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To: weenie
True Christians look at observant Jews as the true family of God (the chosen people), and see themselves as very fortunate "red-headed step-children."

As a Jew who has only a cursory knowledge of Christianity (mostly from friends and from sites like this, for whatever that's worth), this is also my understanding. I wish that many more people, both now and over the last 2,000 years, believed and acted upon the same principle - far less blood would have been spilled.

BTW, the concept of "The Chosen People" is not one of superiority of any kind - and this is one of the most misunderstood concepts in religion. G-d chose Jews to deliver a message to the world through our actions and our way of life, and the Jews at Mt. Sinai accepted the challenge. And make no mistake, it IS a challenge (as is anything of worth). Being a Jew in the traditional sense is not easy; conducting one's self 100% according to the dictates of G-d is actually extremely difficult (if not impossible), and only a few people throughout all of history have come close to doing so. Not even Moses himself was able to attain perfection, as any student of the Bible knows very well. However, perfection is not a requirement of G-d. One must merely improve upon one's self, to make a better person of yourself than you started out as (based on your inclinations, your family history, your upbringing and the society in which you live).

The simple fact is that Judaism provides a place in The World to Come (which you could call Heaven) for ANY non-Jewish person, of whatever faith (or even of no particular faith), who obeys the 7 Noahide laws. That Judaism recognizes that there are righteous people of other faiths is beyond question. It truly is up to each of us - every day, every hour, every minute we have choices to make, choices between the moral and the immoral - and how we choose over the course of a lifetime will determine our ultimate fate.

27 posted on 12/21/2004 8:52:24 AM PST by Ancesthntr
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To: Ancesthntr
Thx...great response.
28 posted on 12/21/2004 8:57:32 AM PST by weenie (Islam is as "dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog." -- Churchill)
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To: Ancesthntr; weenie

Although Post#27 is a very nice thought about the religion of Judaism, as a Christian and a human being I have never witnessed any human being in history that I wanted to follow with the exception of Jesus Christ when he was on earth as a man.

Religion is a wonderful guide to do GOD's work as in Judeo Christian theology and principles as I assume there is goodness in other faiths, but religion IMO does not change a man's heart does not change sinful thoughts and hopelessness.

We are all commanded to do Good Deeds in this lifetime and treat others as we want to be treated but accepting the promises of Jesus fills the void where religion does not.

I will say not everyone may think they need Jesus Christ to find ultimate fullfillness and happiness, but without Jesus I would say billions of people would have a personal void that no religion could fill...


30 posted on 12/21/2004 9:15:25 AM PST by missyme
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