Then why do Christians not observe Judaism, as He did? They don't see a problem with Him being Jewish & them being Christian?
Isn't this a slight contradiction?
2006-12-17 03:49:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it is a contradiction. most Christians don't want to Give up the comfort zone of mans pagan traditions, most of which where started by the roman catholic church in an effort to be different from the Jewish, and to draw in pagans. so many of us have accepted these sinful traditions as ok, and now they get angry when others tell them they are living a contradiction. God will Judge them for loving their pagan contradictions more than him.
2006-12-17 04:06:47 · answer #1 · answered by Thumbs down me now 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In a round about way Christians do observe Judaism in parts but they use the smorgasbord approach in doing so by picking and choosing what they will take from Judaism. Mostly when they want to condemn someone or judge them which is not very Christian of them so they use the Mosaic law to do so.. by pulling out passages from Deuteronomy and Leviticus. They evidently see no problem with the contradiction. Actually I am hard pressed to find a true Christian if that term means one who follows the teachings of Jesus the Christ rather than the paraphasings of Peter, Paul, John etc. Obviously each of these people had issues of their own. I also believe they don't look at Jesus as a Jew.
2006-12-17 04:10:26 · answer #2 · answered by jere p 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was an orthodox Jew from the West Bank. His followers were all Jews, and Jesus told them to keep the Torah, period.
Non-Jews have never been required to keep the commandments from the Torah. As an observant Jew, Jesus would have confirmed this. Both Jews and Gentiles are required to keep the 7 Laws of Noah (the Noahide Covenant).
Modern Christianity came along centuries after Jesus, incorporating many non-Jewish Greek ideas into its belief system.
This made it easy for the early Church to gain new converts, by offering people a religion with already-familiar concepts (ex. virgin birth, savior that rises from the dead, etc.) Many in the Greek world were already following religions with these ideas in them.
Christianity is basically a mix of Jewish and Greek ideas, and was a way of bringing the idea of One God to the Gentile Western world.
2006-12-17 20:02:30 · answer #3 · answered by mo mosh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity and Judaism don't contradict as much as people would expect. Jesus Christ was Jewish, and the people who follow him are Christians, because Judaism and Christianity are connected.
2006-12-17 03:52:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Before Jesus came, there was no Christianity, because he was Christ. So how could he be Christian? The religion that worshiped God was Judiasm. After Christ died and was resurrected, the people who believed that he was the Messiah became the "Christians" and the ones who didn't, but still believed in God became the "Jews". There is a huge difference between Pre-Jesus Judiasm and Post-Jesus Judaism.
2006-12-17 04:02:45 · answer #5 · answered by Blah B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sawyer did you know that much of the old Jewish laws were abolished for apparent reasons.He (JESUS) set a different pattern than what the Jewish leaders had developed into over the years. Remember Satin was still ruler over the Earth at that time and Jesus at the risk of his life told them (JEWISH LEADERS IN JERUSALEM) that they were of their FATHER the devil.Ask yourself ,have they changed for the better today.
2006-12-17 05:47:52 · answer #6 · answered by hunter 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus brought the New Covenant.
Christianity is Judaism, just a new form of it.
In Jeremiah 31, God said that he would make a New Covenant with the Jews that would be different than the one he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt.
The Law is perfect, but Christ freed us from the curse of the Law, that being eternal damnation. The OT says that only God can redeem us, therefore God had to come and die to create a new covenant to save us from our sins. No one is perfect, we all fall short of the glory of God, therefore God stepped in personally to atone for our sins.
2006-12-17 03:58:35 · answer #7 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. Jews do not yet accept Christ as their Messiah. When the veil of separation is finally lifted, then Jews and Christians will be united for all eternity.
2006-12-17 03:54:07 · answer #8 · answered by Paulie D 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but there are more than a few contradictions in Christianity.
2006-12-17 03:51:44 · answer #9 · answered by forrest_rain 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I wish I was a Jew, Hanuka and bar mitzvas sound cool
2006-12-17 03:58:08 · answer #10 · answered by hot carl sagan: ninja for hire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋