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‘Sanhedrin’ against Beijing Olympics
Kobi Nahshoni
Published: 17.07.08, 21:21
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1. The Sanhedrin were blind when Yeshua was alive, and they
still are.The blind ,   leading the blind!!!   (07.17.08)
2. To #1 Who is Yeshua ?
(07.18.08)
3. PURE IGNORANT
labco ,   Kl, Malaysia   (07.18.08)
I was born in a buddhist family and truly do not understand the medias particularly the west and those who are practising falun gong seems to think they are all well-verse in buddhiism, even more than chinese. Could you ever follow a christian sect who claimed that their founder is the "Same" or "Reincarnated" Jesus Christ who came more than 2000 years ago. Practising falun gong exersices is harmless as everybody knows but the ideology associated with this group is the dangerous one. Truly agreed Sanhedrin is more than blind.....
4. #2 - I think #1 is alluding to the momzer
(07.18.08)
5. To # 2
Marty ,   USA   (07.18.08)
I believe he means Yehoshua, or as the Romans named him Jesus. Of course this is a repeat of the canard that the Jews killed Jesus. In fact that was not a real Sanhedrin. They were all appointed by the Roman authorities as a rubber stamp for their brutality.
6. #2 Who is the Sanhedrin???
(07.18.08)
7. To #2
Leon ,   Grand Rapids USA   (07.18.08)
A mythical character similar to Home Simpson.
8. blind scorpion
Ho ,   USa   (07.18.08)
# 1 - Ye Shu Ah is Chinese ? Oh I thought Korean. So you are in agreement that it is ok to murder people and sell their organs. .
9. The INSANEhedrin
Moish ,   Jerusalem   (07.18.08)
are a bunch of glory seeking self proclaimed egomaniacs, who have absolutely NO authority. The are not recognized by any of the Gdolei HaTotah nor are they accepted as anything other than a bunch of publicity seeking crackpots! Most have radical JDL- Kahana Chai leanings and should be investigated for incitement.
10. It's not just the technical problem of the organs
Jhanda Lapides ,   Chicago, USA   (07.18.08)
It's millions of human beings in concentration camps, in China itself, AND in China-subsidised North Korea. I'm glad the Sanhedrin is speaking out, yes they were wrong about Yeshu/Yeshu'a but there are 2% to 3% Yeshu-believers among Jews, a similar percentage to most other ethnic groups so lay off with the criticism already.
11. good for him
eliezer ,   jerusalem   (07.18.08)
great, good for Stienzoltz! The olympics and their culture have no part in a decent world - especially for a Jew!! Let the Hitlers and their like participate with the empty headed morally corupt in seeing who can throw a ball the furthest or run faster. We Jews can pride ourselves on our intellectual achievements that have benefited the world much more that a dumb athelete's.
12. #1
pete ,   bat yam   (07.18.08)
The Romans called him by the Greek name Jesus but in hebrew he was refered to as Yeshmucka HaMomzer or Yeshu which stands for Yimach Shmo VZichro Pontius Pilate was the one who killed this fairy tale figure who was composed of a conglomerate of all the false Messiahs of that era. The Sanhedrin at that time no longer gave out the death sentence as they were disbanded once the Romans took control of the land. We can send Olmert's lawyer to grill Paul who made up the story
13. #12 How can you kill a fairy tale figure? Oh I know,it''s
done in the nothing- ,   ness of your mind!!   (07.18.08)
14. Basically too little too late "feel good" approach
Devasahayam ,   Washington DC, USA   (07.18.08)
for "Sanhedrin" to stake their claim to the authority they don't have.
15. Sanhedrim
Wong ,   Singapore   (07.18.08)
China saved thousands of Jews from Hitler by giving refuge to Jewish refugees when no one cared. Is this how you repay the Chinese people? We are an ancient people. we do not forget too.
16. Chillul Shabbos
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (07.18.08)
What I'm against is Israeli Jewish athletes who violate the holy Sabbath, and as "representatives" of Israel. How can we encourage and laud those who descrate the Sabbath in public (and among Goyim) by participating publicly in this event? Besides, the idea of rewarding those who can "jump further" and "run faster" is the antithesis of Judaism which does not know from lauding physical accomplishments, as such. Our heros are those in the moral arena....
17. #13
pete ,   bat yam   (07.18.08)
The fairy tale tells that he was killed, the same as Harry Potter killed Voldemort and Darth Vader killed the Emperor.
18. # 15
Thomas   (07.18.08)
You mean to say that because the Chinese government saved Jewish people from persecution, the right thing for Jews today is to say nothing when there are Chinese people being persecuted for their beliefs? Incidentally Feng Shan Ho, the diplomat who issued visas to the Jews is still regarded as a traitor by the Chinese government today. So we are indebted to him not your government.
19. #15 - Wong, The China of today is not...
Joe ,   Ramat Gan   (07.18.08)
The China of today is not the China of 1939-1945. Also, please understand exactly what this "Sanhedrin" is condemning- supposed abuses of the human rights of the Chinese people at the hands of the Chinese government. The Jewish people has not forgotten the kindness and generosity your people have shown us and, in the Chinese people's hour of need, we strive to help you as you have helped us. Shabbat Shalom...
20. #7
Trey ,   Dallas, Texas USA   (07.18.08)
Why then does Josephus refer to him? And the Talmud? Contemporary testimony? You think the martyrs (including Paul) would go to their death for someone they made up?
21. #17 But we all know that fairy tales are not true. The fact
that Yeshua is on ,   record is true.   (07.18.08)
22. #9: pots and kettles
tom ,   toronto, canada   (07.19.08)
in spite of what you say, i don't see the "sanhedrin" forming political parties, or extorting the governing coalition, or misappropriating public funds to support "schools" that won't even fly the country's flag. in fact, it is the self-proclaimed "gedolei hatorah" (sic) who seem to be the glory seeking egomaniacs. they lack the moral rectitude to leave the cabinet even over matters of the utmost principle, like giving away land from eretz yisrael. and it is they who have squandered their moral authority. in the meantime, the "sanhedrin" has done no harm, and may even have started to gain some respect, if for nothing else, than for staying OUT OF POLITICS!
23. 20, Ummm
Darren ,   San Francisco, CA   (07.19.08)
Josephus' mentioning of Jesus is highly suspect... most modern scholars think that Josephus' referring to Jesus as "the Messiah", with Josephus being a prominent figure in the Jewish community, is an addition by church figures to Josephus' work after Josephus' death. Also, when you factor in that about half the manuscripts in existence of The Antiquities of the Jews don't mention the Jesus parts, the evidence is clear regarding Josephus and Jesus. The Talmud refers to an individual named Yeshu, which, as was alluded to by Pete, I think is probably an acronym for Yemach Shmo Vezichrono, seeing as the name Yeshu, from what I have seen, is not and never was a Jewish name. The martyrs, hmmm... People are willing to either kill themselves or allow themselves to be killed for the strangest of reasons. Remember that Heaven's Gate cult that committed mass suicide so they could fly away on a spaceship drifting in the tail of the Hale-Bopp comet? Ultimately, Trey, the hard evidence concerning Jesus is non-existent and the circumstantial evidence falls apart upon close examination. The premise that the Jesus of Nazareth described in the New Testament actually existed grows weaker and weaker the more it is explored...
24. #23 So in the end you will stand before a non-existing God
who will judge many ,   to a very real hell!   (07.19.08)
25. #24
Mike ,   Jerusalem   (07.19.08)
The story is pure fiction, the four gossip-fulls contradict each other, there are hundreds of different sects of xtianity, and none agree with each other. Yeshmucka Hamomzer simply never existed, not one single historian of that time recorded such a story and the few lines in Josephus were admittedly forged. The whole religion was stoilen from the pagans who had many virgin mothers who had many saviours born on teh winter solstice December 25th, who died in the spring (easter) etc.
26. WELL DONE! Fantastic bold statement by Sanhedrin
gabriela ben ari   (07.20.08)
I'm amazed UN (LOL)and other "human rights " major organisations did not boycott the thing yet
27. why were the olympics given to china?a hideous country
debra ,   usa   (07.20.08)
28. RE; #25- What you are saying is partially true.
Bartley Kulp ,   Safed, Israel   (07.20.08)
29. RE; #25- What you are saying is partially true.
Bartley Kulp ,   Safed, Israel   (07.20.08)
Mithras was a diety from pre-Zoroastrian Iran. He was the Persian sun god. Mithriasm became popular in during the later Roman empire. It is said that Mithras was born during the solstice. Between that and celebrations for the god of agriculture who was called Saturn, there were many traditional yuletide or solstice feasts. In 350 c.e. Pope Julius the first declared X-mas to be on Dec. 25th to make it easier for citizens of the empire who were accustomed to yuletide feasts in digesting this new religion. Christmas carroling, evergreen trees, feasts and gift giving were all things already being done during the yuletide season. However the stories of JC himself are a different matter. We see any how according to the New Testiment Joseph's dilemma with his already pregnant fiancee. Hence the beginning of the virgin conception theory. The Talmud was definitely on to something.
30. hypocrisy
Yitzhak ,   Manhattan NY USA   (07.22.08)
New Sanhedrin Just as Clownishly Hypocritical as the Old One www.mauricepinay.blogspot.com In anticipation of the upcoming 2008 Olympics in China the rabbis of the new Sanhedrin of counterfeit Israel have handed down a ruling in which they express outrage at the Chinese for cutting organs from living people. The new Sanhedrin has called upon the Chinese government to adopt their so-called "Noahide Laws" under which "idolators" (those who believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ) would have their heads cut off. Watch now as the "beautiful people" of Hollywood, prominent church goers and politicians shriek kosher selective "moral" outrage against China in such cacophony as to drown out the victims of the crimes of counterfeit Israel for whom they care not.
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