tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post1244819551229638601..comments2023-10-15T09:36:12.013+01:00Comments on Countercultural Father: Inadvertent Antisemitism?Ben Trovatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-17186983034864377392015-11-28T23:16:49.379+00:002015-11-28T23:16:49.379+00:00I agree about the real and terrible danger of anti...I agree about the real and terrible danger of antisemitism.<br /><br />My view is that pretending that Jewish people cannot bear the fact that Christian people believe something different to what they believe is actually a subtle antisemitism: treating them as though they are too fragile to disagree with. And patronising them, by pretending that we don't disagree with them, when we clearly do - that is we believe Jesus of Nazareth to be the Christ, and they do not - is insulting.<br /><br />Moreover, I find it hard to believe that a prayer said once a year in a handful of churches in the UK where the EF is celebrated is a major issue, and I have seen no evidence that any Jewish people have been upset. I think there may be something else going on here...Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-50916389020095786942015-11-28T16:42:31.120+00:002015-11-28T16:42:31.120+00:00Well the two prayers are inconsistent. That much i...Well the two prayers are inconsistent. That much is true.<br /><br />We are rightly cautious given the antisemitism that has been displayed by Catholics in the past and the unimaginably terrible consequences of antisemitism in the last century. Add to that the fact that whilst the idea of "blood guilt" was specifically repudiated in Nostra aetate it is something that has been held as true by many Catholics before even some saints. Given this track record it is hard to think clearly about these issues and that is, I think, what is going on here.Part-time Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183889477468203531noreply@blogger.com