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Posted by Illusion on Nov-09-2003 11:11:

Islamic morality

As far as Islam is concerned, pedophilia is a legitimate and recognized principal. In Islam, pedophilia and rape of children under the guise of marriage of girls from 9 years on is legal and allowed.

By 'marrying' a child, Aisha, Mohammad was himself a pedophile. The Islamic promise of accessing heaven for sexual abuse of girls is itself pedophilia Now, Muhammad lived a less than holy life. His lust for sex, his affairs with his maids and slave girls, his pedophilic relationship with Aisha a 9-year-old child at the age of 53, his killing sprees, his massacre and the genocide of the Jews, his slave making and trading, his assassination of his opponents, his raids and lootings of the merchant caravans, his burning of the palm plantations, his destroying the water wells, his cursing and invoking evil on his enemies, his revenge on his captured prisoners of war and his hallucinations about having sex with his wives when he actually did not, disqualify him as a sane person let alone a messenger of God.

An unbiased study of Quran shows that far from being a �miracle� that book is a hoax. Once the Quran is scrutinized with rational thinking, almost every sentence proves to be false. The Quran is replete with scientific heresies, historic blunders, mathematical mistakes, logical absurdities, grammatical errors and ethical fallacies. Could possibly the author of this Universe be as ignorant as it appears to be in the Quran?
-http://www.faithfreedom.org


Text In Persian. Written on top. "Freedom & Independance. The Islamic Republic(IRI Slogan)" In reply to which, lady liberty tell them to go fuck themselves!


Posted by arctic on Nov-09-2003 11:42:

Very interesting. Apparently the Koran doesn't actually stipulate that women must wear veils either, it's just Islamic clerics opressing women.


Posted by Izzy on Nov-09-2003 17:30:

A few topics and quotes i pulled out of the koran:

1. Jihad
"O Prophet! Make war against all non-Muslims and the hypocrites and be
merciless against them. Their home is hell, an evil refuge indeed." (Koran, 9:73)

2. Hostage Taking
"When you meet non-Muslims in jihad [holy war], chop off their heads. And when you have brought them low, bind your prisoners rigorously. Then set them free or take ransom from them until the war is ended." (Koran, 47:4)

3. Torture and Death
"The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and his messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be to be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet and genitals cut off, or to be expelled out of the land. Such will be their humiliation in the world, and in the next world they will face an awful horror." (Koran, 5:33-34)

4. Killing all Men, Women, and Children
"When we decide to destroy a population, we send a definite order to them who have the good things in life and yet sin. So that Allah's word is proven true against them, then we destroy them utterly." (Koran, 17:16-17)

5. Mass Graves
"In order that Allah may separate the pure from the impure, put all non-Muslims one on top of another in a heap and cast them into hell. They will have been the ones to have lost." (Koran, 8:37)

6. Forcible Conversion To Islam Or Death
"How many were the populations we utterly destroyed because of their sins, setting up in their place other peoples." (Koran, 21:11)

7. Terror
"Remember Allah inspired the angels: I am with you. Give firmness to the believers. I will instill terror into the hearts of non-Muslims: you smite them above their necks and smite all their fingertips off of them." (Koran, 8:12)

now i am not say that islam alone uses this kind of pathetic rehtoric, i bet there are places in the bible where you can find nonsense like this as well. Regardless one can see how any extrimist can manipulate it's belivers to do things that reason would have dictated otherwise.


Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-09-2003 19:39:

Re: Islamic morality

quote:
Originally posted by Illusion
As far as Islam is concerned, pedophilia is a legitimate and recognized principal. In Islam, pedophilia and rape of children under the guise of marriage of girls from 9 years on is legal and allowed.

By 'marrying' a child, Aisha, Mohammad was himself a pedophile. The Islamic promise of accessing heaven for sexual abuse of girls is itself pedophilia Now, Muhammad lived a less than holy life. His lust for sex, his affairs with his maids and slave girls, his pedophilic relationship with Aisha a 9-year-old child at the age of 53, his killing sprees, his massacre and the genocide of the Jews, his slave making and trading, his assassination of his opponents, his raids and lootings of the merchant caravans, his burning of the palm plantations, his destroying the water wells, his cursing and invoking evil on his enemies, his revenge on his captured prisoners of war and his hallucinations about having sex with his wives when he actually did not, disqualify him as a sane person let alone a messenger of God.

An unbiased study of Quran shows that far from being a �miracle� that book is a hoax. Once the Quran is scrutinized with rational thinking, almost every sentence proves to be false. The Quran is replete with scientific heresies, historic blunders, mathematical mistakes, logical absurdities, grammatical errors and ethical fallacies. Could possibly the author of this Universe be as ignorant as it appears to be in the Quran?
-http://www.faithfreedom.org


Text In Persian. Written on top. "Freedom & Independance. The Islamic Republic(IRI Slogan)" In reply to which, lady liberty tell them to go fuck themselves!




so you are basically saying Quran is full of shit,and the millions whoa re muslims are insane right???

well let me tell you something.no religion is perfect,and if u think that there is such religion,you got problems.
Why pick on Quran and Islam??why not bible,Iam sure u can find some lies and such in bible or any other relegious books for that matter.
Bu the way you are pickin on Quran and Mohammed is just not right.Its like me saying that Jesus was a pathatic lier or something.
At least show some respect here,Islam is a big religion,with million followers all over the world.


Posted by Psionic on Nov-09-2003 20:35:

Re: Re: Islamic morality

quote:
Originally posted by hardcore trancer


well let me tell you something.no religion is perfect,and if u think that there is such religion,you got problems.
Why pick on Quran and Islam??why not bible,Iam sure u can find some lies and such in bible or any other relegious books for that matter.
Bu the way you are pickin on Quran and Mohammed is just not right.Its like me saying that Jesus was a pathatic lier or something.
At least show some respect here,Islam is a big religion,with million followers all over the world.


I wish Judaism got that same respect....


Posted by Cyrus King on Nov-09-2003 20:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Izzy
A few topics and quotes i pulled out of the koran:

1. Jihad
"O Prophet! Make war against all non-Muslims and the hypocrites and be
merciless against them. Their home is hell, an evil refuge indeed." (Koran, 9:73)

2. Hostage Taking
"When you meet non-Muslims in jihad [holy war], chop off their heads. And when you have brought them low, bind your prisoners rigorously. Then set them free or take ransom from them until the war is ended." (Koran, 47:4)

3. Torture and Death
"The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and his messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be to be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet and genitals cut off, or to be expelled out of the land. Such will be their humiliation in the world, and in the next world they will face an awful horror." (Koran, 5:33-34)

4. Killing all Men, Women, and Children
"When we decide to destroy a population, we send a definite order to them who have the good things in life and yet sin. So that Allah's word is proven true against them, then we destroy them utterly." (Koran, 17:16-17)

5. Mass Graves
"In order that Allah may separate the pure from the impure, put all non-Muslims one on top of another in a heap and cast them into hell. They will have been the ones to have lost." (Koran, 8:37)

6. Forcible Conversion To Islam Or Death
"How many were the populations we utterly destroyed because of their sins, setting up in their place other peoples." (Koran, 21:11)

7. Terror
"Remember Allah inspired the angels: I am with you. Give firmness to the believers. I will instill terror into the hearts of non-Muslims: you smite them above their necks and smite all their fingertips off of them." (Koran, 8:12)

now i am not say that islam alone uses this kind of pathetic rehtoric, i bet there are places in the bible where you can find nonsense like this as well. Regardless one can see how any extrimist can manipulate it's belivers to do things that reason would have dictated otherwise.


You can also find it in the Torah as well


Posted by DrUg_Tit0 on Nov-09-2003 21:05:

Re: Re: Islamic morality

quote:
Originally posted by hardcore trancer
Its like me saying that Jesus was a pathatic lier or something.


Well, imo it's not far from the truth. All religions are inconsistent and stupid. But I must say that muslim religion is more agressive than the others.


Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-09-2003 21:42:

Re: Re: Re: Islamic morality

quote:
Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0
Well, imo it's not far from the truth. All religions are inconsistent and stupid. But I must say that muslim religion is more agressive than the others.


Bottom line is that no religion is perfect,and u cant just pick on just one and keep bashing it.


Posted by DaveSZ on Nov-09-2003 22:05:

Re: Islamic morality

quote:
Originally posted by Illusion
As far as Islam is concerned, pedophilia is a legitimate and recognized principal. In Islam, pedophilia and rape of children under the guise of marriage of girls from 9 years on is legal and allowed.


I remember reading somewhere that in the Torah it says a man may marry a child who is aged 12 years or older, and a Rabbi who was asked this confirmed it. Now, in attempting to understand this, you have to realize that when these books were writen the life expectancy of the people was significantly shorter than it is today in many modernized countries. From that point of view it makes perfect sense to begin attempts at reproduction as soon as the individuals are biologically able. 9 years does seem quite young, but I suppose it's possible that a woman could be able to bear a child at that age, and certainly by age 11 or 12. Remember women go through puberty before men do.

The point is you're trying to compare societal standards from thousands of years ago with more modern Western standards of courtship and marriage and then calling those old standards barbaric or abusive. Even in present day Afghanistan the life expectancy is quite low, so I see nothing wrong with getting married at a younger age if you aren't going to live half as long as someone in the Western world, and your baby has a 25% chance of dying before age 5.

quote:
Originally posted by Illusion

An unbiased study of Quran shows that far from being a �miracle� that book is a hoax. Once the Quran is scrutinized with rational thinking, almost every sentence proves to be false. The Quran is replete with scientific heresies, historic blunders, mathematical mistakes, logical absurdities, grammatical errors and ethical fallacies. Could possibly the author of this Universe be as ignorant as it appears to be in the Quran?


I don't know if you're trying to defend the Bible or Torah as the complete opposite of all those things, but if you are I certainly am amused.

On that note, I remember seeing some nutjob on cable access TV trying to explain how the Earth is really 3000 years old. Cable Access is surely good for a laugh now and again.

quote:
Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0
But I must say that muslim religion is more agressive than the others.


I think it has more to do with the fact that the Islamic fanatics tend to gravitate more towards militarism for some reason rather than how violently the book they revere is written. I think it could have something to do with the fact that Christian societies tend to be more secular whereas Islamic societies have religion ingrained in every facet of society.


Posted by Nadi on Nov-09-2003 22:30:

Don't worry the bible is filled with all sorts of horrific pedophilia and killing. You guys might be intrested in reading "The Woman who Laughed at God" and "The Harlot By The Side of the Road" both by Jonathan Kirsch, he takes some stories from the bible(old testement) and shows how there filled wit pedophilia without you ever noticing it.


Posted by ProDiGaL on Nov-09-2003 22:34:

This thread is dumb, why do all these religions have to abuse their counterparts in order to feel secure about their own faiths I wonder........


Posted by DJBARON on Nov-09-2003 22:37:

Hello!

quote:
Originally posted by Cyrus King
You can also find it in the Torah as well


welcome to my world. remember, your on thin ice, keep your lies behind your scaled hands and forked tounge!

you speak of the torah???

you enter my world.

you will buried alive if you try to start this argument you have no idea what you begin to say


the Koran as seen by all today that it is false and has no logic. If we today, with science and rationality look at the koran or many other beliefs of today in fact we see many reasons why they cannot be even close to reality. You say the Torah? you try to compare the world of The Creator with what one of His creations fabricated? namely the Koran? The monotheistic idea of One Creator above all as the muslims believe is valid, but as most things, is based on Judaism from the time period of Mohhamed(sp?). Upon the learning of ancient Jewish law that has remained intact for over 3000 years, one may easily see how the beginning of Mohhameds journey was based on going "steps beyond the original people of the book". For instance, the Jews have Yom Kippur, the muslims created Ramadam. On the holiest day of the Jewish Year, Yom Kippur once again we see the Jews have 5 prayer services over the Holiday, and the muslims wanting to be greater than the Jews, create a holier than thou scenario and make everyday like the holiest day for the Jews! Again we see that The jews are obligated by Hashem to give a set amount of charity each year of our total income (10%) while the muslims do the same thing, [forgot what it is called] and infact it is i believe %2. So we see that in matters of 'service' in matters of connecting to The Creator [Allah] which is the main focus of the Muslims as we see with their insane, non-logical baseless 'martyrdom' that these people are willing to blow themselves up for their Creator [Allah]. This is the total opposite of western society. I clearly see the case of total devotion to a Creator, with its polar opposite of total devotion to self, and vanity, present today in western society. Such boundless frivility is abundant in Western Society today, we find a case where The Creator awakens the idea of devotion and connection to something bigger than ourselves, because after all this world today is full of vanity and loss of purpose and goal.

The muslim religion today is a wake up call to many of us. We need to see that there is no way the world will become a melting pot of nothing more than people all focused on getting jobs and making money and watching good tv shows. Muslims today are teaching the world that there is another way, a fanatical screwed up way that is non-sensical and full of a billion holes.

What the hell is the this total BS idea of 71 virgins in heaven? What the hell does 71 virgins mean that it is the 'absolutely greatest thing' in the muslim world today? How much BS do these Muslim powerholders speak constantly to pursuade massive groups of people to do their biddings? We find a society today so screwed up, the ones who are able to objectively see this from an outside perspective take note, and learn something from it!

CYRUSKING -> You come back already your starting something???

WHAT DOES THE TORAH SAY???? TELL ME. I WANT TO KNOW.

THE ONE THING THAT THE MAJOR RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD AGREE ON IS THE THE WORD OF G-D FROM THE HOLY TORAH (translated a few times incorrectly as mentioned in previous posts and verified through internet translators etc -- the bible) The Torah is perfect, and if studied, non-stop revelations in its perfection become more and more abundant.

In reality, science as I mentioned before and got messy in that topic, does nothing more to Judaism and Torah than bring additional proof. Science only verify what Torah, Judaism, Kabbalah and just straight up reality is was and will be.

I think one of the reasons that Matrix failed so bad is that people failed to believe in this whole concept at the end. (no need to ruin the movie!) Today what is it that the average man walking down the street believe in at the end of the day? NOTHING!

sad times ahead, and now I am just shocked at how CyrusKing tries to say anything about the Torah. You open a can of worms son.

QUOTE ME EVERYTHING YOU GOT SON!

By the way, who thinks in reality there is even a 1% chance that the world as we know it even in 500 years won't face the reality that one pyscho will eventually get a nuke and place it somewhere bad and trigger something? LOL Today we see these pyschotic brainwashed muslims blowing themselves up for 71 virgins (if you have 71 virgins for all of eternity, don't they eventually end up being non-virgins after a set time? therefore eventually after 100,000,000 years you are stuck with the same 71 hags and it is pretty stupid. You sit in 'heaven' with the all mighty G-d and enjoy your share of the 'women' for having killed children and soldiers protecting their country? LOL what kind of G-d is that? If the muslim concept of G-d was so powerful, how is it than that people need to sacrifice themselves? Why not Just have the powerful [Allah] Destroy the Jews?

And on the subject, to create multiple issues, in the Original Torah, [Bible] G-d in many places says about how he will never break his covenant with his people. But according to a few deviations from the original Torah, G-d has decided to break his covenant with the original people because G-d made a mistake and they are really not the people, but yes we must do a bunch of rituals (of course reveled to us always from only 1 person, as if G-d can't create a revelation for any more than 1 person to share for an entire nation? - yet judaism is still and will always be the only religion in the world that had A NATIONAL REVELATION at MT. Sinai)

So According to anything except the Torah -- And LOGIC of course -- G-d made a mistake, and is thus not perfect. This is than nothing more than idol worship since The concept of the THE CREATOR means THE creator, lacking nothing and totally perfect.

for those that ask what than of the people who are not jewish, simple obey the 7 laws of Noah, which can be readily found on the internet (there is a large group called the bnei Noach check out any site of theirs for info, and i encourage on all sections research and discussion, unlike other religions we encourage discussion, research and in-depth study, because at the end of the day, if its not logical its not correct!) websites for bnei noach:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bnei-noach/
even : http://www.google.com/search?source...-8&q=bnei+noach

to tie this up, Freedom for everyone to believe whatever they want is great, but today so much death and killing, we must finally stop being wussed out and realize that we are going to suffer if we don't start defining our lives and our purposes for living!

Islam is a disease on this planet, it is creating nothing but fear and death around the world, and that is all that it has always done. Bullshit Liberal pussy views are useless because one day unless you grow some hair on those balls, they will be chopped up by someone who has a psychotic brainwashed religion that tells them to kill themselves and take down as many 'non-believers' as possible.

Iraq is just a canary bird. Israel is just a canary bird. The muslims begin posting on websites the last few days for the muslims to leave from a few major american cities....

peace with the arabs calling themselves 'palestinians'

historically the philisthines were nothign like the modern day arabs claiming right to the land, and under the same logic the arabs in which these leftist dumbshits around the world defend that they need their own country, WHAT ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICANS? by the same logic they were there first, rightfully and deserve their land back.

America signed treaties though right? so the land is theirs? Well Israel through very legal means came to its own establishment, and showed the world through the hand of G-d in all the battles Israel fought which till this day defy logical understandings. Clearly G-d sends us a message, but that is for a different topic!

----> THERE ARE NO ATHIESTS IN A FOX HOLE. <-----

---->A GOOD DEFENSE IS A STRONG OFFENSE<----

lets assume one day that all this Bullshit talk of peace one day ends up someone, somewhere launching a nucular weapon. 3 minutes until impact, do you think that the reciever will just sit there and let itself get massacred? NO. THE SIMPLE PUSH OF A BUTTON WILL END UP ON AN IMMEDIETE RESPONSE, "YOUR GOING TO KILL US, BUT WE WILL ATLEAST KNOW YOU WILL DIE TOO!!! ARRGHHH" does this seem so far from atleast a possibility?

we need to realize that while this may be a very distant unrealisitic (why?) possibilty IF that day came, you would all stop your 'there is no g-d' BS and get down and PRAY PRAY PRAY.

when your stuck and life is in the balance, I want to see 1 person who does not pray to G-d.

to end off

--------> CYRUSKING, YOU TRY TO EQUATE THE EVIL IN THE KORAN WITH ANYTHING IN THE TORAH?? PLEASE PROCEED.


Posted by Nadi on Nov-09-2003 22:40:

quote:
Originally posted by ProDiGaL
This thread is dumb, why do all these religions have to abuse their counterparts in order to feel secure about their own faiths I wonder........


I'm agnostic and have either no religous counterparts or all religions are my counterparts :P


Posted by ProDiGaL on Nov-09-2003 22:42:

DJBARON:

your an embarassment to your religion, the best thing you can do for it is not post hear u sick zealot.


Posted by DJBARON on Nov-09-2003 22:50:

quote:
Originally posted by ProDiGaL
DJBARON:

your an embarassment to your religion, the best thing you can do for it is not post hear u sick zealot.


your full of shit and that argument stands on no group!

calling me a zealot? LOL Your a blind idiot! put anything about G-d on the side, lets all be athiests for a minute.

it does not change the fact that islam is a bullshit religion that brings death to the world. No idea in the world should exist that brings death in its wake. Islam encourages this, and is a cancer on this world.

the funny thing is no one can argue against what is said here, you just call me little names boo! hoo!

argue fact? Argue logic? Your brain is mushy, go learn something and argue like a man little boy.


Posted by ZinG on Nov-09-2003 22:51:

i see some idiots around here


Posted by ZinG on Nov-09-2003 23:47:

quote:
Originally posted by DJBARON
your full of shit and that argument stands on no group!

calling me a zealot? LOL Your a blind idiot! put anything about G-d on the side, lets all be athiests for a minute.

it does not change the fact that islam is a bullshit religion that brings death to the world. No idea in the world should exist that brings death in its wake. Islam encourages this, and is a cancer on this world.

the funny thing is no one can argue against what is said here, you just call me little names boo! hoo!

argue fact? Argue logic? Your brain is mushy, go learn something and argue like a man little boy.

I urge mods to ban this idiot
thanks


Posted by hardcore trancer on Nov-10-2003 00:08:

quote:
Originally posted by DJBARON
your full of shit and that argument stands on no group!

calling me a zealot? LOL Your a blind idiot! put anything about G-d on the side, lets all be athiests for a minute.

it does not change the fact that islam is a bullshit religion that brings death to the world. No idea in the world should exist that brings death in its wake. Islam encourages this, and is a cancer on this world.

the funny thing is no one can argue against what is said here, you just call me little names boo! hoo!

argue fact? Argue logic? Your brain is mushy, go learn something and argue like a man little boy.


so where are the mods when u need them??he is clearly being racist and beign ahteful toward muslims and Islam.
Baron I pray the I see you one day in person,adn teach you a leason.HOW DARE you say shit like that about one of the biggest religions in the world,as a Muslim Iam offended and I want you out of this forum.


Posted by MrSquirrel on Nov-10-2003 00:45:

quote:
Originally posted by ZinG
I urge mods to ban this idiot
thanks


I could have sworn they had.

He had been so quiet for so long.

All good things must come to an end I guess.

MrS


Posted by tathi on Nov-10-2003 01:04:

quote:
Islam is a disease on this planet, it is creating nothing but fear and death around the world, and that is all that it has always done.


Religion is a disease on this planet, it is creating nothing but fear and death around the world, and that is all that it has always done. DJBARON you are infected with this disease, the world would be a better place without the religious demographic


Posted by Yoepus on Nov-10-2003 03:11:

quote:
Originally posted by tathi
Religion is a disease on this planet, it is creating nothing but fear and death around the world, and that is all that it has always done. DJBARON you are infected with this disease, the world would be a better place without the religious demographic


Interesting, thats what the Stalinists, and Maoists said too.

I always thought your signature ("kill all of the extremists") was supposed to be sarcastic and humorous not how you trully fealt, guess I was wrong


Posted by tathi on Nov-10-2003 05:03:

i must be a stalinist then ;o

i thought you of all people would agree with me that organised religion is the main cause of suffering on this planet since its conception


Posted by malek on Nov-10-2003 05:21:

i am almost sure that "marying" a child is accepted and written in Jewish sacred literature.

big fucking deal.

girls that young still get married in India and other parts of the world, taking it on a specific religion is dumb and hypocrite.


Posted by Cyrus King on Nov-10-2003 05:32:

HHAHAAH.. DJ baron, you are getting FLAMED....

No one agrees with you along with the fact that they think you are a complete moron.

Are you on a power trip??? DOyou think you have power over the mods to tell them that im a terrorist.

You were SHLOMO before you were baron, and everyone knows that your ass was banned becuase of your racist remarks.

You are a fantasy man.. living in a dream
People like you have given a bad name for religion.

You have basically offended anyone that is muslim here as being a pedophile and terrorist.

Lets see what the mods think.


Posted by Cyrus King on Nov-10-2003 06:03:

quote:
Originally posted by DJBARON

--------> CYRUSKING, YOU TRY TO EQUATE THE EVIL IN THE KORAN WITH ANYTHING IN THE TORAH?? PLEASE PROCEED.


I have something to show you SLOMO.

quote:

The Talmud
Judaism's holiest book Unmasked
The Secret Jewish Rabbinical Teachings Concerning Christians
By
Rev. I. B. Pranaitis
Roman Catholic Priest; Master of Theology and Professor of the Hebrew Language
at the Imperial Ecclesiastical Academy of the Roman Catholic Church in Old St. Petersburg.

PART ONE
THE TEACHING OF THE TALMUD








CHAPTER II
THE CHRISTIANS



There are three things to be considered in this chapter:

1. The names by which Christians are called in the Talmud.
2. What kind of people the Talmud pictures Christians to be.
3. What the Talmud says about the religious worship of the Christians.

Article I. - The Names Given to Christians in the Talmud

As in our languages Christians take their name from Christ, so in the language of the Talmud Christians are called Notsrim, from
Jesus the Nazarene. But Christians are also called by the names used in the Talmud to designate all non-Jews: Abhodah Zarah, Akum, Obhde Elilim, Minim, Nokhrim, Edom, Amme Haarets, Goim, Apikorosim, Kuthrim.

1. Abhodah Zarah - Strange worship, idolatry. The Talmudic Tract on Idolatry is thus entitled: Obhde Abhodah Zarah - Idol
Worshippers. That Abhodah Zarah really means the cult of idols is clear from the Talmud itself: "Let Nimrod come and testify
that Abraham was not a server of Abhodah Zarah ." But in these days of Abraham there existed no strange cult either of the
Turks or the Nazarenes, but only the worship of the true God and idolatry. In Schabbath (ibid. 82a), it says:
"Rabbi Akibah says: How do we know that Abhodah Zarah, like an unclean woman, contaminates those who subscribe to it?
Because Isaiah says: Thou shalt cast them away like a menstruation cloth; and shalt say unto it, Get thee hence."
In the first part of this verse mention is made of idols made from gold and silver.
The learned Maimonides also clearly demonstrates that the Jews regarded Christians as Abhodah Zarah. In Perusch(78c) he
says: "And be it known that Christian people who follow Jesus, although their teachings vary, are all worshippers of idols
(Abhodah Zarah)."

2. Akum - This word is made up of the initial letters of the words Obhde Kokhabkim U Mazzaloth - worshippers of stars and
planets. It was thus that the Jews formerly styled the Gentiles who lacked all knowledge of the true God. Now, however, the
word Akum in Jewish books, especially in the Schulkhan Arukh, is applied to Christians. This is evident from numerous
passages: In the Orach Chaiim (113,8) those who use a cross are called Akum. In the Iore Dea (148, 5, 12), those who celebrate the feasts of Christmas and New Year, eight days afterwards, are called worshippers of the stars and planets:
"Thus if a gift is sent to the Akum, even in these times, on the eighth day after Christmas, which they call the New Year," etc.

3. Obhde Elilim - Servers of idols. This name has the same meaning as Akum. Non-Jews are frequently called by this name. In the Orach Chaiim, for example (215, 5), it says:
"A blessing should not be pronounced over incense which belongs to the servers of idols."
But at the same time when the Schulkhan Arukh was written there were no worshippers of the stars and planets (Akum); there
wereno 'servers of idols' among those who lived with the Jews. Thus, for example, the author of the Commentary on the
Schulkhan Arukh (entitled Magen Abraham), Rabbi Calissensis who died in Poland in 1775, in note 8, on No. 244 of the
Orach Chaiim (where it is allowed to finish a work on the Sabbath with the help of an Akum) says: "Here in our city the
question is raised about the price of hiring worshippers of the stars and planets who sweep the public streets when they work
on the Sabbath."

4. Minim - Heretics. In the Talmud those who possess books called the Gospels are heretics. Thus in Schabbath (116a) it
says: "Rabbi Meir calls the books of the Minim Aven Gilaion [iniquitous volumes] because they call them Gospels."

5. Edom - Edomites. Rabbi Aben Ezra, when he speaksabout the Emperor Constantine who changed his religion and placed the image of him who was hanged on his banner, adds: "Rome therefore is called the Kingdom of the Edomites."
And Rabbi Bechai, in his Kad Hakkemach (fol. 20a, on Isaiah, ch. LXVI, 17) writes:
"They are called Edomites who move their fingers 'here and there'" (who make the sign of the cross).
Likewise Rabbi Bechai, commenting on the words of Isaiah (loc. cit.), "those who eat the flesh of swine" adds: "These are the
Edomites." Rabbi Kimchi, however, calls them "Christians." And Rabbi Abarbinel, in his work Maschima Ieschua (36 d) says:
"The Nazarenes are Romans, the sons of Edom."

6. Goi - Race, or people. The Jews also call a man a Goi - a gentile; they call a gentile woman a Goiah. Sometimes, but very
rarely, Israelites are called by this name. It is mostly applied to non-Jews, or idolators. In Jewish books which treat of Idolatry,
worshippers of idols are often called by this single word Goi. For this reason, in more recent editions of the Talmud the use of
the word Goi is purposely avoided and other words for non-Jews are substituted.
It is well known that in the Jewish language, the Jews call Christians among whom they live, Goim. Nor do the Jews deny this.
Sometimes in their popular magazines they say that this word means nothing harmful or evil. But the contrary can be seen in
their books written in the Hebrew language. For instance, in Choschen Hammischpat (34, 22), the name Goi is used in a
depraved sense:
"Traitors and Epicureans and Apostates are worse than Goim"

7. Nokhtrim - strangers, foreigners. This name is used for all who are not Jews, and therefor for Christians.

8. Amme Haarets - People of the earth, idiots. There are some who say that people of other races are not meant by this, but
only crude and uneducated people. There are passages, however, which leave no doubt about the matter. In the Holy
Scripture, Book of Esra, ch. X, 2, we read: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange wives [nokhrioth] of the
people of the earth. That people of the earth denotes idolators is clear from Zohar, I, 25a: "The People of the earth - Obhde
Abhodah Zarah, idolaters.

9. Basar Vedam - Flesh and blood; carnal men who are destined to perdition and who can have no communion with God.
That Christians are flesh and blood, is proved from the prayer book:
"Whoever meets a wise and educated Christian can say: Blessed art thou O Lord, King of the Universe, who dispenseth of thy
wisdom to Flesh and Blood," etc.
Likewise in another prayer, in which they ask God soon to restore the kingdom of David and to send Elias and the Messia,
etc., they aak him to take away their poverty so that they will have no need to accept gifts from "flesh and blood," nor to trade with them, nor to seek wages from them.

10. Apikorosim - Epicureans. All are called by this name who do not observe God's precepts, as well as all those, even Jews
themselves, who express private judgments in matters of faith. How much more, therefore, Christians!

11. Kuthim - Samaritans. But since there are no longer any Samaritans, and since there are many references in recent Jewish
books to Samaritans, who can doubt that this does not mean the Christians?
Furthermore, in this matter of naming those who are not Jews, it is to be particularly noted that Jewish writings apply these
names indiscriminately and promiscuously when they speak of the same thing, and almost in the same words. For instance, in the Tract Abhodah Zarah (25b) the word Goi is employed, but in the Schulkhan Arukh (Iore Dea 153, 2) Akum is used.
Kerithuth (6b) uses Goim; Jebhammoth (61a) uses Akum; Abhodah Zar. (2a) uses Obhde Elilim; Thoseph uses Goim
and Obhde Ab., Choschen Ham (Venetian ed.) uses Kuthi; (Slav. ed.) Akum. And many more instances could be quoted.
Maimonides in his book on Idolatry indiscriminately calls all the following idolators: Goim, Akum, Obhde Kokhabhim, Obhde
Elilim, etc.

Article II. - What the Talmud Teaches About Christians

In the preceding chapter we saw what the Jews think of the Founder of the Christian religion, and how much they despise his
name. This being so, it would not be expected that they would have any better opinion about those who follow Jesus the
Nazarene. In fact, nothing more abominable can be imagined than what they have to say about Christians. They say that they
are idolaters, the worst kind of people, much worse than the Turks, murderers, fornicators, impure animals, like dirt, unworthy
to be called men, beasts in human form, worthy of the name of beasts, cows, asses, pigs, dogs, worse than dogs; that they
propagate after the manner of beasts, that they have diabolic origin, that their souls come from the devil and return to the devil
in hell after death; and that even the body of a dead Christian is nothing different from that of an animal.

1. IDOLATERS
Since Christians follow the teachings of that man, whom the Jews regard as a Seducer and an Idolater, and since they worship
him as God, it clearly follows that they merit the name of idolater, in no way different from those among whom the Jews lived
before the birth of Christ, and whom they taught should be exterminated by every possible means.

This is best demonstrated by the names they give Christians, and by the unmistakable words of Maimonides which prove that
all who bear the name of Christian are idolaters. And anyone who examines Jewish books which speak of the "Worshippers of
the Stars and Planets," "Epicureans," "Samaritans," etc., cannot but conclude that these idolaters are none other than Christians.
The Turks are always called "Ismaelites," never idolaters.

2. CHRISTIANS WORSE THAN THE TURKS
Maimonides in Hilkoth Maakhaloth (ch. IX) says:
"It is not permitted to drink the wine of a stranger who becomes a convert, that is, one who accepts the seven precepts of
Noah, but is permitted to gain some benefit from it. It is allowed to leave wine alone with him, but not to place it before him.
The same is permitted in the case of all gentiles who are not idolaters, such as the Turks [Ismaelites]. A Jew, however, is not
permitted to drink their wine, although he may use it to his own advantage."

3. MURDERERS
In Abhodah Zarah (22a) it says:
"A Jew must not associate himself with gentiles because they are given to the shedding of blood."
Likewise in Iore Dea (153, 2):
"An Israelite must not associate himself with the Akum [Christians] because they are given to the shedding of blood."
In the Abhodah Zarah (25b) it says:
"The Rabbis taught: If a Goi joins an Israelite on the road, he [the Jew] should walk on his right side. Rabbi Ismael, the son of
Rabbi Jochanan the nephew of Beruka, says: if he carries a sword, let the Jew walk on his right side. If the Goi carries a stick,
the Jew should walk on his left side. If he is climbing a hill or descending a steep incline, the Jew must not go in front with the
Goi behind, but the Jew must go behind and the Goi in front, nor must he stoop down in front of him for fear the Goi might
crack his skull. And if he should ask the Jew how far he is going, he should pretend he is going a long way, as Jacob our Father
said to the impious Esau: until I come to my Lord in Seir (Gen. XXXIII, 14-17), but it adds: Jacob set out for Sukoth."

In Orach Chaiim (20, 2) it says:
"Do not sell your overcoat (Talith) with the fringes to an Akum, lest he should join up with a Jew on the road and kill him. It is
also forbidden to exchange or lend your overcoat with a Gentile, except for a short time and when there is nothing to be feared
from him."

4. FORNICATORS
In the Abhodah Zarah (15b) it says:
"Animals of the masculine sex must not be left in the barns of the Gentiles with their men, nor animals of the feminine sex with
their women; much less must animals of the feminine sex be left with their men and of the masculine sex with their women. Nor
must sheep be left to the care of their shepherds; nor must any intercourse be had with them; nor must children be given into
their care to learn to read or to learn a trade."
In the same tract a little farther on (22a) it is explained why animals must not be allowed in the barns of Gentiles, and why Jews
are not permitted to have sexual intercourse with them:
"Animals must not be allowed to go near the Goim, because they are suspected of having intercourse with them. Nor must
women cohabit with them because they are over-sexed."
In fol. 22b of the same book the reason is given why animals especially of the feminine sex must be kept away from their
women: "...because when Gentile men come to their neighbors' houses to commit adultery with their wives and do not find them
at home, they fornicate with the sheep in the barns instead. And sometimes even when their neighbors' wives are at home, they
prefer to fornicate with the animals; for they love the sheep of the Israelites more than their own women."
It is for the same reason that animals are not to be entrusted to Goi shepherds, nor children to their educators.

5. UNCLEAN
The Talmud gives two reasons why the Goim are unclean: because they eat unclean things, and because they themselves have
not been cleansed (from original sin) on Mount Sinai. In Schabbath, (145b) it says:
"Why are the Goim unclean? Because they eat abominable things and animals that crawl on their belly."
Likewise in Abhodah Zarah, 22b:
"Why are the Goim unclean? Because they were not present at Mount Sinai. For when the serpent entered into Eve he infused
her with uncleanness. But the Jews were cleansed from this when they stood on Mount Sinai; the Goim, however, who were
not on Mount Sinaim were not cleansed."

6. COMPARED TO DUNG
"When ten persons are praying together in one place and they say Kaddisch, or Kedoschah, anyone, even though he does not
belong there, may respond Amen. There are some, however, who say that no dung or Akum must be present."
In Iore Dea (198, 48) Hagah, it says:
"When Jewish women come out of a bath they must take care to meet a friend first, and not something unclean or a Chrsitian.
For if so, a woman, if she wants to keep holy, should go back and bathe again."
It is worthy of note that the following list of unclean things is a given in Biur Hetib, a commentary on the Schulchan Arukh:
"A woman must wash herself again if she sees any unclean things, such as a dog, an ass, or People of the Earth; a Christian
(Akum), a camel, a pig, a horse, and a leper.

7. NOT LIKE MEN, BUT BEASTS
In Kerithuth (6b p. 78) it says:
"The teaching of the Rabbis is: He who pours oil over a Goi, and over dead bodies is freed from punishment. This is true for an
animal because it is not a man. But how can it be said that by pouring oil over a Goi one is freed from punishment, since a Goi
is also a man? But this is not true, for it is written: Ye are my flock, the flock of my pasture are men (Ezechiel, XXXIV, 31).
You are thus called men, but the Goim are not called men."
In the Tract Makkoth (7b) he is said to be guilty of killing "except when, if intending to kill an animal he kills a man by mistake,
or intending to kill a Goi, he kills an Israelite."
In Orach Chaiim (225, 10) it says:
"He who sees beautiful creatures, even though it be an Akum or an animal, let him say 'Blessed art thou Our Lord God, King of
the Universe, who has placed such things on the earth!'"

8. THEY DIFFER ONLY IN FORM FROM BEASTS
In Midrasch Talpioth (fol. 225d) it says:
"God created them in the form of men for the glory of Israel. But Akum were created for the sole end of ministering unto them
[the Jews] day and night. Nor can they ever be relieved from this service. It is becoming to the son of a king [an Israelite] that
animals in their natural form, and animals in the form of human beings should minister unto him."
We can quote here also what is said in Orach Chaiim, 57, 6a:
"If pigs are to be pitied when they suffer from disease, because their intestines are similar to ours, how much more should the
Akum be pitied when thus affected."

9. ANIMALS
In Zohar, II, (64b) it says:
"...People who worship idols, and who are called cow and ass, as it is written: I have a cow and an ass..."
Rabbi Bechai, in his book Kad Hakkemach, ch. I, beginning with the word Geulah - redemption - referring to Psalm 80, v.13:
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, says:
"The letter ain is dropped [suspended] the same as these worshippers are followers of him who was suspended."
Buxtorf (Lex.) says:
"By wild pig the author here means the Christians who eat pork and, like pigs, have destroyed the vineyard of Israel, the City of
Jerusalem, and who believe in the 'suspended' Christ. Else the letter ain is dropped in this word because they, as worshippers
of Christ who was hanged, are also dropped."
Rabbi Edels, in commenting on Kethuboth (110b) says:
"The Psalmist compares the Akum to the unclean beast in the woods."

10. WORSE THAN ANIMALS
Rabbi Schelomo Iarchi (Raschi), famous Jewish commentator, explaining the law of Moses (Deuter. XIV, 21) forbidding the
eating of meat of wounded animals, but which must be given to the 'stranger in thy gates,' or which, according to Exodus
(XXII, 30) is to be thrown to the dogs, has this to say:
"...for he is like a dog. Are we to take to word 'dog' here literally? By no means. For the text in speaking of dead bodies says,
Or thou mayest sell it to an alien. This applies much more to the meat of wounded animals, for which it is permitted to
accept payment. Why therefore does the Scripture say it may be thrown to 'dogs?' In order to teach you that a dog is to be
more respected than the Nokhri."

11. THEY PROPAGATE LIKE BEASTS
In the Sanhedrin (74b) Tosephoth, it says:
"The sexual intercourse of a Goi is like that of a beast."
And in Kethuboth (3b) it says:
"The seed of a Goi is worth the same as that of a beast."
Hence it is to be inferred that Christian marriage is not true marriage.
In Kidduschim (68a), it says:
"...How do we know this? Rabbi Huna says: You can read: Remain here with the ass, that is, with a people like an ass. Hence
it appears that they are not capable of contracting marriage."
And in Eben Haezer (44, 8):
"If a Jew enters into marriage with an Akum (Christian), or with his servant, the marriage is null. For they are not capable of
entering into matrimony. Likewise if an Akum or a servant enter into matrimony with a Jew, the marriage is null."
In Zohar (II, 64b) it says:
"Rabbi Abba says: If only idolaters alone had sexual intercourse, the world would not continue to exist. Hence we are taught
that a Jew should not give way to those infamous robbers. For if these propagate in greater numbers, it will be impossible for us
to continue to exist because of them. For they give birth to sucklings the same as dogs."

12. CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL
In Zohar (I, 28b) we read:
"Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field, etc. (Genes. III, 1.) 'More subtle' that is towards evil; 'than all
beasts' that is, the idolatrous people of the earth. For they are the children of the ancient serpent which seduced Eve."
The best argument used by the Jews to prove that Christians are of the race of the devil is the fact that they are uncircumcized.
The foreskin on non-Jews prevents them from being called the children of the Most High God. For by circumcision the name of
God - Schaddai - is complete in the flesh of a circumcized Jew. The form of the letter Isch is in his nostrils, the letter Daleth in
his (bent) arm, and ain appears in his sexual organ by circumcision. In non-circumcized gentiles, therefore, such as Christians,
there are only two letters, Isch and Daleth, which make the word Sched, which means devil. They are, therefore, children of
the Sched, the devil.

13. THE SOULS OF CHRISTIANS ARE EVIL AND UNCLEAN
The teaching of the Jews is that God created two natures, one good and the other evil, or one nature with two sides, one clean
and the other unclean. From the unclean side, called Keliphah - rind, or scabby crust - the souls of Christians are said to have
come. In Zohar (I, 131a) it says:
"idolatrous people, however, since they exist, befoul the world, because their souls come out of the unclean side."
And in Emek Hammelech (23d) it says:
"The souls of the impious come from Keliphah, which is death and the shadows of death."
Zohar (I, 46b, 47a) goes to show that this unclean side is the left side, from which the souls of the Christians come:
"And he created every living thing, that is, the Israelites, because they are the children of the Most High God, and their holy
souls come out from Him. But where do the souls of the idolatrous gentiles come from? Rabbi Eliezer says: from the left side,
which makes their souls unclean. They are therefore all unclean and they pollute all who come in contact with them."

14. AFTER DEATH THEY GO DOWN TO HELL
The Elders teach that Abraham sits at the gate of Gehenna and prevents any circumcized person from entering there; but that all
the uncircumcized go down to hell.
In Rosch Haschanach (17a) it says:
"Heretics and Epicureans and Traitors go down into hell."

15. THE FATE OF DEAD CHRISTIANS
The bodies of Christians after death are called by the odious name of Pegarim, which is the word used in Holy Scripture for the
dead bodies of the damned and of animals, but never for the pious dead who are called Metim. Thus the Schulchan Arukh
orders that a dead Christian must be spoken of in the same way as a dead animal.
In Iore Dear (377, 1) it says:
"Condolences must not be offered to anyone on account of the death of his servants or handmaids. All that may be said is 'May
God restore your lost one, the same as we say to a man who has lost a cow or an ass.'"
Nor must Christians be avoided for seven days after they have buried someone, as the law of Moses commands, since they
are not men; for the burial of an animal does not pollute one.
In Iebhammoth (61a) it says:
"The Nokhrim are not rendered unclean by a burial. For it is said: Ye are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture; ye are men.
You are thus called men, but not the Nokhrim."

Article III. - About Christian Rites and Worship

Since Christians are regarded by the Jews as idolators, all their forms of worship are idolatrous. Their priests are called priests
of Baal; their temples are called houses of lies and idolatry, and everything they contain, such as chalices, statues and books,
are regarded as made for the serving of idols; their prayers, both private and public, are sinful and offensive to God; and their
festivals are called days of evil.

1. PRIESTS
The Talmud speaks of priests, the ministers of Christian worship, as idolatrous and belonging to the god Baal. They are also
called Komarim - Soothsayers; and also Galachim, the shaved, because they shave their heads, particularly the monks.
In Abhodah Zarah (14b) Toseph, it says:
"It is forbidden to sell books of the prophets to the soothsayers, since they may use them for their evil worship in their
idolatrous temples. Those who do so sin against the law which forbids us to place an obstacle in the way of a blind person. It
is also forbidden to sell them to a Christian who is not shaved, for he is sure to give or sell them to one of them who is shaved."

2. CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
A place of Christian worship is called (1) Beth Tilfah, a house of vanity and foolishness, in place of Beth Tefilah, a house of
prayer; (2) Beth Abhodha Zarah, a House of Idolatry; (3) Beth Hatturapi Schel Letsim, a house of Evil Laughter.
In Abhodah Zarah (78) the Perusch of Maimonides, it says:
"Be it known to you that it is beyond a doubt forbidden by law to pass through a Christian city in which there is a house of
vanity, that is, a house of idolatry; much more to live therein. But we today, as punishment for our sins, are subject to them, and
are forced to live in their countries, as it was foretold in Deuteronomy (IV, 28): And there ye shall serve gods, the work of
men's hands, of wood and stone...Thus if it is allowed as predicted to pass around a Christian city, much more so must we
pass around an idolatrous temple; nor is it allowed us even to look inside and above all to enter in."
A Jew is forbidden not only to enter a Christian church, but even to go near it, except under certain circumstances.
In Iore Dea (142, 10) it says:
"It is forbidden to stand in the shadow of a house of idolatry, whether from the inside or the outside, for a distance of four
cubits from the front door. It is not forbidden, however, to stand under the shadows of the back of a church. Nor is the
shadow forbidden us if the church stands in a place where formerly there was public road, which was taken from the
community and the house of idolatry built upon it. For the road is still there. But if the house of idolatry existed before the road,
it is not permitted to pass before it. There are some who say that it is forbidden to pass there in any case."
Neither is a Jew allowed to listen to, or admire the beautiful music of the churches. In Iore Dea (142, 15) it says:
"It is forbidden to listen to the music if idolatrous worship, and to examine the statues of their idols; for even by looking at them
one can be influenced by the evil of idolatry. But one can look who does not intend to be so affected."
Likewise a Jew is not allowed to have a house near a church; nor is he allowed to rebuild a house which has been destroyed in
such a place. In Iore Dea (143, 1) it says:
"If a house near an idolatrous temple belonging to the Akum falls down, it must not be rebuilt. A Jew must remove it a certain
distance away if he wishes to rebuild it. But he must fill up the vacant space between his house and the church with bushes and
rubbish so that the space will not be used to extend the idolatrous temple."
Here may be added what a certain Rabbi Kelomimus said about a Christian church (in the book Nizzachon) to the Emperor
Henry III, who gave him permission to speak his opinion freely about the Basilica which he had recently built at Spires:
"After the Emperor Henry III, a very wicked man, had completed the building of that "Abyss," he sent for Rabbi Kelominus and said to him: "I want to ask you, how does this Basilica which I have built compare with the magnificence of Solomon's
Temple, about which so many volumes have been written?" He replied: 'My Lord, if you will permit me that you will let me go
unharmed, I will tell you the truth about it.' The Emperor answered: 'I give you my word as a lover of the truth and as an
Emperor, that no harm shall come to you.' Then the Jew said: 'If you gathered together all you have spent so far, and added to
it all the silver and gold in your treasury, it would not suffice even to pay the workmen and craftsmen that Solomon employed; for it is written (Chron. II, ch 2): And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore
thousand to hew in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. Eight years were spent in the
building of the Temple, much more than you spent in building this Tehon [Abyss]. And when Solomon had finished his Temple,
see what the Scripture says about it: The priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of God
had filled the House of the Lord (Chron. II, Ch. 5, 14). But if someone loaded an ass with putrid garbage and led it into this
abyss of yours, no one would notice the difference!' The Emperor Henry then replied: 'Were it not that I have sworn to let you
go unharmed, I would order your head cut off.'"

3. CHALICES
Chalises used in the Sacrifice of the mass are spoken of as vessels in which filth is offered up to the idol. Moses Kozzensis, in
Hilkoth Abhodah Zarah (10b) says:
"A Jew who buys Chalises of the Goi, which are broken and thrown away, it is not permitted to sell them again to them,
because their priest of Baal will use them in the worship of the idol."

4. BOOKS
The Talmud calls the books of the Christians Minim - heretical books - Siphre Debeth Abidan - Books of the House of
Perdition. The Talmud in particular speaks of the books of the Gospels. Thus in Schabbath (116a) Toseph:
"Rabbi Meir calls heretical books Aaven Gilaion (volumes of iniquity) because the call them Gospels."
And Rabbi Jochanan calls these books Aavon Gilaion, evil books. The Schulchan Arukh, Crakow edition, gives this name
as Aven Niktabh al Haggilaion - iniquity written in a book.
Buxtorf says: "In the Arukh there is a note Scheker Niktabh al Gilaion, which means, a lie written in a book."
All the Talmudists agree that the books of the Christians should be destroyed. They differ only as to what should be done with
the names of God contained in them. In Schabbath (116a) it says:
"The Glossaries of our own books and the books of the heretics are not to be saved from the flames, if they should catch fire
on the Sabbath day. Rabbi Jose, however, says: 'On festival days the divine names should be torn out of the books of the Christians and hidden away; what remains must be given to the flames.' But Rabbi Tarphon says: 'In order that I may be
remembered by my children, if those books should ever fall into my hands I would burn them together with the divine names
contained therein. For if one is chased by an assassin, or by a serpent, it would be better to take refuge in a pagan temple than
in one of theirs; because the Christians knowingly resist the truth, whereas the pagans do so unknowingly."

5. PRAYERS
Christian prayers are called, not Tefillah, but Tiflah. They change the point and insert Iod, which makes it read to mean sin,
foolishness and transgression.

6. CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS
Christian festivals, especially Sunday, are called Ion Ed - day of destruction, perdition, misfortune or calamity. They are also
simply called Iom Notsri - Christian Days. The word Ed rightly interpreted means misfortune or calamity, as appears from the
Gemarah and the Glossaries of Maimonides in Abhodah Zarah (2a):
"The word Edehem means the festivals of the Christians, since it is written (in Deuter. XXXII, 35): the day of their calamity."
Maimonides also says in Abhodah Zarah (78c):
"The words Edehem means the foolishness of their festivlas. It is the name for their despicable feast days which do not merit
the name of Moedim, for they are really vain and evil."
Baretenora also writes:
"The word Edehem is the name for their ignominious festivals and solemnities."
The marginal notes of Tosephtoth also give this name to Christian festivals. Thus in Abhodah Zarah (6a):
"The Day of Evil, that is the Christian Day, is forbidden to us as well as all their other feast days."
Some Christian festivals are mentioned by name, such as the feast of Christmas and Easter. Moses Mikkozzi, referring to the
above text of Abhodah Zarah , says:
"Rabbi Sammuel declares, in the name of Solomon Iarchi, that in particular the festivals of Christmas and Easter, which are their
principal evil days and the foundation of their religion, are forbidden to us."
Maimonides, in hilkoth Akum (ch. IX) has the same:
"Sammuel repeats the words of Rabbi Sal. Iarchi which forbid us particularly to celebrate the feasts of Christmas and Easter,
which are celebrated on account of him who was hanged."
Furthermore, indications of the impiety of the Jews are to be found in the names which they give to these Christian festivals: For in place of using Tau in the word Nithal, they often write Tet and call it Nital for the Latin word Natalis, the Feast of the
Nativity. They make it appear as if this word were from the root Natal which connotes extermination or destruction. Likewise
they refuse to use the word Paschal (Pesach) for the Christian feast of Easter. The substitute Koph for Phe and insert the letter
iod and call it Ketsach or Kesach. Both pronunciations have an evil meaning. Ketsach is from the root Katsah, meaning to
amputate or cut off from, and Kesach is from the root Kesa, meaning to wood or a gallows. This is done because the feast of
Easter is celebrated by Christians in memory of Christ - the one who was hanged - who was put to death and who rose again
from the dead.


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