Although he finds it absurd, Immanuel Kant also concludes that Christians must be Jews after following the same logic as Zwirner. This was sent by Anne:
I am reading The God of Israel and Christian Theology by R.Kendall Soulen and found an interesting quote from Immanuel Kant (1793). Kant arguing for an 'enlightenment' understanding of religion, believes that Christianity's retaining the history of the Jews as an essential part of its doctrine, is absurd. He is quoted from his book p. 153 Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone. While the intention of the quote is in support of Kant's argument, I think it is interesting in light of your comments about the Rabbi's (of Burbank?) understanding of Christian/Jew.
" [The] procedure {of appealing to the Jewish Scriptures}, wisely adopted by the first propagators of the teaching of Christ in order to achieve its introduction among the people,is taken as part of the religion itself, valid for all times and peoples, with the result that one is obliged to believe that every Christian must be a Jew whose Messiah has come. "(,italics in original )
Another thinker from another time and another place, and choosing another paradigm, has come to a very similar conclusion to that one which we are considering. Food for thought.
Indeed.
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