Does Judaism or Christianity allow for more internal critiscism of itself?

Question

By this i mean, which of these respective religions is more accepting of a person who openly disagrees with aspects of the religion?

Answer 1

Judaism, definitely.

One of our holy books, the Talmud, is a book of rabbis arguing with each other over the scriptures over thousands of pages. Not to mention the great differences between our three sects:

Orthodox (believe the whole Torah was given to Moses at Mt. Sinai and was written entirely by G-d)
Reform (believe that some of the Torah was given to Moses at Sinai but some of it was written by humans)*
Conservative (somewhere in between)

The issue of whether the Torah is 100% divinely written or man written is very important to our faith as it dictates whether traditions today are to be the same as thousands of years ago or are to be modernized. Reform, according to its beliefs in how the Torah came to be, is more modernized while Orthodox (at least, some of its whackier sects) is the same as it was during the Rabbinical period. And yet, we are all able to coexist as Jews.

Yet you have Protestants calling the Catholics antichr*sts and the beasts and vice versa. (just an example)

We have a saying--two Jews, three opinions--and this is because we believe that pretty much everything is up for arguing or discussing about, because at the end of the day we're all still G-d's children. Some of us have even argued with G-d Himself (Honi the Circle Drawer) and were none the worse for it!

*I think, I may be mistaken.

Answer 2

The answer is Judaism hands down. The Jewish religion revolves around the Talmud, which is a collection of debates that the rabbis have had over the ages about every topic imaginable. In a Jewish school, one is taught to think critically and question everything they are told. Reason and education are prized in Judaism over all else. If you want to see what I mean, go to askmoses.com, which is a website for people who have questions about Judaism. They welcome any kind of question.

Answer 3

I don't know. But Christianity has many different group followings, IE Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, etc.. So Christianity probably does.