I am a messianic jew, and although I have never been shunned personally by any other faction of judaism I have seen a lot of nasty things said about messianics by the jewish individuals I see who post in blogs and especially on the articles at wikipedia. I was just wondering do other factions of Judaism hate us as a rule or is it just a select few?
2006-11-15 17:29:17 · 5 answers · asked by AbsintheLover 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sit down and have a beer - sure! The problem is not with the people themselves but with what they teach.
Messicanics are a mix of Christianity and Judaism, but more on the Christian side. Jews don't have a problem with others who would observe God's holy days, but when Jesus is pushed just like regular Christianity, then there's the problem.
But all in all, it really just a very vocal minority within Judaism who cries out against Messianics. Actually most (meaning Reform and much of Conservative) just don't care. There's a lot of "live and let live" around, it just doesn't show up here.
The main reason why some speak against Messianics is because some see them as pretenders - mainly Christians pretending to be Jewish. From a Jewish point of view, we see Christians wanting to celebrate God's holy days and His ways, yet when Messianic preach Torah abolished in favor of Yeshua's teachings, no, we can't go for that. Now, some Messianics abolish Torah, other don't, but what All Messianics have in common is faith in the Christian Jesus. And any belief, faith, trust or confidence in Jesus equal to, or even excluding, God cannot be accepted by Jews.
2006-11-15 20:04:25 · answer #1 · answered by Reuben Shlomo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its possible just dont think I am going to agree with you theologically for a single second.
also its not a matter of hate but more of disappointment. I find it surprising that any Jew would convert to a religion that was basically founded on anti-semitm and has more Jewish blood on its hands than anyone else in history.
2006-11-16 01:32:29 · answer #2 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
sit down and have a beer, yes. believe that messianic judaism is a branch of judaism and not the evangelical christianity it really is, no.
2006-11-16 02:13:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
personally I don't like beer much, but for a glass of red wine I'll let you bore me with the story of whatever cult you follow.
actually, a bottle would be better.
2006-11-16 01:37:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if it's Kosher
2006-11-16 01:33:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋