I am not a Jew, though I am a respectful admirer of your tradition, one who strongly suspects that Christianity did not understand the Hebrew Bible when it enlisted the same to prop up arguments for the Messianic claims of Jesus.  In fact, I'm a bit suspicious of the fact that the New Testament was written in Greek, not Hebrew or Aramaic, that many references to "the Jews" in the Gospels sound more like they were written by Europeans who simply used the Jewish community as a foil, and Jesus's prayer - on the night before his crucifixion - to "Let this cup pass from me."  I know of no Jewish community that ever poisoned its condemned.  It sounds to me like this is a reference to the Greek dissenter, Socrates, whose community rejected his teachings and forced him to drink a cup of hemlock.  To me, it's one more bit of evidence suggesting that Christianity is less Jewish than Greco-Roman - and that much of Christian antisemitism may be sourced to the need to demonize upholders of a Jewish tradition being raided and twisted by non-Jewish pretenders.

That said, the reason I've come here is that, on the Mormon/LDS board, there is a Mormon who thinks the LDS Church's backlash - after jumping into the Prop 8 battle in California - is the equivalent of kristallnacht.  I find such a suggestion both disrespectful as well as inaccurate.  To me, it trivializes this horrifying incident, which was part of a much larger movement which would lead to genocide.  I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to weigh in, at the Mormon board, as invited guests, to discuss whether it is appropriate for Mormons to compare their current situation to kristallnacht - or any other event involved with the Holocaust.

Thank you for your time.

It is weird but some Christians like to pretend that they are being oppressed when in reality, they are the majority in America and more often then not, the oppressors. I guess they think it gives them credibilty? I don't think it's hard to see that the Christians, especially Mormons, are the majority who conspired together to take away the civil rights of a minority.

[QUOTE=BillThinks4Himself;942207]  I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to weigh in, at the Mormon board, as invited guests, to discuss whether it is appropriate for Mormons to compare their current situation to kristallnacht - or any other event involved with the Holocaust.

Thank you for your time.[/QUOTE]

Personally, as a Jew, I am offended that the Mormons would attempt to associate themselves with the jewish victims of the Holocaust since the Mormons are committing mass rape on the souls of Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. In fact I would equat the attack and lies that the Mormons used to make Gays and Lesbians second class citizens in California as equivelent to the thugs that commited the the destruction.

I would say the Mormons represent the thugs of Kristallnacht in the Prop 8 saga

I would say the Gays and Lesbians are the victims in the Prop 8 saga

I just deleted my comment about why Mormons should not be compared with rapists for engaging in baptism for the dead.  While I stand by my previous comments, I now think they sounded preachy.