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2007-02-26 06:56:55 · 22 answers · asked by Ejsenstejn 2 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Certainly not. Christianity is a repudiation of nearly all of Judaism.

2007-03-01 01:07:47 · answer #1 · answered by Ivri_Anokhi 6 · 0 0

Your point is fair on an overall basis (i.e. the big picture of ethics, etc.) but if you take into account that Christianity is contradictory to basic Jewish concepts (God having no human form) then no.

It is certain that Chr. did derive many things from Judaism, hence the similarities and the view to be open for all people may make it seem like Judaism for non-jews but you can't be a member if you contradict the party fundamentals.

You should know there always was a "Judaism light" as you say for non-Jews. Judaism does not look to convert the world to Judaism in any fashion. Rather there are basic fundamentals called the 7 Noahide laws which are acceptable, and you'll find commonly accepted anyhow, by mankind. They include forbidding murder, adultary, etc.

2007-03-02 14:11:04 · answer #2 · answered by Scane 3 · 0 0

Christianity started out, as the Church founded by James in Jerusalem, as a small sect of Judaism that followed all of the laws and commandments. Paul changed this into more of a split-off religion of Judaism, that was in a sense "Judaism for dummies," as gentiles could follow basic Jewish concepts and ideas without the commandments. But, as time went on, Christianity even further split from Judaism until it became an entirely different faith. Also, the commandments are so incredibly key to Judaism that without them, Christianity is no longer Judaism. So, following that logic, Christianity is not Judaism to gentiles, but it's somewhat similar.

2007-02-27 10:14:20 · answer #3 · answered by Aaron F. 2 · 1 0

No. Judaism and Christianity are two entirely different faiths. Christians like to think the roots of their faith is in Judaism, but I'd wager most religious Jews disagree with that assessment, given how different the two faiths are.

2007-02-26 19:15:48 · answer #4 · answered by Kathy P-W 5 · 1 0

Historically speaking the 1st Christians WERE Jews. Today they are Jewish Christians as well as Jewish Arabs. The people that are a part of "Judaism" are by definition to my knowledge opposed to Jesus being the Christ and are still waiting for the Messiah.

2007-02-26 15:13:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

No. The early Christian Church did not see itself as outside of the Mosaic Covenant or Old Testament Law. What they saw in the law and the prophets, was the foreshadowing of the Messiah or Christ, which means roughly, "the Chosen One" or "God's Chosen One".

Christ/Messiah was seen as the fullfillment of the law, restoring fallen mankind to a state of grace/peace with God. With the fall of Adam, mankind has been in open rebellion with God, and unable to fullfill the Old Testament Law without external help.

The Early Church, and most of the Reformation writers would see the execution and resurrection as the fullfillment of the law, not as the end of it. Jesus stated this explicitly as well.

What was different is that Christ's resurrection was seen as the event that would allow for unification of Jews and Gentiles under one, new covenant.

Despite the divisions that arose, it was not conceived of as a split, and therefore should not be viewed outside of this context.

Messianic Judaism would be a good resource for greater clarity on this...

2007-02-26 15:11:10 · answer #6 · answered by doc in dallas 3 · 1 2

I would say that Christianity is for non-jews, but I would not say that Christianity is Judaism-light. Jesus teachings were a radical departure from Jewish law; why do you think they wanted Him dead so much?

2007-02-26 15:06:50 · answer #7 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 3 0

Absolutely not. One of the many things we learned from Moses is that we are never to make a human being into a god the way the Egyptians and other surrounding cultures did.

We learned from the near-sacrifice of Isaac that human sacrifice is NEVER acceptable to God.

We learned from the 613 commandments (interpreted in the Talmud) exactly how God wanted us to live and to treat others.

Christianity has very little to do with Judaism other than to use our book to authenticate their stories.
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2007-02-26 15:07:53 · answer #8 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 2 1

Nope. Christianity is a Jewish perversion of the Mithra cults current in the Roman culture that had conquered them. It is important because it involves the shift from a Semetic Lunar calender to the European Solar calender.

2007-02-26 15:09:29 · answer #9 · answered by U-98 6 · 1 2

Christianity is Christianity and Judaism is Judiasm just like Islam is Islam and nothing more.

2007-02-26 15:06:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

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