Yes/no with justification.
2007-12-22 09:25:46 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Its a bit difficult for a Christian to believe the Bible and NOT be anti-semitic when the Bible says:
John 8:37-39 and John 8:44-47 say:
Jesus speaking to a group of Pharisees: "I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you. I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father. They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did. ... You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But, because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? He who is of God hears the words of God; the reason why you do not hear them is you are not of God."
* I Thessalonians 2:14-15:
For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea; for you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews, who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all men.
Perhaps the harshest verse in the New Testament used for antisemitic purposes is Matthew 27:25 in which Jews prompt Jesus' crucifixion and say "His blood be on us, and on our children".
Stephen speaking before a synagogue council just before his execution: "You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it." (Acts 7:51-53, NIV)[citation needed]
"Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie — behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and learn that I have loved you." (Revelation 3:9, NIV)
http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/antisemitism.html
"Nazi anti-Judaism was the work of godless, anti-Christian criminals. But it would not have been possible without the almost two thousand years' pre-history of 'Christian' anti-Judaism...
Hans Krug
2007-12-22 10:00:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all Semites are Zionists. Not even all Jews are Zionists. It's idiotic to think you have God-given right to a piece of land surrounded by people who hate you and your religion, just because a bunch of desert nomads and guy who talked to invisible friends on mountains said so 4,000 years ago.
Zion Schmion, and don't get me started about the Holocaust. Are we really expected to believe Jews are the only race that've had bad things happen to them?
2007-12-23 04:10:36 · answer #2 · answered by Jonathan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure what you mean by anti-semitic Christians. Christians believe that Judaism is no longer in effect bc of the coming of the Christ who was prophesied. Most Christians believe that only Christians go to Heaven
2007-12-22 17:29:54 · answer #3 · answered by TAT 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i am non-zionist...because I have no intention of building up the Israeli state...but i am not anti-semitic because i have nothing against Jewish people.
ANd I am not going to hell. I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior...salvation by faith alone my friend.
God Bless you!
2007-12-22 17:38:14 · answer #4 · answered by *Tessie* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about anti-semitic NON-Christians?
2007-12-22 17:28:42 · answer #5 · answered by Ana 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Only God knows whats in their heart. If they have read the bible and believe in its teachings, then they wouldnt be anti-semitic would they?
2007-12-22 17:30:31 · answer #6 · answered by April H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Zionism is evil. (and it is not anti-Semitic to be anti-Zionist) Eternal life comes from my accepting YHVH. Taking His name and following His rules. Since "Jews" don't use that word, I guess they won't be there. Since "Christians" don't follow His rules, I guess they won't either. Believers followed Torah for 300 years after Messiah, until "Christians" outlawed obedience.
2007-12-22 17:30:20 · answer #7 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Anti semitics are idiots.
But there is no hell. So no.
2007-12-22 17:32:44 · answer #8 · answered by lonely suburbanite 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
NO!
The bible and the Jewish Torah talk of believing in God to be the criteria to go to heaven, not your deeds!
2007-12-22 17:47:05 · answer #9 · answered by ProDigit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True Christianity doesn't discriminate.
2007-12-22 17:31:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋