Lest anyone here be operating under the false impression that one can simultaneously live as a good Jew and a neo-con, let me direct your attention to Conservapedia, a neat little site I stumbled over this week.
Just for fun, I looked up a few choice words. I thought I’d share what I found.
The Jews were the first monotheist people. They do not believe Jesus to be the Messiah and are still waiting for him. They are also known as God's Chosen people.
Hmmm. That’s it, all they’ve got on us. (Probably to avoid the controversy that would arise if they said what they really thought (we killed Jesus, etc)). No mention of Sammy Davis Junior, Albert Einstein, or Israel.
…It's claimed that Christianity, Islam, and Judaism worship the same God in different ways. This claim is regarded by some as a way to convert Jews and Christians to Islam, since it supports the idea that Abrahamic religion has "grown" from Judaism to Christianity to Islam.[1] However, many are skeptical of this idea.[2]
Hmmm. “Many” also didn’t bother to consider religions like Hinduism and Buddhism when writing their definitions. “Many” seem to be afraid of their dark-skinned brethren.
Faith is complete trust or confidence in an unseen power. Its root is the Latin word "fidere", meaning "to trust."
Perhaps the greatest discription of faith is Hebrews 11. It states: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."[1]
Jesus was unique in preaching the significance of faith exclusive to Christianity. No other religion is based on faith as distinguished from mere belief. Faith is mentioned 229 times in the Bible's New Testament. An example is Jesus observing the powerful healing faith of a Roman centurion: "Assuredly I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!" (Matthew 8:10)
The concept of faith is mentioned only twice in the Old Testament (KJV).
In the Koran, the concept of submission to Allah is mentioned 11 times, while the concept of faith in Allah is mentioned only once.
Some (particularly non-Christians) dilute the meaning of faith, depriving it of its power and significance. The Merriam-Webster dictionary, for example, includes this watered-down definition of faith: "a system of religious beliefs."[2] Under this meaning, any and every religion has "belief" or "faith". But faith preached uniquely by Jesus obviously refers to something far more precise than any "a system of religious beliefs," and such faith has never been preached in the same way by non-Christian religions.
Damn that Webster! Such a radical!
Conservapedia—Because somebody needed to prove my suspicions.
(Disclaimer: while I certainly won’t pretend to be a neo-con, I will admit that it’s possible Conservapedia does not effectively represent every considervative American alive. It’s possible…)
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