From: RFaussette@aol.com
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 08:54:41 EDT
In a message dated 7/8/03 10:08:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
sbrasile@hotmail.com writes:
> For the record; I don't "get" the part about the Christian's being
> displaced
> as butchers, etc... But I "get" the rest of Rich's post. Although I think
> his argument is a bit weaker than the obvious quotes in the Bible where it
> explains homosexual behavior word for word and follows it with "is an
> abomination to the Lord" and others that lump homosexuals with liars,
> murderers, idolaters, etc, etc...that will not be permitted into heaven and
>
That quote is from Kevin MacDonald's A People That Shall Dwell Alone. He is
saying that because the Jews of eastern europe had very high birth rates, high
social cohesion and marginally superior intelligence, they eventually occupied
all the niches formerly occupied by Christians, particularly in the towns,
relegating Christians to agricultural occupations (remember Cain and Abel - the
fruit of the field is not acceptable to God). Their behavior (observing the
Levitical prohibitions and eschewing agriculture) conforms to scripture exactly.
The high birth rates and cohesion are due to Leviticus and the superior
intelligence is from genesis, where you find Abraham and the later patriarchs
traveling to get wives from their own people rather than marry Canaanites. Note
that Jacob's son Joseph, whose mother is rachel rises to become councilor to
the pharoah. Dull eyed Leah's children (Jacob did not want dull eyed Leah for a
wife - he wanted Rachel) don't have that spectacular success of Rachel's
children. The lesson is often completely overlooked. They were marrying for
intelligence. They were pastoralists - animal breeders - so they knew exactly what
they were doing, because Jacob shows us by breeding his flocks stronger while
breeding Laban's flocks weaker. That is the allegory. Just as jacob knew not to
marry dull eyed leah, he knew how to breed the flocks stronger and weaker.
We tend to associate Jewry with the reformed and conservative Jews who live
among us, but the orthodox still practice the pure undiluted Old Covenant. I
have mentioned that it is the ultra orthodox in Israel who live in the
setttlements in Palestine and refuse to leave. They "rule." Even the Israeli armed
forces have difficulty getting their cooperation and these orthodox want all
non-Jews removed from land they occupy). I included the quote from MacDonald to
demonstrate that in this particular case, avoiding all forbidden Levitical
behaviors raises the birth rate of a family, tribe, nation or race and promotes
social cohesion resulting in the Jews spreading over the earth as is suggested by
the quote in which orthodox Jews displaced christians in the major
occupations in the towns of eastern europe.
What is ironic is that this quote is from an evolutionary psychologist who
has studied Judaism from an evolutionary point of view. He has discovered that
this high birth rate and displacement of host peoples is the source of the
tension that results in what we call the anti-semitic cycle. This high birth rate
is also spoken of in the first few paragraphs of exodus, if you care to take a
look resulting in the hostility between the egyptians and the Hebrews.
If you abandon the Levitical prohibitions, your birth rate lowers and you are
"spewed out of the land." (Lev. 18) This is literally happening right in
front of us as immigrants are imported to replace our shrunken numbers, but people
(including most here) have not made the connection between abandoning the Law
and being spewed out of the land. Deborah had said that we have swarmed all
over the earth and because she is a good christian and not racially or
ethnically conscious, she misses the point that people compete with other people for
territory and that some people displace other people. Ancient orthodox Judaism
IS ethnically bound and racially segregated because that was the tribal nature
of the ancient world (see herodotus). We don't normally appreciate that
because good christians are not racially bound and miss the significance of ancient
Judaism altogether. It is a breeding strategy that allows Jews to gradually
displace indigenous people. If you read Judges 1, you see that the slow
displacement of the Canaanites was probably the way Canaan was occupied by the Jews
rather than the quick and brutal conquest in Joshua.
I am not only writing for the few who have been understandably perplexed by
my apparently unfamiliar approach. I am writing for you all. I understand that
using sociobiological tools is not yet something people on this list are
equipped to talk about and my position must be disconcerting to some people who do
not understand the sociobiological implications of the Levitical prohibitions
and analyze scripture from a physics, mathematics or geology background. I
could say that physics and mathematics and geology are the wrong tools to study
religion, but rather than take that position like some people have taken toward
me I accept that they'll have to come to that conclusion themselves. I simply
choose not to participate in those threads. Religion is a personal and social
phenomenon. It has to do with guiding human behavior and that is how it
should be studied.
A few people here have published extensively on religion and the physical
sciences and have a vested interest in defending their own established turf in
an effort to keep their perspective in the spotlight, but religion should
rightfully be studied by social scientists with a background in evolutionary
theory. Jesus taught us how to live with one another. He didn't teach math or
geology or physics.
I came here to share this with you and hope that a few of you will gain that
glimmer of understanding, so I am willing to bear the barbs of recalcitrants.
Sondra, your attempt to understand what I am saying and your sensitivity to
those barbs is a measure of your wisdom. I appreciate your being patient with
me and giving me a fair shake. Your Christianity is showing.
rich faussette
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