interpretations. Like imagine God is the play "Macbeth", and
Christians are actually my old college drama teacher who decided to do
it all as a neo-futuristic kabuki character study and rewrite half the
dialog. Interesting idea, same play, but ultimately very, very, very
flawed.
- Jim
Michael Dinowitz wrote:
>Of course. Christians believe that he's just on pause in his job as messiah
>so my saying that he failed is correct from the Jewish side, but not the
>Christian side. On the other hand, the need to accept Jesus to be 'saved' IS
>correctly represented.
>Point is, if it's all the same God then there would all be the same rules,
>etc. There aren't.
>
>
>
>
>>You do know that you aren't exactly representing the Christian and Muslim
>>views correctly, right?
>>
>>Not that I particularly care.
>>
>>-Kevin
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:47 PM
>>Subject: Re: Desperate times call for pig fat!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>But that's the thing, they're not the same God. Jews believe in a single
>>>
>>>
>>God
>>
>>
>>>who chose them to keep his laws. Jews hold that anyone can enter into
>>>heaven.
>>>Christians believe that God became human, was the messiah, lived among
>>>humans, (did not bring the promised redemption as messiah), died and
>>>
>>>
>rose
>
>
>>>back to heaven. Only someone who has accepted this can go to heaven.
>>>
>>>
>(i.e.
>
>
>>>you have to accept Jesus to go to heaven).
>>>A Jew (religious, that is) can never believe in the Christian God. A
>>>Christian basically has to believe in the Jewish God as he's the root of
>>>their God, even if they've 'changed' it some. Now I can claim that the
>>>Muslim God withholds redemption only for Muslims but without a direct
>>>reference I can't. I can claim a lot of stuff about the differences, but
>>>
>>>
>I
>
>
>>>wouln't. What I can say is that to be accepted to heaven you have to
>>>
>>>
>>accept
>>
>>
>>>Muhamed as the final prophet, etc. i.e. give up the laws that God gave
>>>
>>>
>to
>
>
>>>accept new ones. What Jew would believe that God screwed up and sent a
>>>
>>>
>new
>
>
>>>set of laws? What Christian would believe that God screwed up and sent a
>>>
>>>
>>new
>>
>>
>>>set of laws? What Muslim would believe that the laws of the Jews or
>>>Christians are correct?
>>>Bottom line is that there are major differences between each of the 3
>>>
>>>
>>major
>>
>>
>>>monotheistic religions and the blanket claim of "all the same God" is
>>>patently false. It's said without thought of its full ramifications.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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