(Public domain photo from Wikimedia Commons)
Another passage from a book-in-preparation:
Furthermore, the ruling classes of Jewry, including the chief families of hereditary priests, had perished along with the temple and the state they had served. Roman administrators were busily monitoring, harrassing, and persecuting descendants of the Davidic line, including the leaders of the Sanhedrin, in order to prevent them from serving as the nucleus of any new revolt. The prophets were long gone. Only the rabbis were left to become the leaders of a new Torah-centered Judaism. And, of course, since the Torah was their specialty and since their knowledge of it was the source of their authority, they were uniquely qualified to take over. Jewish tradition records that the great rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai, deputy head of the Sanhedrin, was smuggled out of the city of Jerusalem in a coffin just before it fell to the Romans in 70 A.D., not for fear of the besieging armies but because his fellow Jews, the Zealots, were guarding all exits to prevent anybody from escaping the doomed city. Rabbi Johanan, a priest and a Pharisee, was a realist. He favored peace and rejected fanaticism. He had opposed the revolt and, in fact, had long felt that Judaism would actually do better without the corruption and the distraction that seemed necessary accompaniments to a Jewish state. Thus, when the state disappeared, he was spiritually and intellectually prepared to go on and, more importantly, to help his people to go on.
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And now, some pressing questions:
Are some cities in the United States already under shari‘a law?
Is it true that, in Dearborn, Michigan, Muslims stone Christians?
“Muslims Stoning Christians in Michigan? Not quite… (Updated)”
If the name Ruben Israel sounds at all familiar to you, that’s because he’s a frequent visitor to Utah, too. He’s a street screecher:
“UTAH: Police Respond As Christian Street Preachers Scream Abuse Outside Salt Lake City Gay Club”
From 2004: “Preachers spark few fireworks: There’s no arrests, and most ignore the street ministers”
And here’s a video, posted by Ruben Israel’s own people, from 2016:
“LDS General Conference 2016 || Ruben Israel & Team”
Notice the taunting, and the open incitement to violence. Just as happened in Dearborn.
Is it true that Mormons are wicked, Christ-denying Satanists who want to take over the United States and impose theocratic rule on everybody else?
(Oops. Sorry. That one just slipped in. It seemed, however, to fit pretty well. But the answer, while we’re at it, is No.)
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