There's a new "horror" movie out right now called Heretic that's been getting a lot of attention. But the main horror of the movie is really just how insulting and condescending the whole thing is to Christians.
The movie is about some psychopath who locks a couple female Mormon missionaries inside his house and then spends almost the entire 2 hours just having him "debunk" religion and try to convince the missionaries to question their faith. I haven't been able to find any confirmation on the background of the film's creators, but there is one scene that is laughably biased in favor of Judaism.
The old man starts telling the missionaries about the history of monopoly and how it was just another iteration of an older game called The Landlord's game. You see, the Landlord's Game was made by a smart and hard-working feminist, and then some mean sexist man plagiarized it and created Monopoly and didn't give her any credit. Then he starts giving examples of how modern songs were sued for copyright infringement because they plagiarized melodies from older songs, and he uses these as an analogy to say that Christianity and Islam plagiarized off of Judaism.
Judaism was the OG monotheistic religion. But if they were the first true monotheistic religion, then why are they only 0.2% of the world's population? Well it's because they don't advertise their religion like Christians do.
The Guardian even put out an article praising the movie's realistic portrayal of Mormonism and citing some totally real Mormons who thought the movie was amazing and very realistic.
The entire public image of Judaism is that of misinformed Protestants who believe that Jesus of Nazareth was a practitioner of Judaism. As it turns out, Jews are in no hurry to correct this bit of bad history. The religion of the ancient Hebrews is extinct, and its place taken by Talmudic Rabbis. And while Jews may quibble about the details and the significance of certain historical events, no Jew has brought a sacrifice to be offered up by a priest of the Levitical line since 70AD.
Absolutely, they don't follow the old testament, they abide by the talmud, which is the most vile religious text I've ever read, including the muzzies child raping and murder bullshit.
Todays tiny hat wearers are not the original judeans or hebrews, but khazars and gypsies who adopted the religion in the 8th century.
"Synagogue of Satan" Rev. 2:9, Rev 3:9
I do not understand how so many Christians, including well-studied pastors, miss this. There is nothing that ties what we call Judaism to the practices of the Hebrew people in the OT.
When they founded modern "Israel" they stole the name but at least knew enough not to call themselves the Israelites (sons of Israel) but opted for Israeli instead.
Pastor Steven Anderson and his fringe ministry have their detractors and I'm sure he's disliked by those who really love Jews, but his documentary Marching to Zion was an eye-opener for me, even as a non-Christian (and I don't think it was really intended for non-Christians at all, so I have to commend his restraint in making something that's comprehensive and even-handed, even while he's clearly seething about the issue).
Besides explaining how irrelevant the Old Testament is to Jews nowadays, it also helps contextualise Jesus' message as the schism from Judaism it represented to people back in his time, and finally drilled into me just how much Jews seethed about it back then and ever since - right up until an anomalous form of Christianity emerged which treats Jews as allies, relatively recently in history.
Since I saw that docu I've gone on to inadvertently encounter various things on YT and 4chan which frame Anderson as insane, with a dysfunctional family life. He's also been banned from entering a bunch of EU countries. The modern Westboro bogeyman, basically. It all just makes me suspect he's on the money.
I'm not familiar with Anderson, but the accusations may be true. Publicly rejecting the Judeo-Christian myth takes a sort recklessness associated with poor behavior. Doesn't make anti-Zionism wrong.
See my post here.
The "religion of ancient Hebrews" is the still-ongoing faith of Christianity, but all your other points are accurate. The jews of today and of antiquity are almost completely different.
Of course. I believe that, but even for Christians, there is good reason to distinguish between the the religion of the ancient Hebrews and its fulfillment in the incarnate Godhead. In fact, when discussing Judaism, it is essential to draw the distinction.
It's a technical thing to be sure. The "true israel" as described in the bible has always been the same religion, but it takes a familiarity with Christianity that isn't universal to be aware of that fact.
I just learned from one of the Stone Choir episodes that the modern "Hebrew" language actually has no connection to ancient Hebrew. Ancient Hebrew has completely died out due to conquest and exile. Modern Hebrew is actually derived from Aramaic, due to Israelites back then being conquered by Babylon, and then being forcefully exiled into other parts of Babylon to change and uproot their culture (a control mechanism after conquering a people).
The Talmud originates from many of the occult practices in Babylon, and written in Babylonian Aramaic, which is why it's anathema to many (most?) of the rules in the OT. There's even a jewish saying: "what the Torah forbids, the Talmud permits".
While their "sacrifices" don't suffice in the eyes of God, they certainly do offer up sacrifices. The term "Holocaust" literally means "burnt offering", which is why certain aspects of that "history" are integral (i.e. cremation). However, they have absolutely made (and make) sacrifices. It's just that their sacrifices are other people (i.e. they are murderers). The fire bombing of Dresden is one example. The nuclear bomb was developed specifically to target German cities during the war, but since Germany surrendered by then, they used it on Japan. Purely by coincidence, I'm sure, the two largest Christian centers in Japan were targeted for the atomic bombs, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
These aren't isolated incidents either. All manner of "sacrifices" are made today, and throughout history. Wars for at least the last 100 years are replete with examples of unnecessary loss of life, wars almost invariably started with false flags, killing innocent people, to start even greater conflagrations to kill even more innocent people.
The Gulf of Tonkin false flag to get the U.S. involved in Viet Nam. The lies surrounding Iraq to get us involved in a war there. The lies surrounding Osama and the Taliban after 9/11, and 9/11 itself. The lies surrounding Syria and their "civil war". The lies surrounding Ukraine. The lies surrounding Libya and killing Gaddafi with "rebels". The lies surrounding the entire "Arab Spring" while Obama was president, including the U.S. backed rebel coupe in Egypt. The proposed plan to destroy one of our own civilian airplanes to start a war with Cuba, while Kennedy was president. The lies surrounding WW2. The lies surrounding WW1. The lies around how the current Civil War is framed. The lies surrounding every false flag and conspiracy imaginable for the last several decades.
These are their "sacrifices".