Mikey, you said "If I believe that Asp is the best language around"
recall that Cleopatra was bitten by an Asp. so there. -Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 12:01 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Religious Jews (was: Circumcision article link) > > > At 02:58 PM 4/12/02, you wrote: > >I'm confused now. You are saying that you can call yourself > Christian by > >believing in a single common tenet. Is this correct? That > is like me > >saying I am Buhdist because I believe in luck. > > > >That has nothing to do with my question. I was questioning > the contention > >that "the messianics" are not Jewish because of the > DISBELIEF in a single > >Jewish tenet. > > Its the specific belief. The belief in Jesus as messiah means > that someone is Christian. The fact that they want to say > "we're Jews and Christians at the same time" is the thing > that I'm speaking against. Your either a Jew or a Christian. > You can't be both. If you believe that Jesus was the messiah, > the son of God, God made flesh, etc. then your of a different > religion. Belief is the focus here. If I believe that Asp is > the best language around, can I believe that ColdFusion is > the best language around? Can there be two bests? No. There > can only be one best and everything else is less than best. > You can't be both Jewish in belief and Christian in belief. > > > >===== > >Russel Madere > >Senior Software Engineer > >Turbo Squid, Inc. > >http://www.turbosquid.com > > > >Is your head tag nested within your body tag? > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 1:47 PM > >> To: CF-Community > >> Subject: RE: Religious Jews (was: Circumcision article link) > >> > >> > >> Christians also believe in God. As long as I can 'hook' onto a > >> single belief I can call myself anything I want. Actually, I > >> don't even need that. I can say I'm African American and if it > >> upsets people then they just have to deal with it. Just like the > >> messianics. > >> > >> At 02:41 PM 4/12/02, you wrote: > >> >If you want. But the point I was making was that not ALL > >> Chritian clerics > >> >believe that Jews don't belive Jesus was the Messiah. > >> > > >> >However, remember the definition of chrisitianity I was taught. > >> Christians > >> >Belive Jesus was the Messiah AND Belive he freed us from > the Jewish laws. > >> >So if you want to call yourself a Christian and have me > believe that, you > >> >have to meet that definition. > >> > > >> >===== > >> >Russel Madere > >> >Senior Software Engineer > >> >Turbo Squid, Inc. > >> >http://www.turbosquid.com > >> > > >> >Is your head tag nested within your body tag? > >> > > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> >> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 1:31 PM > >> >> To: CF-Community > >> >> Subject: RE: Religious Jews (was: Circumcision article link) > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> So basically I can call myself a Christian? I believe in God and > >> >> that should be enough to claim it. > >> >> > >> >> >Jewish laws, except for the Messianic Jews. They believed > >> that Jesus was > >> >> >the Messiah but did not free us from the Jewish laws. > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
