Christianity & Judaism - ILANA MERCER

“This Hebrew takes the biblical view tested by time. It is that, as stated in Genesis 8:21, the instinct of man is evil from his youth. (Or, wackily mistranslated: ‘the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth.’) Evil is integral to the human condition, always has been, always will be. Evil can’t be wished away, treated away, medicated away or legislated away. Evil is here to stay.”—ILANA MERCER, “2-Party Pox: The Republicans Suck AND The Democrats Want To Kill You,” May 26, 2022
“What we observe in the political landscape is a function and a reflection of human nature, acting in aggregate. Over and above the idea that we get the government that we deserve is the devastating reality that this government doesn’t stand apart from us. It is us.”—ILANA MERCER, “2-Party Pox: The Republicans Suck AND The Democrats Want To Kill You,” May 26, 2022
“Christianity’s missionary mandate is global, not parochial. This explains why a global proselytizing faith fetishizes The Other and why the church rarely defends its own.”—ILANA MERCER, “For The West To Survive, Christians Must Toughen Up,” October 22, 2021.

A Christmas Story: “This was boyhood before the Nerf gun and ‘bang-bang you’re dead’ were banned; family life prior to One Dad Two Dads Brown Dad Blue Dads, and Christmas before Saint Nicholas was denounced for his whiteness, and ‘Merry Christmas’ condemned for its exclusiveness.”—ILANA MERCER, “A Christmas Story Before Nerf Guns Became a No-No,” December 24, 2020.
“A man of some eminence, Edward Gibbon in 1776, seemed to have pointed toward Christianity’s self-immolating, progressive, pathologically inclusivity, remarking on the courting by early Christians of ‘slaves, women, reformed criminals, and other persons of small importance’ [not my words].”—ILANA MERCER, “White Guilt: Where Does It Originate And How To Fight It,” WND.COM, September 11, 2019.
Following from the Gibbon thesis, I posited that, “Christianity might be called the Social Justice movement of its day.”—ILANA MERCER, “White Guilt: Where Does It Originate And How To Fight It,” WND.COM, September 11, 2019.
“Undergirding what Christians call the Old Testament is a message of particularism, not universalism.”—ILANA MERCER, “Busted: Scripture-Twisting Reverend Pushing Borderless US,” WND, December 13, 2017
“The ancient Hebrews would have been appalled by many a modern, left-liberal Jew who has betrayed the nationalistic message underlying the 24 best-written books ever.”—ILANA MERCER, “Busted: Scripture-Twisting Reverend Pushing Borderless US,” WND, December 13, 2017
“The Hebrew Testament is not the New Testament. Although Christians often appropriate the Hebrew text to their humanistic ends, it’s not the text you want to use in spreading the Christian, ‘We Are The World’ dogma. For the Hebrew Bible revolves around distinguishing the Jews and their homeland from the nations of the world.”—ILANA MERCER, “Busted: Scripture-Twisting Reverend Pushing Borderless US,” WND, December 13, 2017
“Jews like presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders have forgotten that riches are a reward for work well done. In the Jewish faith’s infinite wisdom, wealth justly acquired is a sign of God’s blessing.”—ILANA (October 16, 2015)
“On Christianity in America: No longer doctrinaire or demanding, the mishmash of pop-religion practiced in churches across America is an extension of the therapeutic culture: festooned with feelings, mostly misdirected. Untempered by intelligent interpretation of scripture.”—ILANA (December 27, 2013)
“On American pop-theology: light on doctrine; heavy on hellfire and damnation.'”—ILANA (December 27, 2013)
“Not for nothing was the vow of silence once considered a test of character and spirituality in Christianity and in other faiths. This universal value has been inverted by American pop culture and pop religion. In the US, a deeply private person is considered defective; a blabbermouth who does and says anything on camera is canonized.”—ILANA MERCER, “Will The ‘Pussy Riot’ Sisterhood Storm The Sistine Chapel?” March 15, 2013.
“American public life is such that even our pick for pope (Cardinal Timothy Dolan) struts his stuff like a ‘Jersey Shore’ reality star. Let us give thanks that the world was spared the self-promoting sins of a ‘superpower pope.'”—ILANA (March 15, 2013)
“Although the breakdown of boundaries in society is at the root of the rot around us, the Roman Church will not be permitted to survive in the only way it was intended to function since antiquity: as a hierarchical organization.”—ILANA (March 15, 2013)
“The Christian faithful no longer see themselves as members of a community of believers, but as members of gay, lesbian, feminist, black, brown and plain angry clans. Unless the Church recognizes and recompenses their brand of identity politics—the masses will bring it down.”—ILANA (March 15, 2013)
“Christianity in our country is a lot like what the Ducksters of ‘Duck Dynasty’ profess. No longer doctrinaire or demanding, the mishmash of pop-religion practiced in churches across America is an extension of the therapeutic culture: festooned with feelings, mostly misdirected. Untempered by intelligent interpretation of scripture.”—ILANA Mercer “Duck Dynasty: A Decoy For Dummies,” December 27, 2013
“Pray tell, what is the matter with Christians that they hunger to forgive evil, without any evidence of expiation? Some sins are simply unforgivable.”—ILANA Mercer, “Obama, Love Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry,” November 15, 2013
“The righteous give secretly. The pious give publicly.”—ILANA (January 22, 2010)
“It is impossible for a commentator to credibly expatiate upon America, in particular—and the West, in general—without reference to the Judeo-Christian tradition.”—ILANA (December 7, 2007)
“It is impossible to appreciate the greatest composer of all times—Bach—without acknowledging the contribution of his muse—Christianity—to the glory of his music.”—ILANA (December 7, 2007)
“Christian forgiveness is… contingent on the sinner’s repentance, and can be granted only by the one sinned against, and not by the various proxies of popularity. Instant expiation flows more from the values of the 1960s than from any doctrinal Christian values.”—ILANA (November 25, 2005)
“The proper metaphor for the relationship between Judaism and Christianity is that of parent and progeny. Self-anointed Jewish leadership, however, has managed to cast Jews as a mere faction among a multicultural mob, a position Jews (being liberals) love.”—ILANA (May 4, 2005)
“The Catholic Church’s consecration of condoms will have the same overall effect on African AIDS infection rates as its condemnation of sex outside marriage.”—ILANA (April 29, 2005)

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