Pro-Israel advocate Hananya Naftali has responded to my post taking him to task for what I saw as him trying to get Jews to become Christians.
I have my own response to this.
I am not part of any “group of people” – I looked into your views deeper when I saw you say you were Jewish in your last video, after many videos suggesting you were Christian. I am capable of thinking for myself and challenging those things I find problematic – just like you would probably characterize yourself.
In particular, it was this I found problematic:
Now you just stated unequivocally you are not out to make Jews into Christians. I am really glad to hear it. That was not at all clear from the video, which I felt, suggested that is exactly what you were trying to do, albeit subtly. I also found offensive the comments that seemed to be almost blaming Jewish reluctance to accept Jesus on our persecution.
I also certainly never suggested you do all your pro-Israel work to convert Jews. True, I suspected you might be partially motivated by this, but I also made clear I admire your passion for Israel, and appreciate the work you are doing in this regard. So to suggest I claimed all your pro-Israel advocacy is fake is disingenuous.
As is your characterization of me as a hater. Read my post again. There was nothing hateful in it. I adopted a rather gentle tone. I empathized with you for feeling you might be treated unfairly in the army for being Christian. Anyone familiar with my blog will know if I hate something or someone, they will certainly know about it!
As to the commenters of his who suggested my post was the result of jealousy, sorry to disappoint you, but I am really happy with what I have been able to achieve with Israellycool and I always welcome allies who do pro-Israel advocacy.
