anti-semitism – Erik Popp

This post is part of a series: Why I Believe

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When I was a teenager, I took a world history course. It was very eye-opening. A lot of things that happen today made a lot more sense. I also found out how true the Bible is when it says that the human heart is “desperately wicked“, and “the most deceitful of all things“. This 2000-year-old book explains and predicts human behavior better than many of the most popular philosophies today.

I found that time and again, kings and countries steal land whenever they get the chance. And their people very often applaud the crime. I found that slavery is normal, and racism is normal. Ironically, the people who are deepest in sin are among the most sure that they are in the right.

You never hear a racist say, “I’m evil, so I hate the Jews or the Arabs, or Whites or Blacks”. Instead, they say, “race X is evil, so they deserve all the evil things I want to do to them”. The evil that they see in others is actually the darkness in their own hearts.

Continue reading Why I Believe – The Mirror to the Soul

This series I’ll probably post to occasionally, rather than all in one string.

In this series, I’ll list some of the reasons why I believe in the god of the Jews and Christians. The list is by no means exhaustive. The first one I’ll bring up is a prophecy.

“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when it shall no longer be said, ‘As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’ but ‘As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.’ For I will bring them back to their own land that I gave to their fathers.”
Jeremiah 16:14-15 (context)

This prophecy is coming true as we speak, despite the best efforts of filthy anti-Semites through the Middle East. In particular, the way in which Israel was established makes it pretty obvious that God made it happen, because without divine intervention, it couldn’t have. Here’s what happened:

Continue reading Why I Believe – The Rebuilding of Israel