Bernard Lazare Quotes
It is the Jews who originated biblical exegesis (a critical analysis of the Bible), just as they were the first to criticize the forms and doctrines of Christianity...Truly has Darmesteter written: 'The Jew was the apostle of unbelief, and every revolt of mind originated with him.'
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Jews can build in New York, Moscow and Paris, but in our own land, we can't build? That's nuts.
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
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There's also a certain rhythm to the way Jews talk that might be funny.
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In early church polemics, Jews are deemed no longer worthy of their own Scriptures because they have failed to accept Christ as the Messiah.
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No one said anything to my face, but I constantly heard comments denigrating Jews.
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I don't think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews.
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When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more.
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I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.
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We live in a culture where the truth claims of Christianity are not only rejected, they are ridiculed.
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I don't know whether Jews can behave like good Christians, but Muslim Arabs certainly cannot.
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The passion of Christianity comes from deliberately signing away my own rights and becoming a bondservant of Jesus Christ. Until I do that, I will not begin to be a saint.
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No vital Christianity is possible unless at least three aspects of it are developed. These are the inner life of devotion, the outer life of service, and the intellectual life of rationality.
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Christianity is not a cafeteria line where you say, “I’ll have a little salvation, but no Lordship right now.
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There are black Christians, and black Muslims in Africa who are being slaughtered, they don't want to hear about the Jim Crow laws. There are Christians, there are other Muslims being slaughtered in the Middle East, they don't need a lecture from Obama about Christianity. The fact of the matter is Obama is not doing anything effective or substantive to stop genocide in our time.
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In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know God at all.
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When people criticize the free market, they are usually complaining about what happens when you intervene in the free market.
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For some unknown reason, this [antiabortion] branch of Christianity cherishes the unborn and hates the living person.
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All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth century Christianity is not the religion taught by Christ. Christ's religion has been changed and corrupted.
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Christianity has sufficient inner strength to survive and flourish on its own. It does not need state subsidies, nor state privileges, nor state prestige. The more it obtains state support the greater it curtails human freedom.
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Christianity is not about how to escape from the difficulties of life - it is about how to face the difficulties of life.
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He was there for them as he was for us right here in New York City, inspiring a nation as he stood on hallowed ground, supporting the first responders. This fight against terrorism takes decisiveness, not contradiction.
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Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal.
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At the time (my marriage ended in 1985), yes (I regretted I had no children). I just couldn't see have any. but now I am pleased when I see the situation the world is in. I live alone and am very happy.
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It is the Jews who originated biblical exegesis (a critical analysis of the Bible), just as they were the first to criticize the forms and doctrines of Christianity...Truly has Darmesteter written: 'The Jew was the apostle of unbelief, and every revolt of mind originated with him.'
