On Islam and other obsessions

Submitted by Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi (United States), Oct 8, 2009 at 17:36

After the death of Yeshua and during the confusion caused by the BarChochba revolt in Judea there was a proliferation of would be messiahs all claiming to hold the true word of G-D. Some were Jews but many more were pretenders like Paul who sought to use the death of Yeshua as a means of leveraging them selves into a position of authority in the community of those gentiles who were followers of the teachings of the Torah. There had at that time and before been many who sought to convert to Judaism because of the admirable moral example set by the Jews in their living. It was not uncommon at that time to find a fairly large contingent of gentiles attending religious services at local synagogues especially in the lager centers of population. This roused the jealousy of those Greeks and Romans who had their own spiritual axe to grind with their many mystery cults and political power brokers.

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