[ronnietherocket3]

Not one reference to TaNaKh in the first link. Certainly the Talmud is referenced but like other religions which do not ground their tradition in scriptures errors abound.

The charge was the practice was Pagan, but the practice exists in Judaism. I am thus confused as to how it is pagan. One of the longest running disputes in Judaism is the question of whether Jews should consider Christianity Paganized Judaism or Judaified paganism.

The Sadducees rooted all their beliefs in what they considered Scripture and they were wrong. Protestants frequently sound like Christianized Sadducees.

[redleghunter]

No the Sadducees denied the Resurrection. Probably because they were obstinate in not reading the oracles of YHWH and the Psalms.

My point before your insulting digression was that Talmud is a far cry from Torah. The post Temple Judaism is much different than the Pharisees of Christ’s ministry. Thus by Catholics using Talmudic references to uphold oral traditions or justify certain Apocryphal works is just compounding error.