Posted by Lou Pilder on March 14, 2005, at 7:26:58
In reply to Re: Lou's reply to Scott- » Lou Pilder, posted by SLS on March 13, 2005, at 10:29:24
> Hi Lou.
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> As a spokesman for Jewry, how do you account for why the Jews commonly refer to themselves as "The Chosen People"?
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> Do you not find that this self proclaimation is exclusionary? Wouldn't such presumed exclusion have the potential to put down those whom Jews do not consider chosen? How different is this than a Christian stating that one must go through Jesus Christ to arrive at the Kingdom of God everlastingly?
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> - ScottScott,
In your questions to me above, could you clarify the following?
In your first question to me,[....how do you account for why the Jews ...refer to themselves as "The Chosen People"?...], could any of the following be what you think the jews are meaning when they refer to themselves as "The Chosen People" ?
A. Jews say that they are chosen by God to automaticaly be in the Kingdom of God, regardless of how they live their lives.
B. Jews say that they are chosen by God to be the instrument that God uses that brings salvation to all other people.
C. Jews say that they are the chosen people to bring God's laws of rightiousness to mankind
D. Jews say that they are chosen by God to be priests and a holy nation to be a light to the world.
E.Jews say that they are chosen from slavery by God in a miraculous deliverance to advocate to bring freedom from oppression to others because they were once enslaved.
F.A combination of the above
G. None of the above
H.something else
Lou
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