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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]. . . 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, [b]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.[/b]  . . . 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.  . . . Would you have been offended?  [/quote]

Frankly, I am wondering if you were missing the point of what the pastor was saying.  For instance, the story if Zaccheus has nothing to do with jewish people in general being greedy.  Everyone in the bible was basically jewish - jesus himself referred to gentiles as "dogs."  Zacheus himself in particular was apparently despised (by jewish people) because he personally was a greedy tax collector.  There's no anti-semetic inference to it.  The story about the prostitute - she was a prostitute, and she became a christian, i.e., church-goer and non-prostitute.  Again, I don't think there is anything anti-semetic about that either.  So, while you say there was a bunch of other "superiority of chirstianity" rhetoric at the sermon, I am wondering if you did not just misunderstand what the pastor was saying.  But it's hard to say for sure because I don't know what was said other than what you paraphrased here.  Hope this helps.[/quote]

Same PP again - I forgot to address this thing - the pastor was merely restating facts here.  Moses was given several laws/ordinances directly from God for jewish people to follow, whereas Christians are free from those based on their faith in Jesus.  The point when pastors mention this is absolutely, totally not about why not to be jewish, but rather, that we need to remember that it is through faith in Jesus that we are free and can go to heaven (i.e., don't forget Jesus! albeit this is a bad paraphrase). [/quote]

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