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The Unrepentant Jew Speaks

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The Unrepentant Jew Speaks

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Usually I'm the first one
ready on Sunday morning
to go to church

it's Discovery Christian Church
and I take my Christian wife
and my Christian kids
and we sit down front

the Jewish infiltrator
with his goyishe posse
are in the shul

in my brief tenure
as the ostensible Christian
I have been asked
to lead a Bible study
and to give my testimony
on how Jesus
has helped me maintain
my sobriety

and it's always a little awkward
when I have to decline:
"well, thank you,
that's very kind of you,

but I'm Jewish."

thud

that's of sound of their
buoyant enthusiasm
hitting the Semitic ceiling

even though there's
nowhere to go after that
some have tried

"well, you're like the original Christians"
(uh, no we're not)

"well, maybe you can still give your testimony?"
(Jesus didn't save me, remember?)

and one even said
"Sweet, man!"
(Puh-leeze.)

I reluctantly give up
my Jewish anonymity
not out of embarrassment
but more because
when I am in cognito
I get to observe this Christian culture
up-close, in their native habitat
like the trained sociologist I am

and I get to test the central hypotheses
of their faith:
are they transformed?
are they not of this world?

I listen to their words
but put more stock into their actions
and there is integrity

and for those who know
my secret identity
and are holding out hope
thinking that someday I'll come around

to them I say:

I don't think so
but

you've treated me kindly
and accepted me
and maybe even loved me
even though I wasn't one of you

and that's the most persuasive argument
of all.

I'm sure you make Jesus proud
not because you know what Jesus said
but because you do what Jesus did.
Shalom.
poetry
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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
1. You obviously have never read any of Sodaiho's work. There's a pretty clear movement to proselytize there.


Yes, and BTW I've written very little on the religious forum even tho I have to say it's probably my favorite topic. Unike Sodaiho who, if I remember correctly, only wrote under the religious forum my posting here at JU has brought me to almost all the different forums.
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
LW,

I personally haven't heard that song. But thank you for sharing it. The only thing I will say about your comment. You have a relationship with G-D and I accept that. We all have different paths. We are given different portions on our plates and we are responsible for it. To much is given much are the accountable for.
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'm going back to writing about horsies and duckies

Shovelheat's got it right: you'll know a person by their fruits,
which also means many of you left interesting impressions on me with your responses.

Seriously, thanks for the interesting discussion.

Baruch Hashem, a mis amigos, Buddah Moskowitz

Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top
Crazy things happen when I'm gone.

This is very real, more real to me than any of your other work. It hits swift and hard, and delivers your message in a wonderful way.

As-Salāmu `Alaykum.