New Zealand Conservative

On the blogs and even on the radio just now, I have been hearing that some people find the Bible as offensive as Hitler's Mein Kampf. Aside from the obvious differences between the two books, I consider making the comparison extremely offensive, even though it's said as some sort of justification for Dot Com owning a rare, signed copy of Mein Kampf. Medieval Bulgarian Bible - Source: Wikipedia Let's see. One is a book written by a man who then went on to attempt to wipe out the entire Jewish race and the other is the story of the Jewish people, culminating in their (and our) Messiah being born on earth. And people want to call both offensive? I'm detecting a bit of anti-Semitism coming through in the attempted downplaying of Dom Com owning his personally signed book by the man responsible for the Holocaust. Related link: Dotcom admits owning Mein Kampf ~ NZ Herald

Exactly. Our Lord was Jewish. So was his mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. So were the Apostles and the first Christians. Christianity is rooted in Judaism. (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday met with members of Rome’s Jewish community to mark the 70th anniversary of the deportation of the city’s Jewish population during the Nazi occupation. Among those present was the Chief Rabbi of Rome, Dr. Riccardo Di Segni, the President of the Jewish Community of Rome , Dr. Riccardo Pacifici, and the President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities , Dr. Renzo Gattegna. Pope Francis began by expressing his closeness to Rome’s Jewish community, which is the oldest in Western Europe, having a continued presence in the city of over two thousand years. “For many centuries…the Jewish community and the Church of Rome have lived in our city, with a history - as we well know - which was often transversed by misunderstandings and even true grievances,” Pope Francis said. “However, it is a...

How awful. Is this a religiously motivated attack or a political one? Your general moron or something more organised? Probably doesn't matter as both can be just as dangerous. I hope that the police find the perpetrators. About 20 Jewish graves have been desecrated with anti-semitic graffiti and swastikas in central Auckland. The attack, at a cemetery on Symonds St in central Auckland, is believed to have occurred in the past 48 hours. The graves, some more than 130 years old, have been vandalised with black spray paint. About 15 had large black swastikas sprayed on them, others the number "88''. One had "f*** Israel" scrawled on, another said "don't f*** with us''. Related link: Jewish graves desecrated in Central Auckland ~ NZ Herald