Chosen means that we were given and have accepted the Torah and the laws to keep. Not that we will rule the world. Not that we will kill all our foes. Not that we will get anything more than a small piece of land to live on. The entire conversion process is about that simple thing. Will the potential convert accept the 'yoke of the Torah'? Part of the conversion process involves telling the person that if they just follow the 7 commandments given to Noah, they go to heaven just as a Jew does. Why would you want all of the additional commandments that a Jew has to follow? Why would they want to be hated by the world? They can live a full and meaningful life without taking on all of the burden that goes along with being a Jew. This has to be done 3 times so that the person knows what they are getting into and knows that being a Jew is not a requirement for a good life and afterlife.
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > We don't believe in the chosen ones if that's what you're getting at. > > . > > > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ehmm...but Michael...practically...aren't Jewish Converts, that is people > > who were not born Jewish, not regarded as true jews by those that were > born > > Jewish? > > I'm not talking about what might be written ,or the way it is supposed to > > be. > > I'm talking about practically, in the Jewish community. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331973 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
