like I'm glad I'm NOT dead), I would expect most people who are positive about what they are would tend to express it positively. Even my example could be turned around to "I'm glad I'm alive." Mr BenDavid's opinion aside, I feel I owe a great debt to Judaism and I am not negative toward Jews (though I disagree theologically). Any "insensitivity" displayed when it is not clearly intentional is obviously just ignorance on my part - not negation. Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb}