Ted Cruz Lied About Judeo-Christian Values and America
by Bob Johnson
After winning the Iowa Republican caucus Monday night Ted Cruz said that America was “built on Judeo-Christian values.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8y5Hd3yyw
What are Judeo-Christian values? Doing a Google search I did not find any precise set of Judeo-Christian values. The term “Judeo-Christian” is a relatively new term which gained popularity in the US in the 1950s as a way to combat anti-Jewish beliefs. However, I did find this article by a Christian clergyman, Richard Lee. He lists seven values he claims are Judeo-Christian.
The first one is the dignity of human life. He cites the commandment from the Ten Commandments, “You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13). Lee got this one wrong as it actually states, “Thou shalt not kill.” There is a big difference between killing and murder. There is much debate over the meaning and the translation from Hebrew to English. This is another example of why The Supreme Intelligence/God would not use a human language to communicate with people. As Thomas Paine pointed out in The Age of Reason, the only possible word of God is the Universe/Creation itself.
Lee also cites Matthew 22:39 which says that Jesus said, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Lee did not mention how Leviticus 27:1-7 can possibly promote the dignity of human life. In these ungodly verses from the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament God allegedly put a financial value of worth on people. For example, he valued men who are between the ages of twenty years old to sixty years old to be worth 50 shekels. Women in the same age group are worth only 30 shekels. Baby boys and little boys between the ages of one month to five years of age are valued at five shekels and baby girls and little girls of the same age range are valued at three shekels each. Babies younger than one month and unborn babies are not valued at all. It’s important to remember that in spite of quotes attributed to Jesus that sound humane and kind, Jesus was a Jew (IF he really did exist even as a mere mortal) who believed the cruel and ungodly Hebrew Bible/Old Testament was the word of God and that it will be in effect until “heaven and earth pass” (Matthew 5:17-18). This completely negates any humane statements attributed to Jesus. So much for human dignity as a Judeo-Christian value.
The next Judeo-Christian value Lee lists is “The Traditional Family.” He uses Genesis 2:21-24 to back this up. This is the foolish and ludicrous Bible story of God putting Adam into a very deep sleep and then removing one of Adam’s ribs, which he allegedly made the first woman out of. Verse 24 in this nonsensical Bible myth states, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” Of course, this is used by the religious right to attack gay people and to deny gay people their right to marry. But perhaps it also gives a strong argument to gay men when they’re confronted with Bible believing opposition to gay marriage. They should tell the Bible believers that if they can get their Bible god to make a woman for them as the Bible claims happened for Adam, they will marry her! (Based on a promise attributed to Jesus, this can happen. John 14:12-14 says that Jesus promised that those who believe in him can get whatever they ask for in prayer.)
The third Judeo-Christian value Lee lists is “A national work ethic.” He quotes 2 Thessalonians 3:10 to support this. This quote states, “For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.” This is in direct contradiction to Deuteronomy 6:10-11 which says that God told the Hebrews/Jews:
And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
Talk about an attitude of getting something for nothing! This would be a horrific “national work ethic.”
Lee lists as a fourth Judeo-Christian value “the right to a God-centered education.” He uses Deuteronomy 6:7 for support of this claim. Deuteronomy 6:7 is for Hebrews/Jews and not for Gentiles. It reads, “And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” In verses three and four it is directly addressed to Israel and has nothing at all to do with anyone but the Hebrews/Jews.
Under this fourth Judeo-Christian value Lee also quotes Proverbs 1:7 which claims, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge:” This progress stopping teaching is the exact opposite of the ancient Greek and Roman philosophers who taught that wonder is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge. It truly is a battle between Jerusalem/superstition and Athens/wisdom.
In Lee’s fifth Judeo-Christian value he uses “the Abrahamic covenant.” This is the Bible myth found at Genesis 12:1-4 that God made a deal with Abram, aka Abraham, that if he obeyed God and lived in fear of God that God would bless Abraham and bless those who blessed Abraham and would curse those who cursed Abraham. (Zionist Christians like John Hagee and Pat Robertson often use this Bible line to encourage Christians to support the Jewish state of Israel at America and the world’s expense.) God also allegedly promises Abram/Abraham at Genesis 15:5 that the generations of Abraham’s offspring would out number the stars in the Universe. This is pure foolishness.
Lee writes, “The Abrahamic Covenant states that if a person or a nation obeys God, observing the moral truths found in the Bible, that person or nation will be blessed.” He is wrong. The Abrahamic