Post by Paddy by Grace on Oct 3, 2008 6:21:15 GMT -7
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Is he wearing a suicide vest?
U.S. Textbooks: ‘Jesus was Palestinian’ INN
‘"Christianity was started by a young Palestinian named Jesus." This is one of hundreds of distortions, misrepresentations and outright lies found about Judaism and Jewish history by a comprehensive study of the 28 most widely used Social Studies textbooks in the United States. In a landmark book called “The Trouble with Textbooks,”Dr. Gary A. Tobin and Dennis R. Ybarra show how millions of American schoolchildren are taught anti-Semitic versions of Jewish history and faith, particularly in relation to Christianity and Islam, in passages that often amount to sheer libel.
The authors found that U.S. textbooks “tend to discredit the ties between Jews and the Land of Israel. Israel is blamed for starting wars in the region and being colonialist. Jews are charged with deicide in the killing of Jesus. All in all, there are repeated misrepresentations that cross the line into bigotry.”
Among the teachings that were found in American textbooks are the following distortions:
Among the teachings that were found in American textbooks are the following distortions:
· Jesus was a “Palestinian”, not a Jew.
· The Arab nations never attacked Israel. Arab-Israeli wars “just broke out,” or Israel started them.
· Arabs nations want peace but Israel does not.
· Israel expelled all Palestinian refugees.
· Israel put the Palestinians in refugee camps in Arab lands, not Arab governments.
· Palestinian terrorism is nonexistent or minimal.
· Israel is not a victim of terrorism or terrorism against Israel is justified.
· U.S. support of Israel causes terrorism, including 9/11.
· The intifadas were children’s revolts not involving adults or terrorism.
· Jews and Judaism are legalistic. Jews are only about the letter of the law and ignore its spirit.
Tobin and Ybarra point out that in many books the Jewish G-d is depicted as “stern and warlike. G-d’s compassionate qualities, highlighted in lessons about other religions, are missing when Judaism is discussed." They cite numerous cases of a bias against the very foundations of Judaism, while those of Islam and Christianity are treated as fact.
I know many of you have handled this in your own ways with your children and grandchildren. I don't know how you did it but I saw this coming long ago and this is what I did.
I always let my children see me reading the Bible. I told them over and over, even before they were old enough to understand, that the Bible was the ultimate TRUTH. I have a companion book with my Bible, it is a "topical bible'. I told them whenever they wanted to know the truth about anything, come to me and and I will show them in the Bible. My 8 y.o. grandson is now deep into the Bible.
He is constantly coming to me with questions and we dig through God's word for the answers. I do use my KJV with him and help him to understand it. I am not one of these KJV only types, but I do prefer it. I figured when he's in his late teens, because he can understand the KJV, the other versions will be a piece of cake. LOL
He already knows that Jesus was born a Jew. He also knows that the Jews did not kill Jesus, SIN did! All of mankind's sin! He also knows that Jesus went willing to the cross. FOR US!
Cody also knows that whenever someone tells him something that is different then what he has learned from the Bible, to come to me and we will go to the "Book of Truth", God's Word.
He already knows about Ishmael and the troubles that began with him and continue today. So yes, he knows about Islam and he has already debated his teacher in a couple of areas. LOL She called me into conference with her one day, because Cody became unwilling to accept that "Islam was a Religion of Peace" as she called it. I went armed, (Bible and laptop fully charged and with wireless card). LOL Oh, and I also took a qur'an. By the time I got through with her, (even though she is an atheist), she held a new respect for Cody and me and our belief's...LOL.
She is alot more careful about what she says around Cody... I like that!
Train up your children and grandchildren, they WILL be a blessing to you when you are old... trust me on this one.
Paddy
Is he wearing a suicide vest?
U.S. Textbooks: ‘Jesus was Palestinian’ INN
‘"Christianity was started by a young Palestinian named Jesus." This is one of hundreds of distortions, misrepresentations and outright lies found about Judaism and Jewish history by a comprehensive study of the 28 most widely used Social Studies textbooks in the United States. In a landmark book called “The Trouble with Textbooks,”Dr. Gary A. Tobin and Dennis R. Ybarra show how millions of American schoolchildren are taught anti-Semitic versions of Jewish history and faith, particularly in relation to Christianity and Islam, in passages that often amount to sheer libel.
The authors found that U.S. textbooks “tend to discredit the ties between Jews and the Land of Israel. Israel is blamed for starting wars in the region and being colonialist. Jews are charged with deicide in the killing of Jesus. All in all, there are repeated misrepresentations that cross the line into bigotry.”
Among the teachings that were found in American textbooks are the following distortions:
Among the teachings that were found in American textbooks are the following distortions:
· Jesus was a “Palestinian”, not a Jew.
· The Arab nations never attacked Israel. Arab-Israeli wars “just broke out,” or Israel started them.
· Arabs nations want peace but Israel does not.
· Israel expelled all Palestinian refugees.
· Israel put the Palestinians in refugee camps in Arab lands, not Arab governments.
· Palestinian terrorism is nonexistent or minimal.
· Israel is not a victim of terrorism or terrorism against Israel is justified.
· U.S. support of Israel causes terrorism, including 9/11.
· The intifadas were children’s revolts not involving adults or terrorism.
· Jews and Judaism are legalistic. Jews are only about the letter of the law and ignore its spirit.
Tobin and Ybarra point out that in many books the Jewish G-d is depicted as “stern and warlike. G-d’s compassionate qualities, highlighted in lessons about other religions, are missing when Judaism is discussed." They cite numerous cases of a bias against the very foundations of Judaism, while those of Islam and Christianity are treated as fact.
I know many of you have handled this in your own ways with your children and grandchildren. I don't know how you did it but I saw this coming long ago and this is what I did.
I always let my children see me reading the Bible. I told them over and over, even before they were old enough to understand, that the Bible was the ultimate TRUTH. I have a companion book with my Bible, it is a "topical bible'. I told them whenever they wanted to know the truth about anything, come to me and and I will show them in the Bible. My 8 y.o. grandson is now deep into the Bible.
He is constantly coming to me with questions and we dig through God's word for the answers. I do use my KJV with him and help him to understand it. I am not one of these KJV only types, but I do prefer it. I figured when he's in his late teens, because he can understand the KJV, the other versions will be a piece of cake. LOL
He already knows that Jesus was born a Jew. He also knows that the Jews did not kill Jesus, SIN did! All of mankind's sin! He also knows that Jesus went willing to the cross. FOR US!
Cody also knows that whenever someone tells him something that is different then what he has learned from the Bible, to come to me and we will go to the "Book of Truth", God's Word.
He already knows about Ishmael and the troubles that began with him and continue today. So yes, he knows about Islam and he has already debated his teacher in a couple of areas. LOL She called me into conference with her one day, because Cody became unwilling to accept that "Islam was a Religion of Peace" as she called it. I went armed, (Bible and laptop fully charged and with wireless card). LOL Oh, and I also took a qur'an. By the time I got through with her, (even though she is an atheist), she held a new respect for Cody and me and our belief's...LOL.
She is alot more careful about what she says around Cody... I like that!
Train up your children and grandchildren, they WILL be a blessing to you when you are old... trust me on this one.
Paddy