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It seems to me that THIS old yid came close to preaching God's Word. The only thing he got wrong was being a Christ-killing joo.
I have long maintained from the pulpit that the soldiers who die fighting towelheads in Iraq are either filthy atheists or else false Christians. Take that Pat Tillman homer for example.
God protects True Christians™, and He sends hateful non-believers to the depths of hellfire, praise Jesus.
Rabbi: Non-Believing Soldiers Die
JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — An influential and outspoken Israeli rabbi has said Israeli soldiers died in battle because they were not ritually observant Jews, sparking outrage in Israel.
Ovadia Yosef, a highly respected religious scholar among Jews of Middle Eastern descent and the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas political movement, made the remarks on Saturday night during his weekly televised sermon.
“Is it any wonder if, heaven forbid, soldiers are killed in a war?” he said, “when they don’t observe the Sabbath, they don’t observe the Torah, they don’t pray every day, they don’t put on phylacteries every day. Is it any wonder that they’re killed? It’s no wonder.”
His remarks were quickly denounced by bereaved parents of fallen Israeli soldiers, both observant and secular, and by lawmakers across the political spectrum.
Ran Cohen, a lawmaker from the dovish Meretz party called Yosef’s speech “foolish words” by a “primitive man.”
Eli Yishai, a Cabinet minister and head of the Shas party, said Yosef was “misunderstood” and had no intention of offending Israeli soldiers or their families. He said the rabbi would soon issue a clarification.
Yosef, 86, is no stranger to controversy and is renowned for his tirades against Israeli politicians.
In 2000, he called the Dovish politician Yossi Sarid “Satan,” adding, “may his memory be wiped out. He must be uprooted from the seed of Israel.”
He called for then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to be struck down by illness after Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and removal of its settlers in 2005. Sharon suffered a debilitating stroke in January 2006 and has been in a coma ever since.
JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — An influential and outspoken Israeli rabbi has said Israeli soldiers died in battle because they were not ritually observant Jews, sparking outrage in Israel.
Ovadia Yosef, a highly respected religious scholar among Jews of Middle Eastern descent and the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas political movement, made the remarks on Saturday night during his weekly televised sermon.
“Is it any wonder if, heaven forbid, soldiers are killed in a war?” he said, “when they don’t observe the Sabbath, they don’t observe the Torah, they don’t pray every day, they don’t put on phylacteries every day. Is it any wonder that they’re killed? It’s no wonder.”
His remarks were quickly denounced by bereaved parents of fallen Israeli soldiers, both observant and secular, and by lawmakers across the political spectrum.
Ran Cohen, a lawmaker from the dovish Meretz party called Yosef’s speech “foolish words” by a “primitive man.”
Eli Yishai, a Cabinet minister and head of the Shas party, said Yosef was “misunderstood” and had no intention of offending Israeli soldiers or their families. He said the rabbi would soon issue a clarification.
Yosef, 86, is no stranger to controversy and is renowned for his tirades against Israeli politicians.
In 2000, he called the Dovish politician Yossi Sarid “Satan,” adding, “may his memory be wiped out. He must be uprooted from the seed of Israel.”
He called for then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to be struck down by illness after Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and removal of its settlers in 2005. Sharon suffered a debilitating stroke in January 2006 and has been in a coma ever since.
Religious and political beliefs
According to speakers at his funeral, he was very well-read, having read a number of religious texts including the Bible, Quran and Book of Mormon as well as transcendentalist authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau; his younger brother Rich stated that he "isn't with God... He wasn't religious." Another article quotes him as having told then-general manager of the Seattle Seahawks Bob Ferguson in December 2003 that "you know I'm not religious".
The September 25, 2005 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper reported that Tillman held views which were critical of the Iraq war and did not support President Bush's re-election. According to Tillman's mother, a friend of Tillman had arranged a meeting with Noam Chomsky, to take place after his return from Afghanistan. Chomsky has confirmed this. The article also reported that Tillman urged a soldier in his platoon to vote for John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election.
According to speakers at his funeral, he was very well-read, having read a number of religious texts including the Bible, Quran and Book of Mormon as well as transcendentalist authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau; his younger brother Rich stated that he "isn't with God... He wasn't religious." Another article quotes him as having told then-general manager of the Seattle Seahawks Bob Ferguson in December 2003 that "you know I'm not religious".
The September 25, 2005 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper reported that Tillman held views which were critical of the Iraq war and did not support President Bush's re-election. According to Tillman's mother, a friend of Tillman had arranged a meeting with Noam Chomsky, to take place after his return from Afghanistan. Chomsky has confirmed this. The article also reported that Tillman urged a soldier in his platoon to vote for John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election.
God protects True Christians™, and He sends hateful non-believers to the depths of hellfire, praise Jesus.
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