re: #214 iceweasel

…Consider the Old Testament. THAT is a bloody, violent, vengeful text— and it bears almost no relation to Judaism as anyone I know practices Judaism. Even the Torah—maybe especially the Torah!— is also filled with similar stories.

And anyone who wanted to just point to either text and claim it literally stands for the teaching of Judaism would be flagrantly wrong.

Ice, I share your hopes and admire your goodwill, but reason—cold, amoral reason—has reasons that the heart knows not of.

The path between those bloody vengeful documents and modern Judaism involved the Romans destroying Israel and turning the Jews into persecuted wanderers.

Btw, I recently mentioned someone who practices Judaism rather differently than your Jewish friends and mine. The details are in the post and links, but my bottom line was:

However, if I come to believe that Yamit82’s vile bigotry reflects Israeli opinion at large, I will conclude that Israel has discarded its moral claim and my support will end. It’s easy to draw a conclusion about a site that allows comments like Yamit82’s.

(Btw, at the moment, the Israpundit front page includes an ad for Geert Wilders.)