Sinas Chinam, it will be recalled, is posed as the stated cause of the destruction of the Second Temple 2000 years ago -- defined in this context specifically as baseless hatreds among Jews.
I do not take issue with that interpretation.
I shall instead bring up Mel Gibson. No, I won't quote what that man said - you've probably already seen the animated cartoon too, as well as the hysterical scene from South Park.
What I wish to quote is this: "Please know from my heart I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith."
Okay......
Dat's so nice......
Charming......
He says his faith tells him not to hate......
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON HE DOESN'T HATE THE JEWS??!!?
He can't come up with a single more convincing reason?
Anything?
Talk about baseless love.
This smacks too much of the 'love the sinner, hate the sin' line of thinking.
There is no acceptance there. Mere tolerance is perhaps too good a description. The sin and the sinner are probably still despicable, but he refrains from despising, presumably out of the goodness of his heart, and his sheer all flowers and butterflies Christian love for bugger-all everybody. His faith tells him not to hate.
Is that really the only reason he knows not to hate Jews?
That isn't very re-assuring, is it?
My dearly beloved blue-faced friend, those of us who think little of you do not hate you either, though we have, it appears, more than enough "base" to do so.
Except for those times when your drunken tantrums get you back in the public eye, we prefer not to think of you.
Just one question......
Who else do you love so baselessly?
And are they safe?
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Please know from my heart I am not a bigot; innocent trust in the 'faith' of others goes against my realism.
1 comment:
Probably one of the simplest reasons his apology was BS. Good post.
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