The Indispensable Role of Logic and Reason in Christian Apologetics
In a world riddled with skepticism, relativism, and outright hostility toward biblical truth, Christian apologetics stands as the frontline defense of the Gospel. Far from being a dry academic exercise, apologetics—rooted in logic and reason—equips believers to dismantle false teachings, expose intellectual inconsistencies, and proclaim Christ’s lordship with clarity and conviction. The Bible doesn’t call us to blind faith but to a reasoned trust that engages the mind as much as the heart. Yet, in modern times, anti-intellectualism and emotionalism have crept into the church, weakening our witness. This post delves into the scriptural imperative for logical apologetics, examines Jesus as the ultimate model, explores its contemporary necessity, and urges a return to rigorous thinking, bolstered by scholarly insights.
The Biblical Mandate for Reasoned Defense
Scripture unequivocally commands believers to use reason in defending the faith. In 1 Peter 3:15 (ESV), we read: “But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.” The Greek word for “defense” here is apologia, from which apologetics derives, implying a logical, evidence-based response. Similarly, Isaiah 1:18 invites: “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord,” portraying God Himself as engaging human intellect to reveal truth.
The apostles exemplified this. In Acts 17:2-4, Paul “reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead.” His method involved dialectical reasoning—dialogue, evidence, and logical deduction—to persuade Jews and Greeks alike. As scholars note, this approach underscores that faith is not opposed to reason but complemented by it, providing rational warrant for Christian claims.
Jesus as the Model Logical Apologist
Jesus Christ Himself was a master apologist who wielded logic to refute opponents and affirm divine truth. Contrary to portrayals of Him as merely a mystic, the Gospels depict Jesus employing sophisticated philosophical arguments, such as escaping dilemmas, a fortiori reasoning, appeals to evidence, and reductio ad absurdum.
For instance, in Matthew 22:23-32, Sadducees posed a dilemma about marriage in the resurrection to discredit the afterlife. Jesus escaped the horns by clarifying resurrection life transcends earthly marriage, then appealed to Exodus 3:6’s present tense—”I am the God of Abraham”—to logically infer the patriarchs’ ongoing existence, as God is not the God of the dead. This not only silenced critics but demonstrated reason’s role in interpreting Scripture.
In a fortiori arguments, Jesus reasoned from lesser to greater. Defending Sabbath healing in John 7:21-24, He noted that circumcision (a minor act) is permitted on the Sabbath; thus, healing a whole person (a greater good) must be allowable. Such logic exposed hypocrisy and upheld ethical consistency.
Jesus also appealed to empirical evidence for His claims, as in Matthew 11:4-5, directing John’s disciples to report miracles fulfilling Isaiah’s prophecies, forming a modus ponens syllogism: If the Messiah performs these acts, and I do, then I am the Messiah. Through reductio ad absurdum, He refuted accusations of demonic power in Matthew 12:25-27, arguing that Satan dividing against himself would collapse his kingdom—an absurd outcome, proving Jesus’ authority from God.
These examples reveal Jesus as a philosopher-apologist who valued rational discourse, challenging us to follow suit.
The Modern Importance Amid Rising Irrationality
Today, apologetics is crucial for countering atheism, pluralism, and pseudoscience that masquerade as truth. As William Lane Craig explains, apologetics provides “rational warrant for Christianity’s truth claims” through natural theology (e.g., cosmological and teleological arguments) and historical evidences like the resurrection. It bolsters believers’ confidence, removes intellectual barriers for unbelievers, and equips the church against doubt.
Craig warns that “false ideas are the greatest obstacles to the reception of the gospel,” emphasizing how logical arguments engage skeptics on facts, fostering dialogue. When combined with the Gospel and testimony, reason becomes a tool the Holy Spirit uses for conversion. Yet, cultural shifts toward emotionalism and anti-intellectualism—fueled by postmodernism—have eroded this, leading to shallow faith vulnerable to attack. Apologetics restores intellectual integrity, ensuring Christianity isn’t dismissed as irrational.
A Call to Rigorous Apologetics
Brothers and sisters, the time for superficial faith is over. As Proverbs 14:15 cautions, “The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.” Dive into logic, study evidence, and engage critics boldly. Join apologetics groups, read scholars like Craig, and apply reason to expose falsehoods in the church and world. By reclaiming this biblical tool, we honor God with our minds (Matthew 22:37) and advance His kingdom.
All Bible quotations are from the English Standard Version (ESV).
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A comprehensive Jewish polemic against the theological foundations of Xtianity and Islam. Where was JeZeus throughout the Shoah? Where was Allah throughout the Nakba total defeat disasters of ’48, ’67, & most recently the 12 Day War?
Explain how the local tribal god of Sinai who dwells in the Mishkan Yatzir Ha-Tov/strictly and only within the hearts of the chosen Cohen seed of Avraham, Yitzak, and Yaacov – upon this Earth, does eternally judge the Monotheistic Universal Gods of Golgotha (place of the skull) and Mecca & Medina who occupy the Heavens – as false Baal Gods of Av Tuma avoda zarah – no different from the Gods worshipped by Par’o and Egypt or the Gods worshipped by the Canaanites.
The Torah’s God is not a distant “universal father” but the local, tribal Elohim of Sinai, who entered history through the brit cut between the pieces with Avraham, promising land and seed to Israel alone. This God judges all nations but resides only in the mishkan (tabernacle) of Jewish hearts committed to tohorah and tzedek (justice). Monotheism’s universalism profanes this faith that pursues justice within the borders of the oath brit lands, by inventing heavenly overlords who demand submission from all humanity, violating the Second Commandment: “You shall have no other gods before Me”, which explicitly condemns the polytheistic undertones of trinitarian Christianity and the absolutist Allah of Islam as echoes of Ba’al worship—gods of storm, fertility, or conquest that promise salvation but deliver tumah.
JeZeus as a Protocols of the Elders of Zion NT blood libel slander, did not know the fundamental distinction which separates Torah common law from Roman Statute Law. Likewise his similar Nathan of Gaza who served as the disciple of Shabbetai Tzvi … commonly known in NT rhetoric propaganda as “the Apostle Paul”. To sanctify the mitzva of shabbat (all Torah commandments apply equally to all chosen Cohen seed of the Avot – including the mitzva of Moshiach) requires making the הבדלה distinction between time-oriented Av commandments from toldot positive & negative commandments which do not require k’vanna; this בינה that discerns like from like מלאכה מן עבודה, separates holy from profane – t’ruma from chol. The imaginary man JeZeus did not “understand” the mitzva of shabbat any more than do Xtians understand the mitzva of Moshiach or Muslims understand the mitzva of Torah prophets; Torah prophets command mussar – T’NaCH does not instruct history because prophesy as a mussar rebuke applies equally straight across the board to all generations of the chosen Cohen seed of the Avot, no different than Shabbat and Moshiach.
The dedication of the House of Aaron as Moshiach serves as the Av precedent for all other Moshiach dedications thereafter. The precedent for korbanot learns from the rejection of Cain’s korban. A Torah korban exists as a time-oriented commandment which requires the “wisdom” of k’vanna-swearing a Torah oath through שם ומלכות. The term מלכות refers to the king-like leadership direction of the 13 tohor Oral Torah spirits which Moshe Rabbeinu perceived at Horev 40 days following the sin of the Golden Calf av definition of all avoda zarah for all generations. The Oral Torah revelation occurred on Yom Kippor wherein HaShem remembered the oaths sworn unto the Avot and annulled the vow to make from Moshe the father for the chosen Cohen people. Just as brit does not translate correctly as covenant, so too and how much more so t’shuva does not correctly translate as repentance for sin. Torah faith does not atone for sin, Yom Kippor makes atonement for a failure to rule the oath sworn lands with righteous judicial common law Sanhedrin justice which makes fair restitution of damages inflicted by bnai brit upon bnai brit. Aaron as the first anointed Moshiach – dedicates through the sanctification of korbanot the righteous pursuit of judicial justice among the chosen Cohen seed of the Avot within the borders of Judea.
Matthew genealogy traces the lineage of its Harry Potter through Joseph. Luke’s genealogy traces its lineage through Mary. LOL. Matthew lists 42 generations while Luke lists 77 generations! Matthew begins with Avraham and moves forward while Luke begins with Adam. The final name in Matthew’s genealogy Joseph (husband of Mary). While Luke ends with JeZeus. Matthew follows Solomon’s line; Luke follows Nathan’s line. All gospel Roman forgeries fail to grasp the Torah negative commandment of a “bastard child”.
The gospel of Luke ignores that all Goyim reject to this day the revelation of the Torah at Sinai. No gospel forgery ever once includes the 1st Commandment revelation of HaShem who dwells thereafter only within the Yatzir Ha-Tov of the hearts of the Chosen Cohen seed of Avraham Yitzak and Yaacov – brit cut between the pieces. Nathan, another descendant of David not tied to the kingship.
Anymore than the gospels has any linkage to the Torah dedication of the mitzva of Moshiach – based upon king David’s failure to judge the Case of Bat Sheva’s husband with justice. Ruling the land/people with righteous judicial justice defines the Torah intent of the mitzva of Moshiach. Luke’s attempt to make its false messiah into an av tuma Universal messiah for all Mankind, violates the revelation of the Torah at Sinai.
Moshe first anointed the House of Aaron as Moshiach. Aaron stands on the foundation of Elohim acceptance of the sacrifice dedicated by Hevel, despite Cain being born first. This theme duplicated again and again in Yishmael/Yitzak, Esau\Yaacov, Reuven\Yosef, pre-sin of Golden Calf first born of Israel/post Golden Calf tribe of Levi. The Luke/puke contradicts JeZeus’s declaration to the Samaritan woman! Hence the NT compare more to a superman comic book than an actual replacement of the brit chosen Cohen seed of the Avot replaced by a Roman fictional Harry Potter messiah.
The greatest flaw of the gospel forgeries, hands down without any question, their utter replacement theological failure which fails to grasp that all the Torah mitzvot revealed at Sinai apply equally – straight across the board – like shabbat and tohorat Ha-beit for married women – to all generations of the chosen Cohen seed of Avraham Yitzak and Yaacov.
Furthermore the JeZeus false messiah failed to differentiate the Avot in Genesis perception of El, Elohim, El Shaddai etc as a God in the Heavens from the revelation of HaShem in the 1st Sinai Commandment wherein the Divine Presence middot revealed to Moshe after the sin of the Golden Calf on Yom Kippur live in this Earth only within the hearts of the Yatzir Ha-Tov Cohen people. When the followers of the Harry Potter false messiah asked their God how to pray he taught them: Our Father who is in Heaven … this fundamentally violates and profanes the revelation of the Torah at Sinai – the Spirits of HaShem live within the Tabernacle of the Yatzir Ha-Tov within the bnai brit Cohen hearts.
Tefillah – Kre’a Shma – Hear Israel HaShem Elohynu HaShem Echad. The word One does not refer as the av tuma avoda zara theologies promoted by the NT and Koran false prophet frauds of Universal Monotheism. Monotheism violates the 2nd Sinai Commandment; HaShem sent Moshe to Egypt to judge the Gods of Egypt! Rather the word ONE refers to the oath that a Cohen swears through his tefillen to remember the oaths sworn by Avraham Yitzak and Yaacov wherein the Avot cut an oath alliance to father the chosen Cohen people. Hence the 3 Divine Names in this one verse have the intention to remember the oaths the Avot swore to father the chosen Cohen seed for all eternity. Furthermore, the name Elohynu judges and separates HaShem from HaShem; acceptance of the Written and Oral Torah revelation לשמה.
The father determines the genealogy of both sons of Aaron and Kings of both Yechuda and Israel. The NT fraud has no concept that once a man acquires title to the O’lam Ha’bah (future born children) of his wife, that even if Zeus himself fathered Hercules that under Torah law Hercules constitutes a bastard. That the beating of JeZeus almost to death and torturing him upon a cross compares to offering a deformed animal on an altar as a Torah sacrifice. תורה לא בשמים – a direct quote from the Book of D’varim which defines the revelation of the First Sinai Commandment for all eternity thereafter. JeZeus depicted as the “Son of God/virgin birth” … a bastard child forever excluded כרת from the seed of the Avot chosen Cohen people.
The brutal murder of fictional Harry Potter JeZeus through judicial corruption and injustice totally the opposite of Moshe dedication of the House of Aaron as Moshiach. The prophet Shmuel first anointed Shaul of the tribe of Binyamin as Moshiach, but his failure to pursue justice – specifically in the mitzva of Amalek (understood as Jewish ערב רב – assimilated Jews who follow foreign cultures & customs who intermarry with Goyim who reject the revelation of the Torah at Sinai.) Amalek or antisemitism plagues all generations of Jews with Torah curses no different than the plague curses in Egypt.
Superficially Yonah sent to “warn” the king of Assyria. But Torah prophets serve only as the mussar police of Sanhedrin courtroom rulings. The Sanhedrin courts only have jurisdiction within the borders of Judea. Hence for the prophet Yona sent to Assyria his mission replicates that of Moshe in Egypt sent to cause the exiled 10 tribes of Israel to remember the brit oath sworn to the Avot. Assyria conquered shortly after Yonah commanded his mussar to the exiled seed of the 10 Tribes by the Babylonian empire.
Contrasts the Torah’s depth with the superficial, treif distortions peddled by the church—as epitomized in that 1956 Hollywood spectacle, The Ten Commandments, where a bald Yul Brynner as Pharaoh and a chiseled Charlton Heston as Moshe reduce Sinai to a cinematic farce. The revelation of the Torah at Sinai caused Israel to recoil after hearing only the first two dibrot (statements) directly from HaShem’s tohor spirits.
Understanding why the aseret ha-dibrot (the “Ten Statements,” not “Commandments” as the church mistranslates to fit its legalistic idolatry) appear twice. Israel demanded thereafter that Moshe ascend to receive the remainder of the Torah—Written and Oral—lest these tohor middot consume their Yatzir Ha-Raw tuma middot.
The aseret ha-dibrot repeated twice in the Torah, this duplication, it exposes the root of Torah common law; which stands firmly upon bininei avot—the foundational “building fathers” or precedents that generate an expansive edifice of halachah. As enslaved Israel made bricks to build Egyptian treasure cities, the Talmud employs the building block of Hillel’s 7 middot, Akiva’s 10 middot, Yishmael’s 13 middot, and HaGallilee’s 32 middot; every sugya of Gemara stands upon these יסודי logical building blocks.
These are not mere repetitions for emphasis, as Goyim theologians defame the Talmud as the words of Men, far removed from the Word of God! Rather the concept of T’NaCH prophetic Oral Torah mussar middot and Talmudic halachic middot bridge the gap of holiness which elevates holy to most holy commandments. Shabbat serves as an Av precedent for all other wisdom-commandments which require k’vanna wherein Jews in all generations dedicates tohor Oral Torah middot – which the Talmud calls: מלכות. As the Torah has two grades of commandments the T’NaCH & Talmud judicial common law have two grades of middot.
Torah speaks in the language of Man. The kabbalistic term “shekinah” stands upon the Mishkan precedent. Its not the form of the Mishkan and its vessels which defines the revelation of the Torah at Sinai/Horev; anymore than its the 6 days of Creation משל, but rather the introduction of time oriented commandments נמשל. The נמשל that the רוח הקדוש Oral Torah middot of Horev breath life into the Ya’tzir Ha-Tov of the Chosen Cohen peoples’ hearts. Hence the error spelling of the word heart as לבב in the tefillah דאורייתא acceptance of the yoke of the “kingdom of heaven”.
Meaning remembering the oath sworn by the Avot to father the Chosen Cohen people and the acceptance of the Written and Oral Torahs at Sinai and Horev. Herein designates the k’vanna of the time-oriented wisdom commandment known as קריא שמע. As this commandment applies to all generations of Israel so too the mitzva of Moshiach. Jews do not wait for a fabled 2nd coming of JeZeus. “Time” not as literal hours but as opportune wisdom (as in Ecclesiastes 3:1–8’s “a time for every matter”). Thus the repetition of the 10 dibrot serve to define the elevation of time-oriented commandments as the k’vanna to remember the redemption from Egyptian exile – as expressed in the first Sinai t’shuva commandment.
The revelation of the Oral Torah, according to the kabbalah taught by rabbi Akiva’s פרדס understanding, reveals a dynamic logic variable inductive format, as opposed to the ancient Greek philosophers static rigid syllogism deductive logic. Islam’s sharia mimics toldot without av wisdom, leading to rigid fatawa absent prophetic t’shuva. In essence, the twice-repeated 10 dibrot reveal the Torah’s blueprint for common law: a beniyan av teaching generational renewal, mitzvah classification, and mussar-k’vanna. This stands eternally against the church’s movie myths and Islam’s static codes, affirming Sinai’s wisdom for Israel’s seed alone.
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The article below required certain modifications for clarity. As an Israeli, its exceptionally important prior to the coming National elections, to express my most sincere appreciation for the leader of Israel’s government during the last 7 Front War, and to America – the land of my birth and education.
Blessing\\Curse unbridgeable gulf between the righteous pursuit of judicial justice in brit lands from theological belief in creed created Universal or other God-heads, as determined through public societal belief systems. Education vastly distinguishes between the ignorant masses who can but only rely upon “faithful” translations … from Torah scholars who understand that “basically” all translations – skew and pervert – the Original mother tongue. T’NaCH written in Hebrew and Aramaic not Greek nor Latin. Foreign religions express the cultures, customs and traditions of Goyim not Jews of ancient Judea. As such, the Xtian bible translations and Muslim koran address their people not Jews. We have our own cultural traditions as a people. Repeatedly throughout history these great monotheistic religions have attempted to force a “one size fits all ‘communism’ upon not only Jews”. The Crusades serves witness to this war crime.
A one word example which proves this point precisely from the Torah itself. The 1st word of the Torah all Xtian narishkeit(Yiddish for idiotic) bible translations write “In the Beginning” or words to that effect. Within the 6 letters of this opening Torah word “בראשית”, contained words within words a key quality known as רמז. For example: ברית אש, ראש בית, ב’ ראשית all key ways to interpret the k’vanna of בראשית simply translated as “in the beginning”. Goyim worship their bibles, calling them the “Word of God”. But, bottom line, this “God” not the god of the Jewish people. Arabs worship their tawhid Allah as the one and only God and Muhammed his prophet. But neither this nor that the God or prophet of the T’NaCH Jewish common law legal literature. These self proclaimed ‘Sister Religions’ fail to grasp that the T’NaCH & Talmud exist as Constitution of an “ideal” Republic within the borders of the lands established by means of sworn oath cut between our local god and Avraham Yitzak and Yaacov – the fathers of the Jewish people.
Arabs insist that Jews changed the Torah, that really Avraham bound Yishmael at the Akadah. That’s a nice story and Arabs fervently believe it. But the Torah serves as the basis of Jewish common law. Common law does not stand upon theologically created creed belief systems but rather legal precedents. Its this מאי נפקא מינא “What difference does it make?”, which forever separates the established culture and customs practiced by the Jewish people in a tiny country from the religious beliefs of huge Goyim societies across the Planet Earth. No different from the native Indian cultures and customs which Xtian believers have basically obliterated in the New World.
On October 7th 2023 Hamas attacked and slaughtered Israelis outside the borders of Gaza. The unilateral withdraw from Gaza – August 15, 2005 – culminated assassinated PM Yitzhak Rabin’s Oslo II Accords of 1995. The latter stands upon the precedent of PM Begin and President Sadat’s Camp David Peace Accords with diplomatic assistance of US President Carter. As a private citizen I do not know why PM Sharon withdrew from Gaza. Arafat launched the 2nd Intifada consequent to Oslo and the Gazans threw the “sole Representative of the Palestinian People” permanently out of Gaza. But strongly suspect that PM Sharon based his decision upon the leadership precedent establish by PM Begin who returned (for the 2nd time) the captured Sinai back to Egypt to achieve a peace that has held to this day.
On Oct7th 2023 Hamas together with UNWRA attacked and slaughtered some 1200 Israelis murdered in one day. At the time personally favored Sharon’s bold leadership over Bibi’s. But Oct 7th conclusively proved that PM Sharon’s initiative utterly and horribly false, evil, and wrong. This surprise attack, compares to the Dec7th 1941 Pearl Harbor, which caused FDR to approach Congress for a declaration of war. The UN, England, France & Russia – later condemned Israel for war crimes committed in this two year Oct 7th Abomination war. Israel demanded a complete return of our stolen citizens held in brutal conditions – which the Red Cross refused to visit. Under President Trump, post war did Gazans surrender all captive and stolen Israelis! Under Trump 2.0’s leadership, the imperialism of England France and Russia, which has so dominated all previous Arab Israeli wars – imperialism expressed in UN Resolutions 242 and 338 key examples – finally expunged from the Gaza Peace Plan.
A key to learning Torah requires a discerning eye which consciously separates ‘like from like’ – which the Talmud defines as “understanding”. And distinguish a רמז from a סוד. If any person truly respects the Hebrew T’NaCH, (Written in response to a rather preachy set Xtians who seem to insist that Jews reject the Bible out of sheer stubbornness. Oblivious to how post Shoah facts on the ground have witnessed a complete and total role reversal; Israelis like myself say: “Put up or shut up”. Step off your soap-box. Cause your hyped “2nd Coming”, this Jew does not believe.), simply making glib general declarations about Jewish ignorance – seems particularly arrogant – at least to me. Throwing NT verses, as if that says it all, preaches to the wrong crowd. Personally welcome open dialogue with all persons who express a sincere interest to share and express their different takes and perspectives – how they learn classic texts. But preaching down to a ‘damned Jew’, post Shoah, simply NO.
These two above mentioned Hebrew terms, together with דרוש ופשט qualify as rabbi Akiva’s understanding of the revelation of the Oral Torah at Horev which Moshe Rabbeinu heard ‘baal peh’. This 2nd Judean commonwealth kabbalah tradition, it permits Torah scholars from all generations and walks of life to study and learn T’NaCH Talmud aggada/halacha as the mussar k’vanna for all ritual acts of עבודת השם. The verb עבודה perfectly defines halachic ritualism because neither positive and negative Torah commandments require k’vanna any more than do halachic ritualism as codified in the Shulkan Aruch. NT Greek, that language lacks the nuance to discern between מלאכה from עבודה.
“In the beginning” with the Book of בראשית, the Torah introduces “av” wisdom commandments rather than declares the history creation of the Universe in six days, as all English bible translations emphasize. The creation story משל-metaphor, the Talmud understands interpreted through the נמשל – referred to as time-oriented mitzvot; this unique type of Av Torah commandment defines the k’vanna of the Book of בראשית. The next three Books of the Written Torah introduces the concept of positive and negative commandments (which ideally serve as precedents) ‘designed’ to elevate these secondary commandments – which do not require k’vanna. As to wisdom commandments which do require k’vanna. This wisdom skill equally applies to the warp/weft loom known as Talmudic halacha/aggada. No fundamental understanding based upon the first Word of the Torah no bible translation, including Aramaic, either directly or even indirectly implies.
The two Aramaic most famous translations of the Chumash serve as reading primers designed to aid and assist Jews in later generations to easily read Talmudic literature which employs Aramaic, as well as the mystic/non prophetic Book of Daniel. The Xtian translations one & all err and declare the Book of Daniel a prophetic Book. However prophets most essentially command mussar and only occasionally delve into ‘end of days’ mysticism. Who ever authored the Zohar, it seems to me a post 1242 burning in Paris of the Talmud stop-gap Reshon Era publication, made the choice to write in Aramaic like the Book of Daniel. The Zohar views סוד of פרדס as secret mysticism. Rav Nemuraskii taught me otherwise. He taught me that רמז וסוד attach to the warp of halacha as opposed to דרוש ופשט affixed to the weft of aggada. Herein defines the sh’itta of how my Rav taught me how to learn the sealed Primary Sources of Yiddishkeit.
The Xtian av tuma avoda zara – which roughly means evil spirited idolatry – knows nor teaches absolutely nothing of the culture and customs – both of which define Jewish identity for thousands of years till this very day. Instead their false prophet style literature relies upon Greek – Roman written (gospel of Mark authored in the city of Rome) to define the Jewish culture and customs that prevailed in ancient distant lands far removed from Goyim today. The false prophet Muhammad did the same with his Koran.
Why should an Israeli Jew refer to the major religions which have dominated the history of Man Kind, even in distant lands as India and China? This question at least to religious Goyim ‘pins my ears to the wall’. But post Shoah and 2000+ years of Jewish refugee status, meaning deprived of social and political rights, where Arabs labelled Jews as dhimmi and Xtian – well their disgraceful history speaks for itself. Now the “refugee shoe” both these religions forced to wear. The UN can spew its non stop condemnations of Israeli national Independence and pretend that it compares to the Pope who sends priests into Jewish shuls on shabbat to preach conversion – oblivious to the fact that post Shoah the UN established. Israel won its National Independence through two wars, the UN established through post War great power fiat. Arabs fought both of those wars with the intent to throw the Jews into the Sea and complete the Nazi Shoah vision.
A false prophet encourages people to worship other Gods. An obvious given. Hence both the NT JeZeus together with his false prophet Paul and NT support writers and the Koran Muhammad false prophet, skirts this difficulty by unilaterally declaring – by means of their own unique theological belief systems – that their Gods JeZeus or Allah one in the same – with the local tribal god of Sinai. Goyim never accept to this day the Torah revelation that tohor Divine spirits live within the hearts of the Yatzir Ha-Tov Cohen people alone. Goyim “not under the law” therefore Goyim do not determine nor define nor clarify Torah common law judicial precedent based commandments and mitzvot.
Both av tuma avoda zara declare their fervent belief in the theology known as “Monotheism”. Alas this common theological ploy well known to the Jewish people through the Ages. Ancient Persian theology which prevailed during the reign of Cyrus the Great – and expressed through the religious belief system of Zoroastrianism – duplicated the Xtian and Muslim narishkeit nonsense of Heaven vs. Hell God vs. Satan fiction on par with messiah Harry Potter to the witching world of England. That religion believed in an afterlife, good deeds, it enshrined “prophesies” of a savior (Saohyrant) and clearly had a strong influence over both the much later NT and Koran av tuma avoda zara.
The latter two style themselves as “sister religions” to Judaism. The koran falsely declares that prophets sent to all peoples in all lands and that the Arabs of Arabia were the last people to receive their prophet Muhammad who spoke in their home tongue. Goyim never accepted the revelation of the Torah at Sinai. They rely instead upon theology and Creed based belief systems like for example the Muslim Tawhid and the Xtian Nicene Creed.
The NT for example, redefines prophesy as witchcraft; while Islam declares that prophets sent by Allah to all peoples and nations on this Earth and speak in their native tongue. Moshe and Yona sent to Jewish exiles enduring oppression in Egypt and Assyria respectively. The king of Assyria for example, his alien “repentance” simply an Indian Summer! Shortly thereafter the visit by the prophet Yona, the empire of Assyria totally collapsed! Furthermore the Xtian notions of “repentance” has nothing to due with the Torah concept of t’shuva. The latter verb requires Jews to remember the oaths sworn by Avraham Yitzak and Yaacov, which serves as the basis k’vanna of kre’a shma tefillah together with acceptance of the Written and Oral Torah. T’shuva remembers the oaths sworn by the Avot wherein they individually cut a oath alliance – with their local god in heaven – to father the chosen Cohen people. Moshe brought Israel out of Egypt to conquer the oath brit land inheritance of the Avot. Justice through law defines the revelation of the Torah at Sinai. Not any belief in any theologically created Universal Gods of monotheism.
This key distinction separates prophetic תוכחה נבוא mussar which defines the whole of the Torah literature. Only Israel accepts – to this day the revelation of Torah common law – the obligation to rule Canaan with justice – as faith. Judicial common law simply not any theological belief system. The false prophets of the NT and Koran, by definition seduce people to worship other Gods ie the 2nd Sinai commandment! Moshe sent to Egypt where our local god judged the Gods worshiped by both Par’o and the Egyptians. The prophet Yehoshua cut a oath alliance with Israel prior to commencing his 7 year war to conquer the “giants” within Canaan; that our local god would judge the Gods of Canaan like to the Gods of Egypt, judged in the life time of Moshe his teacher.
The entire av tuma avoda zara of Monotheism despises the 2nd Sinai commandment. Both Xtianity and Islam relegate the 2nd Sinai commandment to idols of clay or gold. Both ignore the plain simple fact the the ancient Persian religion mentioned above, Jews rejected back then – despite farce persecution to convert. No different than the behavioral practices of church and mosque – as av tuma avoda zara.
During the bitter ‘Dark Ages’ of European and Muslim barbarism which witnessed the complete deterioration of ancient Roman road systems; people perhaps traveled from their homes all of 10 miles in their lifetimes! Jewish communities in g’lut/exile faced harsh threats of assimilation and intermarriage. Upon these two legs stand all av tuma avoda zara worship of foreign Gods which false prophets preach and extort their followers to believe. Hence the religion of g’lut Judaism evolved out of the bowels of Talmud and Midrash literature to address the communal needs of g’lut Jewy scattered like seeds tossed in the wind.
The Torah defines “prophet” as a person who commands mussar. Torah prophets do not predict the future as the NT Protocols of the Elders of Zion fraud forgery “fulfills”. Prophetic mussar applies equally straight across the board to all generations of the chosen Cohen seed of Avraham, Yitzak, and Yaacov. Each of whom swore a Torah oath to father this unique people.
Bible translations read that the God of these three fathers of the Jewish people swore an oath to give the land of Canaan as an eternal inheritance to their chosen seed. If their god – the greater party to the alliance – swore a Torah oath, then how much more so the lesser party to this alliance – likewise swears a Torah oath!!!
Neither the false prophets in the NT nor Koran even know how to swear a Torah oath! As such neither av tuma religions of avoda zara has ever contemplated the oaths sworn by the fathers by which our local god eternally creates from nothing the chosen Cohen people to this very day. Neither religion ever grasped that judicial common law share zero/nothing\no common ground with theological belief systems whose false prophets create Universal Gods using the tools of theology, no different than a craftsman uses his tools to forge idols.
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