It seems to me that there is a lot of
confusion about the purpose of anti-missionary activities. For myself, being an
anti-missionary Jew does not have anything to do with proving what is wrong with
Christianity to Christians. It has to do with proving what is DIFFERENT between
Judaism and Christianity to JEWS. They are not interchangeable and you can
(indeed you must) believe in only one religion, Judaism OR Christianity.
Granted, that in order to demonstrate the truth about Judaism, both what it is
and what it isn't, it is sometimes necessary to demonstrate lies and fallacies
in the Christian bible, but these items have been falsified, sometimes from
their beginnings, with the express purpose of deceiving people (particularly
Jews) into believing in Jesus by making such a belief seem palatable. The only
way to fight these insidious tactics is to hold up the lies for examination and
exposure.
There is no reason to spend one's time teaching Christians about what their
bible "really" says; as I stated before I believe such activity is
both counter-productive and rude. We can all spend our time more productively
(as well as in a morally superior way) by learning as much about Judaism as
possible (nobody is going to run out of things to learn, that's for sure!)
The only possible outcome that could come from convincing Christians that
Judaism is right and Christianity is wrong, is conversion. And, Jewish law
prohibits proselytizing; if someone likes what I say and wants to learn more,
then that would make me happy, but I will not hold a conversation with someone
with that as my goal. And, I don't think that Jews trying to fight them should
adopt the reprehensible tactics of Christian missionaries.
The only thing that we do as anti-missionaries, that is as dangerous to
ourselves as the people we are trying to help, is separate ourselves into
segregated groups of Jews who are accepted to be "real" and Jews who
aren't. Even if we don't drive people to be Christians; we will still lose the
hearts and souls of people. We have to show by our actions that Judaism is a
religion of love and community; doing so will take away missionaries biggest
drawing card. So, let us all pull together to increase the sense of community of
ALL Jews and our fellow Jews will have no need to look for 'salvation' with
Jesus.