Judith, A sincere thank you for the very gracious recognition. :-)
-Ben -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community Sent: 4/13/2002 11:02 PM Subject: RE: Religious Jews (was: Circumcision article link) Russel -- It's not a condemnation. One of the core beliefs of Judaism is in the coming of the Messiah. But by the definition of that belief, the Messiah has not yet come. For the Messiah to come, he has to fulfill certain requirements (a major example of these requirements: The Messiah has to bring world peace.) Jesus didn't fulfill those requirements. Therefore, Judaism does not believe that Jesus was the Messiah, the savior of humanity, or the son of G-d. So one cannot claim to be following Judaism while believing in Jesus the way a Christian believes in Jesus. This is what "Messianic Jews" claim. But this claim is based on a major misunderstanding of Judaism. You'll note that Michael and Ben, who are from two very different Jewish groups, both agree that Messianic Jews are not following Judaism. This should tell you something. NOTE: I did not say that Messianic Jews could not be born Jewish. But they are being sold a bill of goods if they think they are following Judaism. Maybe they are doing some Jewish practices -- but believing in Jesus as the Messiah or as anything other than a human being is directly against a core tenet of Judaism. Judith >So let me ask you this. Because I. as a Catholic, believe that Christ is >present in the Eucharist when I receive It every Sunday. Baptist do not >share that CORE, 2000 year old tenet of my faith. Does that mean to you I, >as a Catholic, and someone else, as a Baptist, cannot both claim to be >Christian? > >Personally, I feel that those calling themselves Messianic Jews are really >archaic Christians. A living, religious fossil, so to speak. I just >resented the immediate condemnation of them as not being Jewish in any way. >The Early Chrisitian Church celebrated in synagogs and worshipped in the >Temple. They maintained much of thier Jewish identity, even after the >Gentiles were admitted to the Church. If it were not for the Roman >persecutions, we probably would still be worshipping that way. > >===== >Russel Madere >Senior Software Engineer >Turbo Squid, Inc. >http://www.turbosquid.com ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
