I'd never looked into Dahl's antisemitism before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl
Here I thought that was a relatively new trick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl
Here I thought that was a relatively new trick.
Anti-Semitism
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Speak of the Christian devil:
German journalist and vocal Israel critic revealed to have lied about being Jewish
For years, German journalist Fabian Wolf presented himself publicly as a Jew while consistently expressing harsh criticism toward Israel and passionately supporting the BDS movement; However, he has now revealed the truth that has stirred the Jewish community in the country, he’s not Jewish at all
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Christians aren't devils.Speak of the Christian devil:
German journalist and vocal Israel critic revealed to have lied about being Jewish
For years, German journalist Fabian Wolf presented himself publicly as a Jew while consistently expressing harsh criticism toward Israel and passionately supporting the BDS movement; However, he has now revealed the truth that has stirred the Jewish community in the country, he’s not Jewish at all
*looks at Christians' long history of endorsing and abetting colonialism, racism, slavery, genocide and environmental destruction to benefit themselves, their constant spreading of homophobia, antisemitism, misogyny, anti-intellectualism and ableism, and their nasty tendency to harbor and protect serial child rapists in their cloisters while fearmongering about LGBTQ+ people being "groomers"* you sure about that, homie
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Learn some basic reading comprehension skills
**scrub, scrub, scrub, scrub**
Just a friendly reminder to attack the argument and not each other. Wheels
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I wasn't saying "Christians are devils." In context of a recent conversation about As-a-Jews just-criticizing-Israel who turn out to be fakers and bigots, there was another example - and when you see something else that you were just talking about, you say "Speak of the devil."
There is no Hell in Judaism, and next to no concept of an afterlife at all (a very early cultural decision to separate it from how Egyptians acted). Satan is a "heel character" who obeys God, trying to tempt people into disobedience in a manner so obvious that they will recognize it and resist.
There is no Hell in Judaism, and next to no concept of an afterlife at all (a very early cultural decision to separate it from how Egyptians acted). Satan is a "heel character" who obeys God, trying to tempt people into disobedience in a manner so obvious that they will recognize it and resist.
So why mention "Christian" when it was not relevant and it was a redundant term?
I may regret wading into this, but as Thy2K had previously described a type (Christians co-opting Judaism for political reasons even to the point of creating a fake cultural identity), then found an article describing that very thing, the modifying adjective was colloquially fitting.
I parsed his meaning, but given how fraught interfaith dialogue can still be, I for one don't blame you for the initial confusion. I'd also like to thank Thy for providing the explanation, wasn't needed by all of us but education never really ends.
Neither are Scotsmen.
Because that's what ties the "speak of the devil", I'm-seeing-that-happen-again phrase more specifically to the context of non-Jews pretending to be Jews and also the character of the devil being more significant in Christian tradition.
Unless the aforementioned faker in the above story is a (from their perspective at least) Christian, I would encourage you to avoid any unnecessary confusion by omitting the term. As a general term, regardless of whether any religion actually has such a character, we can all understand it without the need to specify whether it's "Christian" or not.
It's not confusing. In the phrase "the Christian devil", the word "Christian" is unmistakably an adjective describing "devil".
If we're being completely honest here, I actually find it hard to believe that even one person genuinely misunderstood it as "Christians, who are devils".
Also, "Christianity as default" is the most subtle form of Christian privilege, often used to justify more overt forms.
If we're being completely honest here, I actually find it hard to believe that even one person genuinely misunderstood it as "Christians, who are devils".
Also, "Christianity as default" is the most subtle form of Christian privilege, often used to justify more overt forms.
He is saying, literally, "work sets you free."