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Subject: preaching of the Gospel outlawed by fear of the Jews?
> "The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to
think
> things out for himself. Almost inevitably, he comes to the conclusion
that the
> government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable." H. L.
Menken
>
> Praise God we're finally getting down to brass tacks as to whether there's
free
> speech in this country, or not. Of course those of us on the front lines
learned
> the answer to that, the hard way, long ago. But it's always useful to have
a
> good set of current facts handy, with which to illustrate the point.
>
> The following story shows how fomenting fears of violence is the tactic of
> choice for moving the 'powers-that-be' to effect prior restraint upon
otherwise
> lawful activities which [ gasp ! ] might MIGHT make people think for
themselves.
>
>
> Gordon Watson
> candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds for the Party of Citzens Who Have Decided To
Think
> For Themselves & Be Their Own Politicians~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN TESTS FAITH
> DOOR-TO-DOOR BLITZ COULD LEAD TO VIOLENCE, CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS FEARS
>
> Toronto Ontario
>
> Jul 20, 2003
> Lisa Queen, Staff Writer
>
> York Region's 43,000 Jews are about to be caught in a nasty tug of war
between a
> controversial evangelical organization called Jews for Jesus and
mainstream
> Jewish organizations.
>
> "The information I have is Thornhill is one of the prime targets of Jews
for
> Jesus for their campaign," said Canadian Jewish Congress executive
director
> Bernie Farber, who accuses the organization of using trickery and
deception to
> convert "vulnerable" Jews to Christianity.
>
> "Jews for Jesus is trying to destroy us spiritually," he said.
>
> Mr. Farber is trying to set up a meeting with York Regional Police Chief
Armand
> La Barge to ensure there is no violence between the new groups when Jews
for
> Jesus launches a massive evangelical campaign next month in the Greater
Toronto
> Area and in other cities around the world.
>
> He said there were near riots when a new religious organization called
City of
> David Messianic Synagogue in Thornhill promoted a similar message six
years ago.
>
> "This has the potential to be worse," said Mr. Farber, who believes Jews
for
> Jesus will target Russian Jews who recently arrived in the Bathurst Street
and
> Steeles Avenue area.
>
> Jews for Jesus Canadian director Andrew Barron says his members are both
> Christians and Jews trying to bring their belief Jesus is the Messiah to
Jewish
> communities.
>
> "What I'm trying to say is, if Jesus is the Messiah, the most obvious
thing, as
> a Jew, you can do is believe in him," said Mr. Barron, who pointed out
Jesus and
> his early followers were Jewish.
>
> But Rabbi Michael Skobac, of Thornhill's Jews for Judaism, insists the
Christian
> and Jewish religions are diametrically opposed on the issue of whether
Jesus is
> the Saviour and for an organization to tell Jews they can believe the
Christian
> message and still retain their Jewish religion is deceitful.
>
> While he said he doesn't object to Christians spreading the word of Jesus,
he's
> angry Jews for Jesus tells Jews they can believe Jesus is the Messiah
while
> still remaining Jewish.
>
> Mr. Farber is also upset churches in the Greater Toronto Area are ignoring
or
> turning their backs on the congress's plea to condemn the tactics of Jews
for
> Jesus.
>
> For example, Pastor Kel Trudgian of Grace Church in Newmarket wrote a
letter to
> the congress insisting Jews for Jesus has every right to promote its
message.
>
> "I find your letter castigating Jews for Jesus offensive and a direct
threat to
> the natural law of freedom of speech, freedom of association and freedom
of
> religion," he stated in his letter.
>
> "The Jewish community is made of mature, intelligent individuals who are
> committed to their God and faith. They make good and right choices every
day.
> They are quite capable of choosing to talk to, or not talk with people
from
> different faith perspectives."
>
> Pastor Trudgian could not be reach for comment.
>
> Although Jews for Jesus has been operating since the 1960s, at the heart
of the
> battle is the organization's three-week evangelical campaign beginning
next
> month.
>
> The drive, called the largest missionary campaign since the century
following
> Jesus' birth, is part of a five-year program called Behold Your God. That
> campaign will reach out to Jews in 66 cities with Jewish populations
exceeding
> 25,000.
>
> The GTA's Jewish population is about 180,000.
>
> Mr. Barron said there is nothing wrong with Jews spreading the gospel of
Jesus.
>
> "The New Testament is about a Jew named Jesus. The New Testament was
written by
> Jews and the early followers (of Jesus) were Jews," he said.
>
> "How did we get to today, where ... it's perfectly normal for Gentiles to
> believe in Jesus, but not a Jew?"
>
> Mr. Barron insisted no one has the right to try to take away his
Jewishness due
> to his belief in Christ.
>
> "We are Jewish people who believe in Jesus. My parents were Jewish. Nobody
can
> take that away from me; that is my heritage," he said.
>
> So does that mean members of Jews for Jesus are culturally Jewish, the way
> someone may say his or her heritage is British or Italian, but Christian
on a
> religious basis?
>
> Mr. Barron insisted he's a Jew on every level, but also said people are
too
> fixated on the Jewish aspect of Jews for Jesus.
>
> "What we are about is bringing the message of Jesus to all people of
Canada,
> especially our people."
>
> But Rabbi Skobac and Mr. Farber maintain Jews for Jesus are deliberately
> provocative.
>
> If the organization isn't fixated on the Jewish aspect, Rabbi Skobac
questioned
> why the reference is so prominent in the name, why it uses many of the
symbols
> of Judaism to lure Jews in and why they only target Jews and not other
> religions.
>
> "People are taken in by the sales pitch, which is not so easy to
decipher," he
> said.
>
> Mr. Farber agreed.
>
> "These people are tricking. They will do whatever they can to win someone
over
> to Christianity," he said.
>
> "If a Jew wants to convert to Christianity, just call yourself a
Christian. Just
> be honest about it. (But) when we lose one Jew, it's like losing an entire
> generation."
>
> Mr. Barron acknowledged his group is controversial.
>
> "We understand people are going to be offended. It's not our intention to
> offend."
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