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To: kosta50
RE: Judaism does not require faith in order for someone to be acceptable to God. Christianity does. Your pick.

Constantinian Christianity asks me to believe that "God created humankind with free will and the ability to sin then demanded superlative perfection from this imperfect being that He created. Then God took on the guise of humanity in the form of Jesus in order to rescue His imperfect creation." OTOH, Rabbi Jesus,(a JEW who followed JUDAISM) asks us to love God, love our neighbor as ourself, and to REPENT when we sin.

I choose the latter.

If they wanted to preach goodness of God to other nations, they sure had plenty of opportunity in the last 6,000 years or so.

LOL! There ya go again...indifferent to their history which you choose to ignore. So be it. But don't worry Kosta, nowadays (ain't freedom wonderful!?) they're telling anyone who is interested all about God and what they believe. There are all kinds of websites and books that clearly, and beautifully, explain their belief for those interested....whether it be the devout Jew, the nominal Jew, the messianic Jew, the curious outsider, or those seeking to convert. Most of that information is a simple click away....available for those who seek.

209 posted on 01/16/2005 4:07:07 PM PST by 1 spark ("Rob Peter to pay Paul")
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To: 1 spark
Constantinian Christianity asks me to believe that "God created humankind with free will and the ability to sin then demanded superlative perfection from this imperfect being that He created

I am only stating what's in the Torah:

And you think God made mankind and then regretted His decision because He didn't know what a wretched bunch we would be? But you believe that God took the guise of a burning bush and taught Moses a few tricks? Obviously, things are not that simple.

211 posted on 01/16/2005 5:02:27 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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