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I find that since I wear a yarmulke on my head at all times that Evangelicals give me a pass, and mostly tell me that they admire my dedication to my faith (they assume I walk the talk). So I don't feel all that adversarial stuff non religious Jews feel when they hear Chrstians speak about Yushke.
Even while sleeping?...Lately, I can't seem to get out of bed without covering my head and thanking HaShem for another day of life...It has quickly become habit...
Oh, people of all faiths are always trying to stealth-convert me with phrases from their Books. I have a very rare religion. Their actions? It's out of concern. I think it's cute. I look at the person's heart. BTW goyim is an offensive term for gentiles, but surely you knew that?
Yes, bizarre. And I clearly stated that I think location has much to do with it.
While TFF has stated several times that he thinks they're our biggest ally, where I come from they're the ones who call us "Christ killers", vandalize our synagogues, and try to make Christianity a state religion.
"Goyim" is Hebrew for "nations." You probably already knew that. Obviously, "gentile" means the same thing. But whether one should be offended by it is a whole 'nother thing. As Tzaphkiel points out, "American" also sets barriers. In general, that's what words with definitions do. "thatguydownsouth" sets a barrier between you and all the other posters here. That's mostly good. I do not find it offensive at all.
I do not find Christians offensive in using the word "unsaved." Its use does imply a whole way of looking at things that I consider (politely) invalid and (realistically) ridiculous. But most of them do not hold it to be offensive. They, I think, actually see it as an opportunity to "save" me or some other "unsaved" soul. Nonsense, but not malice.
Likewise, some Jews, particularly orthodox, mean no offense in using the word "goy" or its plural in referring to one or more non-Jews, if there is some reason to do so.
I don't agree with S. I. Hayakawa in everything, but there is at least something to be learned from "Words don't mean; people mean."
Other words that the Christians like to apply, "non-believer", or "reprobate" or "heathen", to non-Christians...
Interesting. Do you think that that crowd is all local, or maybe fairly strongly affected by the military?
FWIW, I spent 25 years in the USN, where I perceived almost no negative reaction to the fact that I was Jewish. Maybe none at all. However, over twenty of those years were during the time that I was completely non-observant. Atheists have it easy in the armed forces, I believe.
I grew up in Asheville in a very liberal secular family surrounded by hellfire and brimstone Baptists.
It was hard to say which horrified the neighbors more, that we did not go to church, that we did not eat okra and collard greens, or that I had a black doll (my grandmother wisely sent me a different doll every year from a different country / nationality, and I looooooooooved my dolls). at any rate i was allowed to go to their homes, but their children were not allowed in our house. When immigration came to public schools, they all moved to a different part of town, as in all-white.
You mean "integration"?....My wife is from Savannah, GA and she also had to go through that integration thing...She said it was kinda odd to have just one black girl in a class of all-white pupils...
"Originally Posted by JB from NC You do realize that the Protocols was a Russian anti-Semitic ruse and never had anything to do with Jews or Judaism, right?"
And I don't think you are offended at all....
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