Judeo-Christian Ethic

[Frank Cross]

I may be uninformed, but I don't see the disrespect of the term 
Judeo-Christian ethic.
I always assumed that the Judeo was an emendation of those who claimed a 
Christian ethic and meant to show respect and solidarity for Jews, a sort 
of anti-antisemitism.  I always viewed the term as being a form of respect 
and deference that Christians showed Judaism, not an insult

Of course, Christians and Jews do not totally share beliefs, and I assumed 
that people who used the word Judeo-Christian knew this.  I figured the 
phrase was meant to refer only to those beliefs that were shared.  Thus, if 
a belief was Christian but not Judeo, it would not be part of the 
Judeo-Christian ethic.

Now, the word may be misused, I don't know how often, but given that both 
groups share some of the same scripture, it doesn't seem like an 
intrinsically unreasonable word 
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