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I didn't make any argument regarding lineage coming through the mother. I did say that ortho/hasid Jews are insisting on Jewish lineage coming through the mother. I mentioned that a friend (a rabbi) was incensed over this modern development. I even speculated what it would mean regarding Mary's lineage being given in addition to Joseph's lineage being given.

Just one of those things that makes you go, hmmmmmmm.

Now, David had a Moabitess in his lineage no matter how you cut it. No one I heard of on the Jewish side is ready to expel David from his place in history.

It's funny.....make an infraction old enough and it becomes a blessed event. LOL. (BTW, check out the "Tell a friend how to be saved" thread.)

Yes, that is precisely my point. The Jews have decided to just say that "the Lord turned a curse into a blessing." So when you hear the same sort of argument used against Jesus, just remind them of their own little problem.

Believing in God is a spiritual condition. Being a Christian is a spiritual condition. Being Jewish is a spiritual condition. You don't catch it from your mother or your father, only from God.