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Date: March 02, 2011 08:02PM
Both links above go to articles that used that headline. It wasn't Scooter's statement or mine.
As Dagny said, it's not new in the Catholic Church (but not all that old, relatively speaking, either) that they have taken Jews off the hook on that one, so to speak.
This is the article I linked to above:
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/03/02/general-eu-vatican-jews_8333880.htmlExcerpt:
"While the Vatican has long echoed Benedict's conclusion, Jewish scholars said the argument laid out by the German-born pontiff, who has had his share of missteps with Jews, was significant and would help fight anti-Semitism today."
If Jewish scholars think it'll help, that's encouraging.
To relate this to Mormonism, this is what I meant by the Mormon leaders coming up short on making definitive statements that lay certain controversies to bed, that help local leaders to govern their flock better (with more knowledge and less individual screw-ups through lack of clear direction), that clarify anything, anything at all. At least the Pope writes a book that may clarify a subject and that may help with tough issues in the world. What does Monson write? Or GBH? Or SWK? Or any of them?
For Badgirl, the reason some have said through the ages that the Jews killed Christ is that they had an opportunity to save him but they chose not to. But still, it was the Romans who carried out the crucifixion. So I never understood anyway why this "Christ-killer" thing sprang up and persisted to the present day in some quarters. It makes no sense. And, again, from the doctrinal point of view for Christians, Jesus had to die in order to be resurrected in order to save the world, no? So in that case, whoever killed him did everybody a favour. So how does that support the ongoing anti-Semitism? It just makes no sense. Never did. Never will. Some people are just looking for an excuse. But that one is completely irrational.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/02/2011 08:09PM by Nightingale.