| 1) Because in Catholic Europe, Jews were not allowed to own property when real estate was the source of most wealth and position. As such they made their money by trading and lending.
2) Absolutely not.
3) Technically yes.
4) Because Christ was a rebel rabbi; a rabblerouser who attracted unwanted attention from Roman colonialists. He was a rabbi, but a factionalist who could or could not be believed depending on the audience's views.
Obviously my posts are more political than theocratic. But who cares?
. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. |