Millions of Jews, Christians, and Muslims have accepted a deeply mistaken idea about the Creator:
That 2,000+ years of Jewish persecution somehow proves that the Creator hated, rejected, or abandoned the Jewish people.
But that projects human limitations onto the Creator.
A human being can become angry, impatient, humiliated, or consumed by resentment.
The Creator is not limited like that.
His patience, compassion, and humility are beyond anything we experience as human beings [His Essence doesn't lack those qualities].
What is the simpler explanation for Jewish persecution?
The simpler explanation is human free choice.
Across history, Christian rulers and institutions, pagan powers, Islamic rulers and movements, and many other human societies chose persecution, forced conversion, expulsion, humiliation, and violence.
Those choices tell us something about human beings, not about the Creator hating the people being persecuted.
What does real free choice allow?
Creation allows real free choice.
That means created beings can choose goodness, but they can also become overwhelmed by fear, shame, pain, tribalism, and inherited trauma.
What happens when overwhelm is not transformed?
When that overwhelm is not transformed, the nervous system can move into survival mode.
People can become obsessed with control, blame, superiority, revenge, or destroying whoever feels threatening or different.
Entire cultures and governments can build those patterns into their institutions.
That is how human beings can act in ways that look completely insane while still believing they are defending morality, religion, or civilization.
What does the existence of persecution prove?
The existence of persecution does not prove hatred from the Creator.
It proves that a world containing meaningful free choice also contains the possibility of human beings using that freedom terribly.
How can emotional and spiritual skills transform survival mode?
The deeper question is what we do with that reality.
We can repeat the trauma, or we can develop the emotional and spiritual skills needed to transform survival mode into relationship, compassion, responsibility, and goodness.
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The Bible did not give any institution permission to persecute the Jewish people. And calling persecution “religious” does not remove the responsibility to admit the harm and make reparations.
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“People can act completely insane while believing they are defending religion, morality, or civilization.”
Explore the NextSelf Blog. Start with this post explaining the world of souls. And my Youtube. Content is published to this facebook first and a few days later, to the blog.
The blog lists all the difference patterns to study, understanding patterns is how one can develop 'Daas' [felt knowing].
Update: As awe, trust, and love deepen, they can allow greater openness and intimacy with the Creator. That intimacy can include sadness when you notice how much more of His goodness can be revealed.