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[quote=Anonymous]I was raised in a reform Jewish household and identify myself as Jewish although not actively practicing.  My husband grew up southern baptist (we met in grad school in the south) and also is not actively practicing his religion.   We do go to church with his family, who are very involved In the church, when we visit them around 3-4 times a year.  The church is located in a southern, heavily Christian area.    I went to church with them this Sunday and was stunned at the references the pastor made towards Jews.  Since my knowledge of both Judaism and Christianity is very limited, I'm not sure if his comments were atypical for a church or even, out of line...  I also tend to mentally check out during church so unfortunately I wasn't paying great attention to the sermon, so I lack perhaps pertinent contextual details.   It appeared as though the pastor began the sermon discussing father's day and the importance of fathers.  Somehow the sermon took a turn and. He began talking about what appeared to be the superiority of Christianity and then ultimately why people should donate momey to the church to help with expanding the church  building.  In talking about Christianity, he made a comparison to Judaism and used the term "Jewish legalism" I think in an effort to show that while Jews follow a gazillion rules to connect with god, Christians don't need to do this in order to enjoy god's blessings and grace.  He then went on to discuss a story whereby a prostitute, who initially aligned herself with "Jewish spies" ended up turning on them when she encountered Jesus, bathing his feet in very expensive perfume, which others could not understand why she would use such expensive fragrances.  Through helping Jesus and believing in him, he saved her...or something to that extent.  Finally the pastor goes on to talk about a biblical story involving a "Greedy Jewish tax collector" and then ultimately weaves the story into the present and how people should donate to the church.   My blood was boiling at all these, what appeared to be negative jewish references, and i walked out of the sermon.  My husband was also troubled by the language used.  I thought about writing an email to the pastor and asking him to clarify his statements.  Does anyone have any insight into the references he used or whether this is commonplace?  Would you have been offended?  [/quote]

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