Dear Chaim,
Instead of a question this week, I instead would like to tell a story and then ask a question- one that I feel is very important and serves to underscore the problems in America.
I own a business in addition to my full-time job, and both of my co-founders are Jews. While both are self-haters who voted for Barack Hussein Osama, I've managed to look past this because of our potential to make the company extremely successful, and because I've felt that deep down, they were good people who were caught up in the insanity in this country. However, my mind may have been changed this week.
A few days ago, I went with one of my business partners to a pre-wedding dinner for a co-worker. Towards the end of the night, an associate of ours started talking politics. Of course, I couldn't resist the opportunity to slam Obama, so I began railing against him and spreading the JTF mantra, which I'm very good at because I've been doing it for a decade. All the people in the argument except me were Jews, so I took the opportunity to bring up the butchering of the 4 innocent Israelis by the satanic faction Hamas, YSV, may they all burn in hellfire forever. My business partner started talking about the need for "peace" and that "killing Arabs won't solve anything", and I of course shot him down with facts and the truth, something these self-hating morons tend to avoid in favor of the insane idea of "peace". After I invoked the Bible and told him that on the day of Judgment, G-d will ask you what you did against evil - and he wouldn't have a reply to offer. He then told me that he "didn't consider Judaism to be a religion, but a culture". I sat stunned as all the other Jews at the table agreed with him, and they all took turns saying that, ultimately, they didn't know anyone in Israel and thus didn't care if the Arabs took 100% of the territory. At this point, I felt that the argument was pointless, so I stopped engaging them - it would have gotten ugly if it had continued.
Chaim, it was all I could do to not stand up and scream YSV in their faces, and tell them that they wouldn't need winter coats where they were going in the next world. I was furious at the time, but I have mixed feelings now. These people and particularly my business partner are my friends, but it's hard for me to look them in the eye with respect because of how utterly stupid they are. That being said, they've been my friends and co-workers, and I have a genuine affinity for them as people. My question is: on the day of Judgment, when they come face to face with G-d, is it your opinion that G-d will take mercy on them? Or, will he cast them off to Gehenom for their indifference to the plight of their people? Please answer as thoroughly as possible; I am very interested to hear your always sage thoughts.
May G-d bless you and the JTF,
RWG