I Wish I Were Jewish…
Walking around downtown, I get accosted by Christians almost daily. If it’s not the obnoxious guy at 7th and Broadway yelling at the top of his lungs that I need to “find Jesus and repent” or the folks handing out religious flyers to all passer-bys at 5th and Broadway and 1st and Spring, some random guy jogging by will yell at me some rhetoric about Jesus.
I always thought religion was a very private thing, but more and more Christians seem to think they need to impose their beliefs on everyone. The worst are the “born again” idiots who have been given a microphone- they are embarrasing to me as a Christian. Think Stephen Baldwin on “Celebrity Apprentice” always asking “What would Jesus do?” or praying while on camera. Then there’s the radio station I wake up to so I can get the news in the morning- KFI, that has “The Jesus Show” on Sundays where some born-again pretends he’s Jesus and answers callers questions- I turn off my radio on Sunday mornings.
I’ve never known Jews to do any of these things- have you ever seen a Jew publically screaming to people to turn their life over to Yahweh? Do they get on TV and use that as their pulpit to evangelize the Jewish beliefs? No, Jewish people seem to have more class than that. Buddhist folks are similar- their spiritual life is pretty private.
Twice I have come close to marrying, and both times it was to an amazing Jewish girl who had a great family too. They accepted me into their family the way I was, and never once pushed any beliefs on me or made me feel like an “outsider”. I probably should have married one and converted to Judaism. Then Easter would mean even less to me than it does now.