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  • #16
    Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

    These days, who knows who might self identify as a Rabbi?
    Well yes, there are those pretend Jews who like to get out the dressing up box.



    Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
    Our ministerial association is founded on that concept - though we have not Rabbis, Jewish or otherwise.
    A laudable approach. Assistance without any attempt to proselytise.
    "It ain't necessarily so
    The things that you're liable
    To read in the Bible
    It ain't necessarily so
    ."

    Sportin' Life
    Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
      It does not "beg the question" in a strictly rhetorical or logical manner.

      However, I have not seen any advertisements for IFJC and so I cannot comment.

      Many charity appeals often rely on the "before" and "after" approach showing the viewer what their donation can achieve.

      Of course I could turn your question around to you and ask Why does your loving deity permit the suffering and cruelty in the first place?
      I am sure he would ask you the same thing.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Sparko View Post

        I am sure he would ask you the same thing.
        I am not an omniscient and omnipotent supreme creator being.

        I am only a fallible mortal.
        "It ain't necessarily so
        The things that you're liable
        To read in the Bible
        It ain't necessarily so
        ."

        Sportin' Life
        Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
          Are Rabbis found in any other religion?
          Serious answer here -- there are some movements on the fringe of Christianity that tend to "play" Jewish.
          So, yes, I know a "Rabbi" who is not Jewish at all, but he thinks he's part of that whole scene, even giving Hebrew names to himself and his family.

          While I don't actually acknowledge him as a Rabbi, he's most certainly not Jewish at all.

          Kind of a version of "replacement theology".

          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

            Serious answer here -- there are some movements on the fringe of Christianity that tend to "play" Jewish.
            So, yes, I know a "Rabbi" who is not Jewish at all, but he thinks he's part of that whole scene, even giving Hebrew names to himself and his family.

            While I don't actually acknowledge him as a Rabbi, he's most certainly not Jewish at all.

            Kind of a version of "replacement theology".
            There are always the fringe eccentrics.
            "It ain't necessarily so
            The things that you're liable
            To read in the Bible
            It ain't necessarily so
            ."

            Sportin' Life
            Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post

              I am not an omniscient and omnipotent supreme creator being.

              I am only a fallible mortal.
              Most of the unnecessary pain and suffering in the world is caused by us mortals.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Sparko View Post

                Most of the unnecessary pain and suffering in the world is caused by us mortals.
                I would contend that for those who profess a belief in a benevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent Creator Being that is something of a "cop out".
                "It ain't necessarily so
                The things that you're liable
                To read in the Bible
                It ain't necessarily so
                ."

                Sportin' Life
                Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post

                  I would contend that for those who profess a belief in a benevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent Creator Being that is something of a "cop out".
                  How so?

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post

                    I would contend that for those who profess a belief in a benevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent Creator Being that is something of a "cop out".
                    Most of us don't believe in such a limited God.
                    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                    • #25
                      I have not thought they were supporting Jews in Israel. For some reason, I got the impression they were helping Jews in the Ukraine or Eastern Europe.

                      I do agree that something is off with the group. On occasions when I get their mailings, they go in the trash,
                      "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

                      "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Sparko View Post

                        Which begs the question, why are they filming it instead of fixing it?
                        Perhaps they are doing both?
                        "Obama is not a brown-skinned, anti-war socialist who gives away free healthcare. You are thinking of Jesus." Episcopal Bishop of Arizona

                        I remember WinAce. Gone but not forgotten.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by kiwimac View Post

                          Perhaps they are doing both?
                          Or maybe using actors.
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
                            I have not thought they were supporting Jews in Israel. For some reason, I got the impression they were helping Jews in the Ukraine or Eastern Europe.

                            I do agree that something is off with the group. On occasions when I get their mailings, they go in the trash,
                            There's definitely a "Russian Jew" implication, but I believe they're "in Israel".... maybe they purposely aren't too specific.
                            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
                              I have not thought they were supporting Jews in Israel. For some reason, I got the impression they were helping Jews in the Ukraine or Eastern Europe.

                              I do agree that something is off with the group. On occasions when I get their mailings, they go in the trash,
                              Good on you --- the most memorable commercial I've seen is this one --- dealing with Ukraine and former Soviet areas....




                              International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

                              In the far reaches of the former Soviet Union, Holocaust survivors are struggling to survive every day. You can help provide a food box filled with staple foods as well as the special items, like matzah, needed to properly observe Passover.

                              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Sparko View Post

                                How so?
                                "I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars."
                                "It ain't necessarily so
                                The things that you're liable
                                To read in the Bible
                                It ain't necessarily so
                                ."

                                Sportin' Life
                                Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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