Rigby5
Diamond Member
So, why do Jewish texts, say otherwise?
There are a LOT of Jewish texts. They say a LOT of things. They often have apparent contradictions. They often have multiple interpretations. They are often subjected to vigorous debate (all recorded). They are always subject to new information in the forms of new technology or newly understood scientific principles.
You, as a non-Jew and one prone to an atrocious lack of understanding and tolerance, do not get to take the enormous bulk of Jewish knowledge and decide, on behalf of all humanity, that this tiny subset of Jews are "right" and hold the key to the Jewish faith.
Only the Jewish people, as a collective, get to apply meaning to Jewish law and faith.
NO! This is not at all true.
When the Romans easily defeated the Jewish rebellion of 160 AD, the Jews had to come up with a reason how that could happen. The choices were that God did not exist or was not all powerful, that Jews were not the Chosen People, or that they had sinned and were being punished. So it is JEWS, ALL JEWS, who agreed they would disperse and atone for the sins of arrogance and pride, (like the massacre of the Canaanites at Jericho).
That can NOT be changes by atheists now who only call themselves Jews but no longer follow the faith.
And NO, it is not just Jews who get to decide, because the atheist Jews are claiming all of Palestine.
That is not their call, so they have to do be restrained by the Rule of Law.
The Rule of Law has to supersede false religious claims.