03-25-2010, 07:17 PM
Aaron S Wrote:Shlama Achai,
I feel like we're in a courtroom now:
Objection! <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/laugh.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laugh" /><!-- s:lol: --> Do you have any evidence Paul had little regard for Am-Yisrael?
I have counter-evidence for that: Romans 9:1-5
Blessings, Aaron
Titus 1:10-11, 13-16 is one example. He certainly tries to make fools of them, even portraying them, the Jews, as deceptive with evil intent who MUST be stopped. That isn't very PRO-Israel. Paul makes it clear that he is against Israel; for what makes a People a People but their Laws, traditions, and ways of living. These things, especially their Laws, are what made Israel a peculiar, very special, People. Paul advocating having these things abolished as seen, for example, in Ephesians 2:15 and then he promotes the ways of thinking that were known to be of the Greek People. That is the blood sacrifice of man for the sins of the world. That is strictly forbidden in the Laws laid out for the People of Israel as you can see for yourself in Exodus 23:7. He promotes all that is anti-Jewish and seeks to destroy all that made the People the People of Israel. That is clear evidence that he had little regard for Israel, the People.
Paul being wishy washy in what he said is not at all a surprise for he blatantly admits that he will say whatever is necessary at any given time in order to promote his anti-Jewish ideas. I Corinthians 9:19-23 Because of his own statement, it is a wonder that anyone would believe that he was actually Jewish since his teachings were anything but the teachings of a Jewish man. <!-- s:dontgetit: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/dontgetit.gif" alt=":dontgetit:" title="Dont Get It" /><!-- s:dontgetit: -->