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Policy of a
Philosophy 2nd March 2003 � Keith Wilde
wrote: KW � �Victor has suggested
that Social Credit is compatible with Christianity, is indeed the expression of
it, but that Judaism cannot be compatible. Why not? Victor�s answer to that, so
far as I have understood him, is that an encyclopaedia on Judaism, prepared for
the use of self-identified members of that faith community, says that it is not
compatible with Christianity. Ergo, since Social Credit is the essence of
Christianity, it cannot be compatible with Judaism�. VB in response � �Victor has
suggested that Social Credit is compatible with Christianity�. Victor never
�suggested� any such thing. What I did say was that it embodied practical
Christianity. I have explained this in a later posting and referred to the
ethical and metaphysical values contained in Christianity and secondly that in
accepting these values: �Social Credit has nothing to do with any
theological organization or religious faith�. In my simple understanding this
would include Judaism. Not only has a straw man
argument been put forward but also then proceeds to knock it
down. �but that Judaism cannot be
compatible�. Not only is the original statement incorrect but even the answer to
the incorrect statement. I never said that. What I did do was to provide
an excerpt from a reputable Jewish publication, which stated quite unequivocally
that Judaism was not compatible with Christianity. KW has attempted to belittle
that publication with his claim �is that an encyclopaedia on Judaism, prepared
for the use of self-identified members of that faith community�. The simple truth is that it was from a
legitimate Jewish publication published in Israel and was an excerpt from what
is accepted as an authoritative basis on Judaism. I am prepared to accept that
why not KW. �Ergo, since Social Credit
is the essence of Christianity, it cannot be compatible with Judaism�.
Firstly, Social Credit is
not in the essence of Christianity unless in the manner previously described,
i.e. ethical and metaphysical values and nothing to do with theology. Again in
my simple understanding Christianity can be regarded as a faith or religion
(although there many variants of these) and Judaism is a faith or religion.
Social Credit is NOT a religion and to compare Social Credit with any religion
or particular faith, Christianity or Judaism or any other is mischievous and
offers confusion. It is not even equivalent to the comparison of apples and
oranges. At least they are both fruits. Christianity has a
philosophy; Judaism has a philosophy and each of these gives rise to certain
policies. The Philosophy of Social
Credit as it embraces the ethical and metaphysical values of Christianity gives
rise to a POLICY, which is not compatible to the POLICY that emanates from
Judaism. Social Credit is for decentralization of policy, which is opposite to
that which arises from Judaism. My point about this whole question was that if
Judaism claims it is incompatible with Christianity and they are quite entitled
to express their belief, why is it wrong for Social Credit to say the same thing
and be labelled anti-Semitic for saying so. I did not wish to go any
further on this but since this has arisen I will state that I have known many
Jews as friends some true to their faith and some probably not so strong in it
and I have had it said to me personally that they supported Social Credit.
However they also said they would never declare this openly because, �we would
be attacked even more than the Gentiles�. I am not sure why there is
so much discussion on something that is quite clear. Social Credit stands for
the freedom of the individual and decentralized policy within the bounds of
those Christian ethical and metaphysical values. If there is any disagreement
with this, then so be it, forget Social Credit I just wish a little truth
and clarity would prevail. Perhaps this will come with a little more
understanding. Vic
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