John R. Houk
© April 24, 2017
Have you ever been around people who you know you agree with
much of what they believe? AND THEN you discover there are one or more issues
you disagree with those same people. Indeed, there might be one thing you have
an extreme disagreement with.
Disagreement is something I have learned to live with in
various Social Media locations in which I have joined either due to fascination
or perceived agreement.
Just so you can peg me, allow me to sum up where I stand. I
am a Christian Conservative. There are many elements of Neoconservatism that I
concur (America first National Interests, Strong Military, not backing down to
threats to the American way of life (which does mean meddling in the
domestic issues of foreign nations if those nations are determined to mess with
America) and Biblical Moral concepts as highlighted through the lens of the
New Testament (which means I am a very strong Social Conservative).
Keeping that stand in mind this translates into Big
Government is evil domestically yet essential for National Security in foreign
relations, I am huge with the rule of law to be viewed via the Original Intent
of the U.S. Constitution. I also have a huge distrust of all transformative
ideals of the American and global Left (which tends to desire Big Government
statism, top-down collectivist despotism, anti-Christian Secular Humanism, a
diluted moral society and a basic anti-Capitalist/anti-Free Market economic
system. In other words, the Left agenda is representative of EVERYTHING that
will degrade and ultimately destroy American Liberty and the Pursuit of
individual Happiness.
Also, you should be aware I am a huge supporter of Israel
being a Jewish State as well as perceiving the theopolitical doctrines of Islam
as antithetical to everything American and Christian. This also pegs me as a
Christian Zionist and a Counterjihadist. Both concepts are viewed by the Left
as either anti-Palestine or an Islamophobic racist.
If understanding the only Palestine that ever came close to
existing was in ancient history an insult to Jews and in modern history a
designation for the Jewish return to a national homeland that have been
expelled from over and over. Understandably, the Jewish desire for the return
of their homeland might be different than my Christian desire for the Jews to
have their homeland returned. My Christian perspective is that the return of
Israel is a sign of the return of Jesus Christ (who face it, will come to
the Jews first and then the rest of the Christians who believe). Whatever
the differentia is between Jewish and Christian goals for the existence of
Israel, the end goal is the same.
There is one point that too many Christians fail to
understand about the Jews. Both religious and secular Jews have a huge reason
to mistrust Christians. As non-Jewish Christians began to dominate the faith,
some theological rocket scientists ... err, I mean Christian intelligentsia,
began to teach that ALL Jews are responsible for the death of Jesus Christ. Thus,
irrelevant of the Christian leg or denomination (e.g. but not limited to –
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant), the moniker of
Christ-killers was brainwashed into the minds of Christian adherents. Sadly, some
Christian still use the Antisemitic moniker today. I’ll go into the reasons why
this moniker is idiotic to perpetuate later.
Due to the Christ-killer moniker levelled against Jews,
European Christians spent a huge part of their history persecuting Jews that
included forced migrations, brutal violence, theft and murder. AND this is the
reason present day Jews have a huge distrust of Christian motives. Again sadly,
what is left of Middle Eastern Christians have this Christ-killer Jew-hatred
still ingrained into their psyche. That is one sad explanation Middle Eastern
Christians might display the same hatred of Jews that Jew-hating Muslims are
disposed to act out as well.
I am a Counterjihadist not just because of Islamic terrorism
so prevalent in this day and age, but also because the Quran, Hadith and Sunnah
of Islam has Jew-hatred and Christian-hatred actually ingrained in these revered
writings. My perspective makes Islam an Antichrist religion. Yup, that
bugs me.
NOW, if you have come to this post because of Social Media,
I am fairly certain there are aspects of where I stand you either agree with or
disagree with AND if you are a Leftist you probably disagree with my entire
stand.
As an American I believe everyone has the Right to disagree
without fear of retribution on my part. I mean if I have rattled your cage to a
vivid angry emotion, your Liberty enables you to choose not to read my thoughts
or dispositions. In contrast my Liberty means I am free not to read another’s disposition.
The idiom I like for this Liberty is: “Agree to disagree”.
Now here’s the rub of Social
Media disagreement for me. I like reading and boning up on Conspiracy Theories.
Also, I belong to some Social Media that espouses my Counterjihad thoughts but
are a bit too far to the Right for my comfort zone. The unfortunate difficulty
I run into from those Social Media Communities is a blatant Antisemitism that
blames all Jews for all the ails of the world. I got to tell you, that chaps my hide.
Below is a comment of disagreement one had with my post “Disagreement on Conspiracy Theory Pt 2”
at the Google Plus Community Global Info Exchange Our Community!
The link to the G+ comment at this site is HERE. The comment there duly
chastised me for flirting with Conspiracy Theories informing me they don’t do
that community. So now I have to remember to avoid conspiracies at that G+
location. The second comment by Shawn Jones got me into “chaps my hide” mode.
In full disclosure, I did perform a spell check on Shawn and
my posts at the G+ community. So if you do go to the G+ site for varication you
will notice slight variations in both our posts. Indeed, I have a feeling that
Shawn might respond with a bit of his/her own chap-hide moment. The reason:
Shawn is a person that obviously blames the Jews for all the ills of planet
earth.
4/22/17
what if I told you Jews are behind the term conspiracy
theory cause they got tired of people exposing them.
I suppose with a crusader avatar you would attack me? The Christ-killing Jews always hide behind Crusader avatars on Youtube and news outlets.
4/24/17
Actually Shawn, the Jews are probably the longest victims of
idiotic Conspiracy Theories. If that is the sense you are thinking then you'd
be correct. ALSO, the reality is Jews are not big fans of the Crusader image.
The ***Crusaders slaughtered Jews in Jerusalem more than they did
Muslims because of the idiotic conspiracy accusation of
"Christ-Killers".
A majority of the Sanhedrin Pharisees and Sadducees set up a crowd crying "Crucify Him" while barring the Jewish believers in Christ's Messiahship before Pilate. Pilate ordered the scourging and Crucifixion. Romans forced Christ in humiliation down the Via Dolorosa, it was Romans that drove spikes through Christ's hands and feet and it was a Roman that drove a spear through the side of Jesus to make sure He was dead.
Sounds to me if you want to blame an ancient people in modern times, you might want to look at Italians and not Jews.
But hey, Jesus said on the Cross before He died, "Father, forgive them, they know what they do". Whoever to blame for Christ's death is irrelevant. Jesus forgave, meaning the Father forgave. Then Jesus arose bodily from the tomb for ALL who believe to receive forgiveness of sins. Blame is idiotic.
A majority of the Sanhedrin Pharisees and Sadducees set up a crowd crying "Crucify Him" while barring the Jewish believers in Christ's Messiahship before Pilate. Pilate ordered the scourging and Crucifixion. Romans forced Christ in humiliation down the Via Dolorosa, it was Romans that drove spikes through Christ's hands and feet and it was a Roman that drove a spear through the side of Jesus to make sure He was dead.
Sounds to me if you want to blame an ancient people in modern times, you might want to look at Italians and not Jews.
But hey, Jesus said on the Cross before He died, "Father, forgive them, they know what they do". Whoever to blame for Christ's death is irrelevant. Jesus forgave, meaning the Father forgave. Then Jesus arose bodily from the tomb for ALL who believe to receive forgiveness of sins. Blame is idiotic.
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***While Writing This I sense the need to justify the
Crusader icon I use to any Jewish readers that happen by.
As mentioned above, I am aware of the reason that Jews are
offended by a Crusader icon. I have adopted the imagery of a Crusader Knight because
it drives Muslims crazy that believe their theopolitical religion is perfect,
peaceful and just. As I have already mentioned, the Islamic revered writings
not only insult/condemn Jews but also condemn the central beliefs of the
Christian faith. Islam condemns:
Ø
That Jesus is the Son of
God.
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That Jesus was Crucified.
Ø
That Jesus arose bodily
from the tomb.
Ø
That Jesus is both fully
human and fully God (essential for Salvation).
And these Antichrist issues are just ones
I can think of off the top of my head.
I am aware that religious Jews also have a problem Jesus as
the Son of God and the bodily Resurrection of Jesus from death to life. Unlike
Muslims, Jews will not threaten to hunt me down and lop off my head for my
Christian faith. As a Christian I believe religious Jews will accept Jesus as
Messiah when the see the Second Coming of this son of David. Again the Second
Coming of Jesus probably is not tickling heart of joy for religious Jews before
His return. But I look at it this way.
Every single Apostles of Jesus (The Twelve) were Jewish.
Even the traitor Judas Iscariot. The Apostle Thomas was the last to believe in
Jesus’ Resurrection from death to life. WHY?
Thomas wanted to see the Resurrected Jesus complete with the
scars left by the Crucifixion.
John 20: 24-29 NKJV
24 Now Thomas,
called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The
other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
So he said to them, “Unless I
see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of
the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”
26 And after
eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came,
the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” 27 Then
He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and
reach your hand here, and put it into My
side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
28 And Thomas
answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to
him, “Thomas,[a] because
you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who
have not seen and yet have believed.”
Take note that Jesus was not pleased with Thomas’ disbelief,
but simply said bless are who believe without seeing. If one is a Christian, he
believes without seeing. At Christ’s Second Coming, it is my belief the
Doubting Thomas Jews will believe when they see Him. Jews simply missed out on
the blessing because of unbelief. No blessing doesn’t mean a curse. It merely
means you missed when you could have had it earlier.
JRH 4/24/17
Agreed and good read John, shared.
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