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In reply to the discussion: If the Left does not wake up about Islam, Trump will win [View all]elljay
(1,178 posts)Speaking as a Jew, the Torah is our book, written by our people, in our language and its laws apply only to us. Traditional Jews follow the laws but don't make up new ones based on the stories. Thus, while there is the story that the Amalekites were massacred, this did not create a rule that Jews were required to massacre other people. Some stories are disturbing, but they are stories to read, not rules to follow. Over the years, the most noxious of the rules have either been deemed fulfilled or had conditions attached to them that made them impossible to do ( the death penalty for example). Most Jews are either unaffiliated or belong to denominations that follow gender and sexual equality. Christians appropriated our texts, then told us that this guy Jesus said we didn't have to follow it anymore. They then proceeded to selectively follow certain rules anyway and not at all others. If they want to appropriate my people's book,be hitch never applied to them, then they should follow their Jesus and not practice any of the rules at all. Regarding Islam, they have many discriminatory and violent rules and they have not found a way to mitigate them. In fact, ask a moderate Muslim whether the Orlando slaughter was a terrible crime and they will agree. Then ask whether the Koran is the true and perfect word of God and they will agree. Then ask if that includes the part about punishing gays. This is the difference.