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JI7

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7. the chosen people thing is mostly used by anti semites

Reply to dballance (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 14, 2015, 07:10 PM

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Critizem of Bibi is no more anti-Semitic... [View all] dballance Jan 2015 OP

it wasn't criticism of Bibi that got the hide, it was your attack on all jews with the usual "chosen JI7 Jan 2015 #1

So calling out a sect of people for claiming to be "Chosen" is bad? dballance Jan 2015 #2

sigh. that phrase doesn't mean what you think it means. cali Jan 2015 #4

I'm also an atheist. dballance Jan 2015 #5

in simple words, the belief is that they were chosen to tell the world about God. PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #8

have you read Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy? Douglas Carpenter Jan 2015 #23

Using "chosen people" in a fashion which implies arrogance in Jewish people is anti-Semitic. herding cats Jan 2015 #6

Really? I am certain that it is used... dballance Jan 2015 #10

Argue the policy, don't stoop to using anti-Semitic language. herding cats Jan 2015 #15

support for Israel these days has more to do with the holocaust and persecution of Jews around the JI7 Jan 2015 #16

the chosen people thing is mostly used by anti semites JI7 Jan 2015 #7

So there is no truth to "God" having a chosen people? dballance Jan 2015 #13

i'm an atheist i don't believe in all of that, if you read all these books they have some fucked up JI7 Jan 2015 #14

Your clearly do not understand the nature or significance of being "chosen" branford Jan 2015 #17

Did you mean to type "police enquiries"? Perhaps you meant to type "polite enquiries"? Odd typo. nt Electric Monk Jan 2015 #19

I did indeed mean to type "polite." branford Jan 2015 #21

where in that post is criticism of Nutty? cali Jan 2015 #3

No whining about DU in GD. nilesobek Jan 2015 #9

To answer your question at the top of the thread Mass Jan 2015 #11

Critizem(sic) multiple times? PCIntern Jan 2015 #12

I sometimes find myself longing for the old Meta Forum, too. Electric Monk Jan 2015 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #20

if it is okay to criticize beliefs commonly held by Muslims - I really cannot understand why it is Douglas Carpenter Jan 2015 #22

Locking as not meeting GD SOP, specifically per Skinner's pinned post at top uppityperson Jan 2015 #24

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