PREFACE
We are here because…choose your own reason. I believe there is a power, presence, province – a god – that has created the universe and that we, humans on planet earth, are merely an infinitesimally small part thereof and we are here for only an equally tiny span of time.
The opinions and observations tendered in this treatise are based on my reading of the Bible’s Old Testament, The Torah, and as a 6th generation American Jew.
Chuck Klein, 2026
Biblical Observations and Questions
1) Is the G_d of the Israelites unforgiving, jealous and vengeful? In Genesis it was clear that G_d made man in his own image. G_d’s image could be described as one of vengeance, jealousy and spite. Does today’s man mirror this image? He kills many of those made in His image, including some of The Chosen People. Warmongering is evident by his orders to kill all in the promised land. Times were not easy for the Hebrews, first they were slaves to the Pharaoh only to become slaves to a vengeful, jealous and unforgiving G_d. If G-d created all persons and creatures, why would he kill his creations or order the killing of so many persons and innocent sacrificial animals? Perhaps, they are ones created by other gods?
2) The seed of the man determines the race (religion) of the child – regardless of who the mother is. It is clear that the power and emphasis is on the male offspring. The evidence is in the Lord telling Adam and Eve to go forth and multiply, but all other times he only tells the males to go forth and multiply. Of the number of people listed in the Bible, with very few exceptions, all are men. The Lord talks about the “seed” of the male to propagate the Hebrews. Further, reference is made almost exclusively to males. The most conclusive evidence is that Jacob’s sons by Egyptian handmaids are 4 of the 12 tribes of Israel. Moses talks of how G_d “[He] loved thy fathers, and chose they seed…to give thee their land for an inheritance….”. Also, G_d tells the Hebrews that if they conquer an enemy, they may take a wife of the captives. Only the male Egyptian children are killed meaning that their seed cannot be perpetuated – it kills/stops the race.
(In a conversation with a Cincinnati orthodox Rabbi, Yoseph Kalmanson, 5 Jan 1999, he indicated that tradition, the foundation of verbal laws, is where most of our rules come from. The verbal heritage, according to Kalmanson, is that the mother is the determining factor. He did not deny that the reason for making the woman the determining factor is that, before modern DNA type tests, it was much easier to match children to mothers than to their fathers just because it is clear that is whence the child comes. The Nazis perpetuated this defining method.)
3) Was the Nazi Holocaust G_d’s revenge upon the sons of Jacob for failing to keep the covenant and for failing to follow the laws he laid down? Perhaps, the G_d of Jacob has forsaken us because we have not lived up to his expectations? It seems G_d did a lot of talking back in the old days, but nothing has been heard from him in thousands of years. Perhaps the Nazi Holocaust was G_d’s message to the seeds of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that they have not lived up to his expectations? If so, what should the survivors of the Holocaust do to appease G_d … be stronger – do unto others before they do unto you?
4) If nothing else, Jesus divided the Hebrews. The questions are: Was this purposeful? If so, who would have benefitted? Surely the Romans who might have thought killing this claimed Son of G-D would be enough to quell any believed uprising against them…or that killing Him before he married and propagated more “Sons” with His seed? It worked inasmuch as there was no revolt nor “sons” of Jesus. But is it not possible that the followers of Muhammad (Muslims), in revenge for Joshua re-claiming the Promised Land from the Canaanites were the instigators? Perhaps, the Muslims perpetuated a ruse that a Muslim (not G-d or Joseph) is the father of the child Mary gave birth to? The theory would be that her son would be the Savior who would resurrect the Canaanites to power. But the plan both failed and succeeded. Failed because some of the Hebrews turned the tables on the Romans and Canaanites by claiming Jesus was the Son of G_d and was their Savior. Succeeded insofar as Jesus divided the Hebrews diminishing their power for the next 2000 years and still counting.
5) Are today’s Palestinians the survivors of ancient Canaan who want “their” land back? Should Jews continue to forsake/ignore/repudiate a direct order from G_d by not killing them? Is the never-ending wars against Israel/Jews – G_d’s punishment for not complying with His order to kill all Canaanites?
6) Throughout the world today Christians and Jews are the epitome of decent, law-abiding, productive citizens. And as such, has raised the moral, ethical and living standards of all peoples. Is raising the standard of living something we should be proud of when it creates pollution and wars over finite resources? Is the world over-populated and dying in its own pollution because we have learned to live longer, waste more and not control our population? Or, is the globe dying because we have become so jaded, immoral and unethical, that we have become another Sodom & Gomorrah?
7) Islamic Muslims have made it clear they intend to destroy all non-Muslims by forcing conversion to their faith or killing those who refuse. Why? Is their G_d using them to fight our G_d’s people? In other words, is this a battle between various G_d’s who are using earth’s inhabitants as the combatants to determine which G_d is superior? Are we humans mere pawns in a battle between gods?
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
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