I was referring to the 140,000 Jews being the chosen ones from the Christian bible that go to heaven. Don't know much about it, just that it's not a Jewish thing.
. On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:331977 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
