What exactly is it about Judaism and Christianity that creates attitudes of racial superiority down the ages?

Question

Is it the concept of "the Chosen" people? It is the constant separation of people into ether Jew or the gentile everyone else? Christian or lost? Sheep or Goat? If you don't agree with us in all things, then you are against us? You are either of the synagogue of God or of the synagogue of Satan? Child of God OR your father is the Devil?

Answer 1

This isnt an answer to your question. I noticed on one of your other answers you use to listen to keith green and even met him, and are now not a christian. I use to be christian and even still listen to Keith green. I am an atheist, and its a pitty he didnt get a chance to learn the truth.
Email me if you can and tell me how long you were a christian, why you gave it up, what your thoughts are now. and so on. If you have a website, blog or something similiar I would be interested in seeing it. I am really interested in peoples stories concerning this. do you have a testiminoy on ex-christian.net?
thx.

Answer 2

What exactly are you asking? You have taken eight or ten different concepts and muddled them all together. There's no possible way of answering your question without starting at Genesis1:1 and ending somewhere in Revelations. For instance a person can be one of "the Chosen" people, be a sheep yet in fact be one whose father is the devil, or vise versa. This is by no means a yes or no question. If you really want an answer to this, start a bible study with someone who answers your questions with relevant,. understandable answers and don't stop questioning until you understand and can accept what they say to be true. "Seek and yea shall find."

Answer 3

It certainly has created superiority complexes, and maybe God's intent was to attempt to localize a group that could really "hear him," and bring a true blessing to the world......

If God is a spirit, he has no hands.....So wouldn't that make sense that people would carry out the mission......But as history shows over and over that our humanness gets in the way....We think we're better than others, "the chosen"

I think God communicates all the time and no one seems to be listening. Like, "hey, you guys are destroying the planet!!!"

Answer 4

Yep, I think you pretty much nailed it.
Superiority? Check.
Absolutism? Check.
Smugness? Not universal, but all too prevalent.

Though Jews don't actually believe in Satan as the Devil.

Answer 5

interestingly, the concept of chosen people is not one of superiority, but of difference. We are chosen to obey many more laws. but those who think that we claim superiority often seem to be projecting their own sense of inferiority. Judaism doesn't require that anyone else be jewish in order to get to heaven -- we are not given a way to heaven that no one else gets, and we don't think that if you aren't jewish, you are against us.

you should ask before you assume and make claims.

Answer 6

easy, its the holy book. this applies to any religio nthat also has this:

theoir holy book tells them that they are the "chosen" ones. that others who dont think or believes as they do are evil heretics worthy of being slaughtered. (some books even command heretics be killed)

if hitler was a book, hed be scripture. specifically? hed be closest to the bible.

Answer 7

Everyone wants to feel special. Some people convince themselves of myths to make them feel better and superior.

Answer 8

God wants you to be for him
Not for anyone else
He is a Jealous God and only wants you to worship him
In the End we will all see who has it right in this life

Answer 9

Christianity, and I believe Islam too, all accept people of different faiths and religions, and at least allow some degree of tolerance.

Answer 10

The devil?