11 October 2007 - 12:23pm
Ann Coulter's Crusade: "perfect" all Jews into Christians
Why is Ann Coulter even on the air, anyway?
DEUTSCH: ... but you said I should not -- we should just throw Judaism away and we should all be Christians, then, or --
COULTER: Yeah.
DEUTSCH: Really?
COULTER: Well, it's a lot easier. It's kind of a fast track.
DEUTSCH: Really?
COULTER: Yeah. You have to obey.
DEUTSCH: You can't possibly believe that.
COULTER: Yes.
DEUTSCH: You can't possibly -- you're too educated, you can't -- you're like my friend in --
COULTER: Do you know what Christianity is? We believe your religion, but you have to obey.
DEUTSCH: No, no, no, but I mean --
COULTER: We have the fast-track program.
DEUTSCH: Why don't I put you with the head of Iran? I mean, come on. You can't believe that.
COULTER: The head of Iran is not a Christian.
DEUTSCH: No, but in fact, "Let's wipe Israel" --
COULTER: I don't know if you've been paying attention.
DEUTSCH: "Let's wipe Israel off the earth." I mean, what, no Jews?
COULTER: No, we think -- we just want Jews to be perfected, as they say.
DEUTSCH: Wow, you didn't really say that, did you?
COULTER: Yes. That is what Christianity is. We believe the Old Testament, but ours is more like Federal Express. You have to obey laws. We know we're all sinners --
Why is religious bigotry being invited onto television shows over and over, anyway? What is the purpose?
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Her attitude and spirit are hateful and crass in a way that defies the primary teaching of Christ. However, it is amazing to me that people know so little about each other's spiritual beliefs. Of course Ann Coulter thinks everyone should be a Christian. This has been the Orthadox Christian belief sense the time of Jesus Christ! In no way should this infer that Jews are sub-human, to be hated, hurt, or attacked. We believe Jesus was/is the Messiah promised in the Old Testament. Isaiah 53 etc. While many early Jews received him as the Messiah (remember the first Christian missionaries were all Jewish), many others rejected him. We think that all Jews would be better off making the same choice that Simon, Saul, and John made in the first century. To them, following Christ wasn't a rejection of Judiasm, but a fulfillment of the promise of Judaism.
In the Old Testament, animals were sacrificed as "scapegoats", bearing the guilt of those sacrificing to God. Jesus claimed to be the ultimate scapegoat, satisfying God's Justice once and for all for those who would believe in Him. That's what Coulter meant about Christians being "perfected", as badly as she stated it. The perfecting is actually God forgiving all of our sins because the Messiah, Jesus, paid the price for them. It's not because we are somehow perfect people, looking down at others. Unfortunately, Ann's manner does not allow for a thoughtful discussion of this. Too bad.
...such as shooting liberals, eliminating women's suffrage, wishing out loud on television for John Edwards' murder by terrorists, such as "My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism" [_], such as wishing convicted terrorist Timothy McVeigh blew up the New York Times building, such as calling for the execution of New York Times staff members... I find myself having difficulty seeing her as a devout Christian who just has difficulty expressing herself.