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Originally Posted by Mr. Soul
I know that members of their family were involved in the 80's savings and loan scandals. I know they are basically an organized crime family.
I have done plenty of research on this subject, but I have never read anything proving the claims you made, other than unreliable speculation. I asked if you had a source on this, because if true it would be interesting.
Don't get so touchy when someone asks you if you can back up an explosive comment like the one you just made. It's not called doing my research for me, it's called backing up a statement you made with anything besides pure speculation.
Personally I don't just repeat things I read somewhere on the internet. That is the kind of thing that hurts the 9/11 truth movement's credibility, and gives the government appologists an excuse to refuse to support an investigation.
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Number of Christian Jews in Israel Doubles to 10,000
In Israel, the number of Christian Jews, known as Messianic Jews, has doubled in size to about 10,000 due to recent immigration waves.
Posted: Saturday, April 30 , 2005, 16:40 (BST)
In Israel, the number of Christian Jews, known as Messianic Jews, has doubled in size to about 10,000 due to recent immigration waves, according to Messianic leaders and evangelism opponents.
Eitan Shishkoff, the leader of a Messianic community in Haifa, located about 70 miles north of Jerusalem, says that there are roughly 10,000 members in 80 Messianic congregations around the country.
The population is twice that of 1980?s, when significant numbers of immigrants from the former Soviet Union began entering the country, according to the Jerusalem Post. Shishkoff says that 70 percent of the members in his congregation of 270 are from the Soviet Union.
In Israel, it is illegal for evangelism efforts to involve material benefits for prospective converts, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Yad L?Achim, and "anti-missionary" organisation opposed to "proselytism" since 1950, says that the Russian-speakers are being approached because of their "weak ties to Judaism and poor socioeconomic status," and are being "bought" through material benefits, according to the Post.
Shishkoff denies the allegation. "Maybe a few of our members first came in contact with us through the charity, but 98 percent of them didn?t ? make that 99.9 percent," he said.
Francis Helguero
Christian Today Correspondent