At 05:42 PM 2/5/2004 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>The thing is, I think Christians should be willing to face up to what was
>done in their name in the past and try to show some understanding for Jewish
>suspicions.
I would argue that John Paul II has done precisely that.
>We never deserved what happened to us, and yet it happened anyway, and
>you can't simply wish that away or lecture us to be forgiving and forgetful.
>Uh-uh, sorry. Doesn't work that way.
>
>Want forgiveness? Act like you mean it. Help us fight the evil, don't
pretend
>it's not there or bore us with nostrums about, oh, that's all in the past,
>can we all get along? From where I'm sitting, from where most Jews sit,
we're
>not sure. Sorry if that pisses you off, but that's the way it is.
But isn't judging all Christians as a class exactly the sort of class-based
thinking that Jews of all people should explicitly reject?
JDG
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