Rabbi Tovia Singer
Posted by Nathan in Uncategorized, tags: Anti-Semite, Christian, Judaism, Martin Luther, Theology, Tovia SingerLooks like I am not the only one thinking about Christians as polytheistic idol worshipers. Check out the lectures of Rabbi Tovia Signer.
Try to imagine the astonished reaction of a Jew (who has his monotheism intact) as he discovers from your question that missionaries use his cherished national creed, “Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one” (Hebrew: echad), to prove the doctrine of the Trinity. To the surprise of many, Trinitarians will often use this celebrated verse to support their belief in a triune nature of God.
You can read many answers and his thoughts on various interfaith issues or listen to his lectures on your iPhone.
It also might be of interest to read the thoughts of Martin Luther as pertaining to us Jews. From the intro:
He dares to pervert the scriptural passages which we cite in testimony to our faith, concerning our Lord Christ and Mary his mother, and to interpret them quite differently. With this argument he thinks he can destroy the basis of our faith.
The ‘He’ would be ‘Ye Olde Hooknose’ DBA ‘da Jew’. Love me those German Jew haters. I used to kind of admire ML for taking on the most corrupt institution in the history of mankind: The Catholic Church. Now, well, wow. I don’t know what to say.
I hold that if their Messiah, for whom they hope, should come and do away with their boast and its basis they would crucify and blaspheme him seven times worse than they did our Messiah; and they would also say that he was not the true Messiah, but a deceiving devil.
Because, you idiot, we are so clearly told that we should not expect a magical fairy to come save us and certainly not to count on miracles. We are told that G-d is not man and man is not G-d. Something you confuse several times a day. Oh man I wish for the day of the reverse inquisition.
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