Wednesday is Question and Answer Day on the blog…a time for exploring many of the questions that people have recently asked about the nine Conversations with God books and the New Spirituality. Here’s this week’s entry…
Question:Why Are Jews So Special?
Dear Neale Donald Walsch: CWG really knocked me out! I couldn’t put it down; found it astonishing at several points; mak¬ing perfect sense at others; laughed out loud, and was a bit puzzled after two or three “reads” of the same sentence. I will re-read it with pleasure and I treasure it. How grateful I am to you for daring to publish this material. A question: since I am Jewish, why are the Jews “the chosen people”? Love and blessings to you. Phyllis, Stamford, CT.
Neale’s Response:
My dear Phyllis, The Jews are not “the chosen people.” All people are “the chosen people.” The Jews have simply been historically far more conscious of God’s covenant with them than most other peoples; they have paid attention to it; they have hon¬ored it. It is the same way the United States sees itself among the world’s nations. The U.S. says this is “one nation, under God.” Well, all nations are “under God.” Yet few nations have had the consciousness to place “in God we trust” on their coins. It is a question of consciousness. It is a question of how nations and peoples see themselves. It is not a question of which people God has chosen, but which people have chosen God.
(Ask Neale may be accessed on a daily basis in the Messengers’ Circle at Neale’s personal website: www.nealedonaldwalsch.com. Each week Neale selects a question from those posted there and publishes it in this blog.)