14 May 2008
Suppression of the New Testament
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Guest Blogger; Judaeo-Christian Values Under Attack .
This information does not mean we are in any way anti-Semite. I have always loved the Jewish people and believe they have a special role in future events. I am sure the average Jew would think this ridiculous.
Guest Blog by Sharon Anderson
Hate Crimes and the New Testament
Did you know that the US State Department has an office to monitor and combat Anti-Semitism and that Christians may be at risk for believing in the Bible because certain passages in the New Testament are considered Anti-Semitic. (See http://www.state.gov/g/drl/seas/.)
For example, if you agree that Jewish leaders incited a Jewish mob and persuaded Pilate to have Christ crucified, the government now considers you “anti-Semitic.” Reverend T. Pike reports that “you are part of a worldwide scourge the U.S., Canada, Australia, and 55 European nations are uniting to suppress. The State Department ‘Office of Global Anti-Semitism’ says the New Testament claim that the Jews had Christ crucified is “classical anti-Semitism’ —a historic form of hate. . . .”
In the many countries now ruled by hate laws, it is already a federal offense to repeat the claim of New Testament “hate literature” that the Jews had Christ crucified. The State Department’s equation of biblical Christianity with “hate” is an ominous indication. The Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith—architect of hate laws worldwide (and primary ideological and statistics-gathering force behind the Office of Global Anti-Semitism)—is moving rapidly to create bias against Christians as haters, particularly of Jews and homosexuals . . .
Bible believers aren’t the only ones at risk. The State Department report also says it is anti-Semitic to: Allege “intentionally or unintentionally” that the state of Israel persecutes Palestinians; criticize “intentionally or unintentionally” Zionism or Israel if such criticism leads to lowering of public opinion of Jews or the government, military, or people of Israel; . . .
17 Comments so far...
jobob911 Says:
14 May 2008 at 10:43 am.
We can see from the FLDS situation that there are people in the government willing to take away our rights to freedom of religion.
Iffer Says:
14 May 2008 at 10:59 am.
Why do people go so overboard sometimes?
I think jobob has a good point.
Jan W. Says:
14 May 2008 at 2:01 pm.
Here is a paragraph from Roy’s article on the political spectrum. I think that the attack on freedom of religion is more important than people know:
That government which best protects freedom of religion, regardless of labels/ideologies is the government that is best and is performing the proper role of a government. Freedom of religion must encompass freedom of speech or freedom of religion cannot really exist. Freedom of speech is a corollary to Freedom of religion as freedom of the press is a corollary to freedom of speech. We have to guard these freedoms carefully. On the left side of the spectrum the tendency is to suppress religion, while on the right the tendency is to have a state sponsored religion. We have to fight both of these things. Laws that limit one group’s freedom of religion impact all religions and all of our basic freedoms. What made America great was its willingness to allow all religions the right to believe what they want. If we safeguard this everything else will fall in line and we will preserve the keys that have made this nation the greatest on earth.
M.G. Says:
14 May 2008 at 2:20 pm.
The more I learn about political correctness, the more I can see that if left unchecked it will eventually take away freedom of religion. You can’t lose freedom of speech without losing freedom of religion and political correctness first uses peer pressure to stifle freedom of speech and then later legislation. Hate crimes will be better understood by everyone here if they read the book of the month for June, 1984. Big brother and hate speech are really starting to happen.
Benjamin Says:
14 May 2008 at 2:26 pm.
Jan, I’m glad you copied that. It almost sounds like Roy knew that the FLDS situation was coming up because of what he wrote. Laws that limit one grou’s freedom of religion impact all religions and all of our basic freedoms.
This attitude is completely changing in America. There is so much pressure to conform and we like everyone else and think and talk like them. We are fast heading to a loss of our rights.
T. Fan Says:
14 May 2008 at 2:39 pm.
This is crazy! Then we are suppose to change history? We have to pretend what happened to Jesus didn’t really happen? Liberals are turning into total control freaks.
CindyL. Says:
14 May 2008 at 3:10 pm.
Wow I’m part of a worldwide scourge. That’s nice to know. Careful the Thought Police might get you. The country sits quietly by while the FLDS are being destroyed and this makes these control freaks (good call T. Fan) more confident that they can take away our rights. What is wrong with people?
Stumpy Says:
14 May 2008 at 3:50 pm.
Cant make no comment here at all. Nope not one blasted word. Anythin I had to say would be with four letters and I would get a whoppin whippin from the teacher.
SGS Says:
14 May 2008 at 4:05 pm.
It is sad in that we are expected to ignore the history. It is sad because, to ignore what Jews did to Jesus, we also must ignore the fact that Christ does have the power to prevent this. There had been more than one attempt to take away Christ’s life. For example, he once announced that a prophecy of Isaiah has been fulfilled through him, the crowd grabbed him and carried him to the cliff to cast him down. He was able to escape. The scripture was not clear on how he did it, but it was clear that his power was manifested at that time. Christ was killed at that time because he allowed them to. He allowed them to kill him because he must die to complete his work on Earth. It was horrible that God’s Beloved Son was killed, but because he died, all of us who believe in Him may live again!
I am not going to ignore this sad, but powerful, part of our history. However, we all also need to be careful, as there are many who claim that what Jews have done to Christ is unforgivable. This is not true. The scriptures are very clear in that they will be God’s people someday. We know they are to be restored to their promised land, never to be taken away ever again. Because there are many signs appearing that show the Second Coming is nearing, we can suppose that the time is now, that they will never be taken out of their land ever again. Their being in Israel may be a fulfillment of one of few prophecies. It also means that they will be lifted up to their places of honor and glory soon.
So, to combat the ugliness that is hatred, we must look at the ugly parts of the history, and look toward future with understanding, love and hope. If we refuse to look forward, then we only have the hatred within ourselves, because we only see the sorrows. If we only look toward future, then we cannot prevent those tragedies from happen again. We must look toward both ends to be a better people.
Jan W. Says:
14 May 2008 at 4:10 pm.
SGS, that was so inspiring. Thank you. I never understood why people hate Jews. They do have a great future. When Jesus comes to save them they will know he is the Messiah and will follow him faithfully. Believing true history does in no way mean we hate the Jews, just like you wrote.
Bryon Says:
14 May 2008 at 4:48 pm.
Well said SGS.
Why would we hate Jew’s in particular when you have Mussolini and other people of his class in history to focus our ill will on? It is silly to think I should hate them because I believe what the bible says.
Matt Says:
14 May 2008 at 5:40 pm.
Good discussion. A person can believe history without hating participants. To hate the Jews would include Jesus since he was Jewish. Wouldn’t make sense.
Cavetrollhead Says:
14 May 2008 at 11:41 pm.
That “here” link has a bug.
Where does this information come from? Can we get some more references besides the http://www.state.gov/g/drl/seas/ ?
This link does not contain any anti-New Testament stuff. I would be delighted to get to the bottom of this.
Joy Bischoff Says:
15 May 2008 at 12:10 am.
Weird. It worked last night. I’ll ask Sharon if she can look into it.
Sharon Anderson Says:
15 May 2008 at 1:08 pm.
It seems to be working now both in the blog article and in Cave’s comments.
Cavetrollhead Says:
15 May 2008 at 11:45 pm.
What I mean is the word ‘Here’ that has an embedded link above- not the one that is in my comment.
avatar Says:
17 May 2008 at 9:05 pm.
I don’t agree that this situation has anything to do with Texas’ treatment of the FLDS, where there are serious grounds to suspect that individual rights were violated (I look forward to that investigation), but I will agree that the State Department should stay out of the business of defining language. Silly at best.
I would probably be considered pro-Israel, but I see nothing wrong with Americans criticizing Israel’s practices and policies in any way they want. It is no more “antisemitic” for a Christian American to criticize Israel than it would be “racist” for a white American to criticize Nigeria.
In Israel itself, there is strong criticism by Jewish Israelis of just about everything that Israel does or has done. It would be strange if Americans did not have the freedom to make similar statements about what is, for them, a _foreign_ nation.
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