From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!bob Newsgroups: net.religion Title: Provoked to jealousy Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.10 Posted: Sun Feb 13 00:18:51 1983 Received: Wed Feb 16 02:58:53 1983 It's hard to ignore scripture when so many people are living fulfillments of its prophecy: They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; They have provoked Me with their vanities; And I will rouse them to jealousy with a no-people; I will provoke them with a vile nation. That seems to describe the Jewish/Christian controversy of the last 2000 years, as distilled in this newsgroup. This gem of a quote is from neither the New Testament nor the prophets; it comes straight out of Deuteronomy 32:21 (AJV). A careful reading of this book strongly implies that Moses did *NOT* leave loopholes like "in general," "when applicable," "until reinterpreted," or "except when inexpedient." Forever is a long time. The man said the law was forever. You have to work pretty hard to interpret the Messiah out of Judaism. Only in the last hundred years have the rabbis nearly succeeded at this venture. I don't care for scripture-twisting to prove anyone's point: it generates more heat than light. TRB slid the crucial point right past the evangelicals: it is a violation of the first commandment to worship another god! I don't comprehend the Trinity, but I am persuaded that Jesus Christ is not Another God. "Jews have never believed..." isn't really an answer, is it? -- bob hofkin (...!ucbvax!sdcsvax!bob)