From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!presby!aron Newsgroups: net.religion Title: Re: Jeremiah"s prophecy Article-I.D.: presby.177 Posted: Tue Feb 8 19:48:57 1983 Received: Fri Feb 11 07:46:57 1983 References: presby.175 npoiv.1926 Richard Hammond's response reminds me of the old discussion of whether or not the Soviet Union represents a "true" example of Communism. The argument really boils down to: if a pure form of X existed then X would be perfect. It is only because we have imperfect examples of X that X is associated with all this horrible murder and mayhem. Thus X is not to blaim for the murder and mayhem. Not very convincing. In any case it is irrelevant to my original argument. Someone claimed that Jeremiah's prophecy of a new Covenant between Israel and God refers to Christianity. I said it could not refer to Christianity because the historical reality of Christianity is far from the vision of this new Covenant that Jeremiah foresaw. In fact, we need only look around at the world around us to see that this new Covenant has not yet been established anywhere in this world. Perhaps someday a perfect X will come along, and man will indeed have God's law written on his heart and mind. In fact, the mystical view of Judaism is that our purpose in life is to bring that day closer. Until then, I will have no patience for those who claim to be perfect. I suspect that Jeremiah would not have much patience for them either. aron shtull-trauring