re: #291 phoenixgirl

But there was a link to my blog and the words not going there anymore. I haven’t even written on the subject!

But Since I was brought in on the subject:
To be honest I have little respect for the ADL because Abe Foxman spends too much time promoting Obama, abortion and Illegal immigration which goes way beyond the scope of what the ADL is supposed to be doing and have blasted him/ADL and to be honest must of the Jewish community leadership.

That said, IMHO while I wish the Pope did not re institute the Holocaust denying Priest, the guy wasn’t excommunicated because of his biased views, he was excommunicated because they thought he was trying to split up the church. He is not being brought back because of his hate speech either. This is not a Jewish/Catholic issue, it is a Catholic/Catholic issue.

Do Jews have a chip on their shoulder about the Holocaust…Probably. But that Chip is justified…the last 2,000 years have really sucked. And judging by some of the Anti-Israel rallies over the past few weeks things (even in the US things are a bit scary. So some of us (me included) can be a bit Jumpy.

Pope John Paul II was the best Pope that the Jews ever had, This Pope is a very good one for Jewish/Papal relations also—To say that he is an anti-Semite or a Holocaust denier is simply stupid. Some times people have to understand that WE (the non-Catholics) are not the Pope’s first priority (nor should we be).

Finally, one of the Tenants of Judaism, is tolerance of other people’s religious beliefs, that’s why we have the term Righteous Gentile. When we look at actions of a someone who isn’t Jewish, we should be evaluating their actions from their perspective and beliefs, not from ours, from that point of view while there may be some disappointment in the Pope’s actions, there is no reason to tag him with claims of bias.