2006-10-12 15:35:27 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Think about it: Christianity is a Jewish religion. The whole concept of the Messiah is rooted in Judaism. The first Christians were all Jews. None of them renounced their Jewishness. We consider ourselves to be Jews, not only because we were born Jews, but because we continue in the Jewish ideals -- believing that we follow the Jewish Messiah, Jesus, who is also the savior of the world.
However, no one can be born a Christian. It takes making a personal decision to follow Jesus as the Messiah. Therefore, you can be a Jewish believer in Jesus or a Gentile believer in Jesus.
Some Jews who decide to follow Jesus call themselves Jewish Christians; others refer to themselves as Messianic Jews, Jewish believers in Jesus, Hebrew Christians -- even Jews for Jesus. No matter what the label, if Jesus is the Messiah, then nothing could be more Jewish than believing in him -- or more honoring to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
2006-10-12 15:41:35 · answer #1 · answered by kuzya 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Would have been, only St Paul came along and turned it into a non-Jewish religion. After that, Jews went right off Christianity.
2006-10-12 23:21:17 · answer #2 · answered by Girl Machine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or you could say Americans came from England doesn't that make us English? Well, not really. We share a common heritage but parted ways a long time ago. The same with Christianity and Jewish. However, it illustrates that everyone came from something. We're interconnected with the past and with each other to some degree.
2006-10-12 22:53:04 · answer #3 · answered by timespiral 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, all Christians are Jewish.
All Muslims are Christians and, because of the transitive property, all Muslims are Jewish.
2006-10-16 16:49:11 · answer #4 · answered by husam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can look at it that way. Or think of Christianity as an off-shoot or successor to Judaism. Pope John-Paul II said that Jews "are our eldler brothers."
2006-10-12 22:42:16 · answer #5 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not entirely. However the correct name for Christianity is Judeo-Christian. It simply means we accept Christ as the Messiah promised by God and we follow his teachings. That is the biggest difference between the two religions.
2006-10-12 22:37:54 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Raven 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not from what I have heard. Jewish people don't believe in Jesus. I think we have everything backwards.
2006-10-12 22:38:48 · answer #7 · answered by Phoenix Rising 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. Because most of his followers AFTER he died were not jews but rather part of the people who beleived in idol worship and the like
2006-10-16 09:59:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea, but try and convince a christian that!!!!
People only believe in what they're taught to belive, and they'll argure about why they're not until forever.
2006-10-12 22:48:00 · answer #9 · answered by Amy Beware 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roses are red
violets are bluish
If it wasn`t for Christmas
We`d all be Jewish
2006-10-12 22:41:20 · answer #10 · answered by Rich B 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋