The Bible Vs. Zionist Conspiracy

ON THE JEWS (PART I): THE CHOSEN PEOPLE OF GOD

What I mean is, if the Bible was biased towards the Jews, then it wouldn't include marring and scandalous details that can easily be used against them, but would have been taken as a work of propaganda.

This isn't the case.

You read the bible, and it presents a far more negative image of the Jews than any would be comfortable with.

While there's an obvious benefit to being called the chosen people of God, which places them above all people in anyone's mind, there is also a negative aspect of it as well. Why, because unlike the un-elected nations, they bear the heavy responsibility of representing God's righteousness (Isaiah 42:6). It is through them that God used
to demonstrate His goodness before the world.

For that responsibility, they are blessed materialistically, as a show of how God can bless nations who trust and obey Him. However, they are more severely punished if they disobey Him (Deuteronomy 27-28).

Now recall how unflattering their history is in scripture.... they've failed in that responsibility far more than they did in bearing it faithfully (Psalms 106 & Romans 2:17-24).

The Jews were never chosen because they were better in terms of numbers or worth, in fact, He had said they're a "Stiff-necked people", but God simply chose them to affect His will (Deuteronomy 7:7-9, 9:6-18, & Romans 9:16).

Arguably, God chose the least of the people-group to demonstrate His magnanimity.

ON THE JEWS (PART II): ARE THE ASHKENAZI, KHAZARS?

The controversy began with Shlomo Sand with his book, "Inventing the Jewish People" (2009) in which he claimed, through DNA research, that the Ashkenazi which the majority of the worlds Jewry are realy decendents of the Khazars, a Turkic people who've converted to Judaism and moved from the kingdom of Khazaria to Eastern and Central Europe.

This presented a number of problems, not only because it contradicted common understanding that the Jews from the maternal standpoint were from Europe, but also brought an excuse for anti-semites to hate the Jews without... being rightly called, "Antisemitic".

While there is some credence to the narrative (after all, there were such a people of Khazaria), in my mind there are a host problems with the conclusion.

First of all, why were most of the Ashkenazi look more European than Khazarian?

Second, if they were Khazarian then there must be visible, cultural traits that wouldn't be original to Jews such as dress, practices, and customs, but nothing was noticed even by the proponents of of the narrative.

Third, according to the critics of the narrative, there were no records of the Khazarian conversion to Judaism.

The Truth: new DNA findings published in Nature Magazine (Oct. 8 2013), proved otherwise. Thus, the Ashkenazim retained their Jewishness.

SOURCES
1. "Are the Ashkennazi Jews Descended from Khazars?" By Sara Ivry
July 3, 2014 • 12:30 PM The Tablet Magazine https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/178152/are-ashkenazi-jews-descended-from-khazars
2. "Genetic Roots of the Ashkenazi Jews" By Kate Vandell form The Scientists pulished October 8 2013 the-scientist.com/daily-news/genetic-roots-of-the-ashkenazi-jews-38580

Interesting! I want to take a look at the Khazar DNA link before I comment though.

Hi J50n; you/re actually the very first nice person who is actually nice. I do appreciate that, and I hope that our conversation will enrich both of us.,

In addition to your study of the Khazarian DNA, please also see this following video I've seen online. It is 13 (12:37) minutes long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poNmKV9H0vE .

Basically, the Jews are a very diverse group of people who've taken in host's genetic traits; so you have the Ashkenazi who look quite European to Ethiopean Jews who look much more African.

God bless!

Hi. Thank you! -- Yes, there's all sorts of Jews, isn't there; -- even Chinese and Indian ones. If I understood the DNA link right, it doesn't seem like there's much support for the Khazar theory. I'll take a look at that other link.

Good evening! (It's evening here anyway.)

In appearance, yes; but remember that the Khazar theoretical premise is that the Ashkenazi are not ethnic Jews but ethnic Khazars.

Enjoy your evening. :)