Why has this site seen a huge turn towards Christian shit? It smells waaay off. Like, Russel Brand and all these other influencers turn Christian and this forum becomes overrun with worshippers of the Lord God of Israel via the Jesus psy op.
Why have TPTB decided to shove Christianity down everyones throats and flood boards with Christian bots etc?
Are they trying to strengthen their grip over us spiritually by reinforcing their original deception or what?
The challenge, as you put it, is deep. While it certainly is an opportunity to grow, it's not the easiest step to take, and neither is it a small one. I urge you to pray, to see if God even wants you addressing this in your own walk at this time.
I suggest that exploring what SS is into is an essential prerequisite to this topic, broadly. Also that Jewish teaching on this includes many perspectives, none of which deserve to be ignored. I seriously doubt that OP has the patience for any of this, if he has even a drop of sincerity. Hopefully I'm proven wrong about that, but it's not a light matter.
I very much appreciate your thoughts. I am praying but could also be praying better, so thanks. I think this conversation is a long time coming between me and Jacobin and I'm willing to proceed.
Good!
Personally, I'd like him to pick ONE instance of "genocide," a completely anachronistic term, and to discuss that one reasonably from every angle until it's exhausted.
The basic issues include the teaching tool of moral dilemma, which appears countless times throughout the OT. It's designed to cultivate critical thinking. This idea completely clashes with the bias he inherently brings to the topic. It will help him to discover the source of that bias; he mentioned a prior gf and I imagine she DID influence him, but I bet he'll discover earlier influences in his life. That will be key.
My interest here is solely to help him understand the literature in question, which is in fact difficult. It's also richly rewarding! Just at the level of literature.