[cookcounty]

"Men do not go to the Mikva."

Not so:

Conversion requires both circumcision and mikva for the male: The Conservative Jewish process of conversion requires candidates, .....to appear before a beit din, or rabbinic court, to explain... to commit themselves to live as Jews, observe the Commandments, and raise any children with whom they may be blessed in the Jewish community and faith. Male candidates are required to undergo circumcision or, if already circumcised, to have a symbolic ceremony. All converts complete the rituals of conversion by immersing themselves in a mikvah."

I found this item through a skeptical mind and google. Thanks for the good advice.

As in primitive Christianity, immersion marked a significant turning, a physical affirmation of an inner choice and commitment. Ritual purification was also used by those involved in the Temple worship.

[cookcounty]

Article is from:

Rabbi Myron Geller's article at www.interfaithfamily.com/article/issue21/mgeller.html

[adam_az]

You're right, I forgot about that. Understandable I'm sure, since Jews do not prostheletyze to convert others to Judaism, so I've never known a male to go to a Mikva, since the only Jewish men who go to the Mikva would be a cleansed leper... and I've never met a leper.

I'm amused though that, given the knowledge that most modern Christians are gentile converts, to deny that many of the rituals, celebrations, and iconography identified as Christian are borrowed from their previous belief systems is folly.