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rfenst wrote:Here is my long-term perspective on Judaism vs. Christianity:
1. Jews believe the messiah has yet to come. 2. Christians believe the messiah already came once as Jesus and will return. 3. So, when the messiah comes, Jews will ask the messiah: "Did you previously come once as Jesus?" 4. If the messiah says "Yes," then Jews will become Christians. 5. If the messiah says "No," then Christians will become Jews.
Frank explained his cultural/historical/bloodline perspective. I don't disagree.
Judaism's holiest prayer, Shemah Yisroel, is a declaration of the basic principle of Jewish belief, proclaiming the absolute unity of God:
"HEAR, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One!"
The remainder of this prayer is rather lengthily and includes:
"Blessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom forever and ever."
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you today shall be upon your heart. You shall teach them thoroughly to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road, when you lie down and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates."
"And it will be, if you will diligently obey My commandments which I enjoin upon you this day, to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, I will give rain for your land at the proper time, the early rain and the late rain, and you will gather in your grain, your wine and your oil. And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be sated. Take care lest your heart be lured away, and you turn astray and worship alien gods and bow down to them. For then the Lord's wrath will flare up against you, and He will close the heavens so that there will be no rain and the earth will not yield its produce, and you will swiftly perish from the good land which the Lord gives you. Therefore, place these words of Mine upon your heart and upon your soul, and bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, to speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road, when you lie down and when you rise. And you shall inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates - so that your days and the days of your children may be prolonged on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them for as long as the heavens are above the earth."...
I, personally. do not believe one can truly be a religious Jew if one doesn't believe in God. And, for the record, I do believe in God. Thank you for sharing counselor! May I add Deutoronomy 30:19 Relates interestingly with our other discussions re: abortion: " I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:"
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