Jesus was a practising jew, and never did he state he wanted to start a new religion. His earliest followers were practising jews who accpeted Jesus. ANY jew will tell you that the trinity is not a part of their faith, who made it up?
2006-09-18 08:55:48 · 26 answers · asked by abdulaziiz 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
why because they like christianity better!! it's a lot easier.
dont forget that they are "saved" anyways.
2006-09-18 09:00:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christians follow the teachings of both Paul and Jesus in the Bible. We believe that the Bible is inspired by God, and that the teachings in it are inspired by God.
Jesus did not start a new religion. He came as the Messiah, but God's plan from the beginning was for the whole world to be blessed through the Jews. Jesus was the fulfillment of this, and even though the very first believers were Jewish, they soon took the message to non-Jews as well. They understood that God's plan was far bigger than just the Jewish people.
The Jewish people reject the trinity because they don't believe that Jesus was the Son of God, but the Old Testament is full of references to the Spirit of God.
2006-09-18 09:58:55 · answer #2 · answered by theology_chick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exactly at what point did you not notice who called Paul to be an apostle? And of course a Jew is not going to believe in the trinity because they don't believe that the messiah has come yet. What an illogical question. And Christ didn't start a new religion - Christ taught that a relationship was to be had, not rites and rituals, and that it was the heart and soul that God sought, not the burnt offerings.
2006-09-18 09:02:51 · answer #3 · answered by dph_40 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beats me. I been trying to figure that one out myself! I mean they should hang pictures of him up!
And Peter. Peter is a heavy dude too.
And John. That psychic who saw into the future and created the Book of Life that nullifies everything else, especially since it is the END of the Bible, hence the LAST WORD.
Peter, Paul and John created the whole thing.
But Constantine made it work on a world wide basis!
As for the Trinity, who know what is right or wrong. Was Jesus being literally egotistical.
The Father (the creator)
The Son (who are the Children of God? Who! Who Did God Create)
The Holy Spirt (the connection between God and Son)
That's another way of looking at it.
What does a Messiah mean!
Moses was a Messiah! He Lead the Jews out of bondage.
If Jesus was a Messiah, then he leads ALL who beleive out of another kind of bondage.
We believe in the Father (creator), Son (Jesus or ALL of US -- Jesus said we ALL had his powers! Jesus said we could aLL walk on water or raise the dead, have you never heard of CPR) and the Holy Spirt (what was that burning bush! What is the Voice your ancestors heard!)
Jesus SAID, expressly, that we must PUT G-D above our MOTHERS, FATHERS, SONS AND DAUGHTERS
The Father, son and holy spirt or ghost are all the same.
They are all of us and God
We are all a part of God
God is a part of all of us
Get the point!
2006-09-18 09:08:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be true that Jesus' earliest followers were practicing Jews, but when Jesus threw down the gauntlet about who He is and what He was here to do, thousands walked away. Especially the rich and educated.
Christians follow Pauls teachings because if you read what he teaches, it is all application from what Jesus and His fathers taught. The way it works is, if you follow what one taught, you follow the other.
They do not contradict each other, but what they taught was complementary. Jesus showed what it was for God to be human. Paul showed what it was for someone to act like God and tragically realizing that was not the point that Jesus was making, and in turn, receive the grace from Jesus for his own sins. We are to learn from both.
2006-09-18 09:04:50 · answer #5 · answered by joelgehringer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Paul taught the teachings of Jesus..
And as far as the Trinity not being Biblical...
Jesus stated the following
Joh 10:38 but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."
and...
Mat 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
2006-09-18 09:06:44 · answer #6 · answered by Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a Christan or a Jew or any other religion i just study the bible, and pray and worship god. there are still many things i have to learn and i pray that god will open my eyes to see the truth, i for one do not accept the trinity at all that word is no where in the bible. god says he is the only one and worship no one but him, and that's good enough for me. Jesus was a great teacher and if it wasn't for him we would still be lost im so thank for to Jesus but i only worship GOD no where in the bible does Jesus say worship me. but we indeed should be like him in every way possible. we are so unworthy of god that the only way he will even listen to our prayers is if we pray through Jesus.
2006-09-18 09:29:16 · answer #7 · answered by unitedfaith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's one of the biggest questions that non-christians have about the bible...
Why do Christians put so much more emphasis on the teachings of "lesser" figures...
As a side note, the word gospel comes from the same root word as gossip... meaning "hear-say" in legalese.
True Christians seem to be very liberal because they focus on the stuff in red letters... loving your neighbors, not being money hungry etc...
all the hateful, fearful stuff comes from the other guys.
2006-09-18 08:59:41 · answer #8 · answered by rabble rouser 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Himself spoke of the Father who was in heaven, the son, which was he, and the holy spirit, who was to be the comforter sent after he ascended. Straight from the New testament and straight from the mouth of Jesus, not Paul. Catholics are the ones who got hung up on what Paul preached, or at least what they thought he preached.
2006-09-18 09:00:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A man will leave father and mother and cling to his bride, and the two shall become one flesh. This is a profound mystery, and it refers to Christ and the Church (Eph 5:31-32). Christ left his Father in heaven. He left the home of his mother on earth - to give up his body for his Bride (the Church), so that we might become "one flesh" with him.
Were do we become "One Flesh" with Christ? Most specifically in the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the sacramental consummation of the marriage between Christ and the Church. And when we receive the body of our heavenly Bridegroom into our own, just like a bride we conceive new life in us - God's very own life. As Christ said, "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of and drink his blood, you have no life in you"
"We believe in the apostles"
2006-09-18 09:02:41 · answer #10 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sheep follow, that's what they do. They can't help it.
Paul and King James formed the xtian religion, which is in reality an ancient pagan religion...just reformed a bit with emphasis on recruitment.
http://www.medmalexperts.com/POCM/getting_started_pocm.html
AND FOR THE WRITER ABOVE ME - Paul never knew Jesus! Jesus was dead long before Paul was around! Read some HISTORY please! Paul was NOT an apostle! Ignorant xtians!
2006-09-18 09:02:19 · answer #11 · answered by Medusa 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋