Posted by AuntieMel on March 16, 2005, at 12:39:49
In reply to Re: the original question » Dinah, posted by SLS on March 16, 2005, at 9:21:28
Some ask 'chosen for what? Could you choose someone else this time?'
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> So "Chosen" doesn't imply superiority.
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> It does imply something that is exclusionary. But that really is not the issue here. I think you covered the issue quite well at the beginning of your post.
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> I chose my example of Jews as being the Chosen People to point out to Lou that this assertion is no less exclusionary than that of Jesus being the Christ through which singularly comes salvation and the passage to the Kingdom of God. If my analogy was flawed or ignorant of religious doctrines, I apologize.
>The key word there is 'singularly.' I have never heard any rabbi say 'our way is the only way and the rest of humanity is doomed unless they join us'
Some denominations of Christianity do teach that, and it seems to me that it's the voicing of that belief that isn't acceptable.
Many Christian denominations teach that it is their duty to convert others. Judaism is quite the opposite. I can say from experience that you can't convert to Judaism unless you really, really, really want to.
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