(Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo Station!)Far from Jerusalem, Rome, or Tokyo?
It is apparent that there were some each called "Jesus, son of Joseph" in Jerusalem in the first century but before the fall of Jerusalem.
There must have been some that really looked like Jesus Christ in the first century but before the fall of Jerusalem.
Yet, if time or space is different, no two entities can be identical, including one's emotions.
SECTION I: A Holocaust Movie "SHOAH"
"Shoah" is a nine-hour film Mr. Claude Lanzmann started to make in 1974 and completed in 1985, since the subject is the so-called Holocaust (or Shoah meaning annihilation in Hebrew).
(It was in 1978 that the American TV series, "Holocaust" was publicized all over the Western World.)
This movie was presented first in Japan in 1995, since Mr. Claude Lanzmann so wished to put SHOAH on the screen in Japan.
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In Part 2, Franz Schalling describes the workings of Chełmno where he served as a security guard.
In Parts 1, 2 and 3, Franz Suchomel talks about the workings of Treblinka where he was an SS officer.
In Part 3, Walter Stier, a former Nazi bureaucrat, describes the workings of the railways.
Sometimes their testimony becomes more personal. Schalling expresses sympathy for his Jewish victims, but Lanzmann moves him on. Lanzmann is also concerned with establishing their knowledge of the Holocaust. Many of his perpetrators assert their ignorance of what was going on. Suchomel claims that he did not know about extermination at Treblinka until he arrived there. Stier claims to have been too busy to find out that his trains were transporting Jews to their deaths. In each case, Lanzmann challenges their assertions of ignorance with relentless questions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoah_(film)
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However, some Japanese who watched the movie felt distrust in a manner they presented the ex-SS officer.
They had promised to the ex-SS officer that he would be allowed to stay anonymous but actually opened his identity clear on the screen so conspicuously.
But, the Japanese viewer admitted the tremendous value of the film and understood endless anger of Mr. Claude Lanzmann.
(http://www.cinema-today.net/0205/08p.html)
So, which is better to use officially or religiously the Holocaust or the Shoah?
SECTION II: Embassy of Israel to the Holy See
There is a really nice picture of the Wailing Wall at the Web site of the Embassy of Israel to the Vatican.
http://vatican.mfa.gov.il/mfm/web/main/missionhome.asp?LanguageID=0&Question2=&MissionID=111&MissionID=
This Web site also includes information for Pilgrimage to Israel. The information advertises services Israel provides for Christian tourists:
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The Service:
Pilgrimage Certificates
Details:
Pilgrimage Certificates
signed by the Minister of Tourism and the Mayor of Jerusalem, in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch and Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian.
Intended for:
Christian pilgrims
http://vatican.mfa.gov.il/mfm/Data/96776.doc
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Israel in fact admits that Christianity is a right religion; Jesus Christ is God.
SECTION III: The Vatican
The Rockefeller-supported Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) posts some reports on the Vatican and Israel on its Web site:
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Vatican-Israel Relations
Author: Toni Johnson, Staff Writer
Updated: May 12, 2009
The relationship between Catholics and Jews is marred by centuries of troubles, including doctrinal polemics, Crusade-era massacres, and forced exiles of Jews. The Vatican moved to improve relations with Jews in 1965, although it did not formally recognize Israel until 1993. Today experts say relations between the Vatican and Israel have never been better. Still, trouble spots remain. Lingering Jewish bitterness over the Vatican's posture during the Holocaust, the uncertain legal status of church property in Israel, and outstanding concerns about Christian religious sites in the Holy Land continue to be diplomatic sticking points....
http://www.cfr.org/publication/19344/vaticanisrael_relations.html
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In response to Iseali's de-facto recognition of Christianity as an authentic religion, the Vatican should:
- Declare that Judaism is the original or another form of Christianity, and
- Declare that Judaists are the original or other type of Christians.
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Jesus Christ said that truth would be known to the world by the grace of God.
If a nameless, poor, and pious person continues to be nameless, poor, and pious following his faith in God, his value among mankind will be known to the world.
Only a devil-haunted man would try to kill such a valuable person.
However, mankind would opt for driving out such a devil-haunted man from community as long as mankind as a whole is sane.
After death, the soul of a nameless, poor, and pious person will be given eternal life, but that of a devil-haunted man will not, according to the teaching of Jesus Christ.
Mat 10:26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
Mat 10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Mat 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.