A question for Christians...?

Question

I was just wondering how many of you think that the entire old testament is acknowledged by the Jewish community. I have come across this misconception, and want to see how widespread it is...

Thank you...

I should have mentioned, only the first five books (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deutronomy) are in the Torah...

Answer 1

I have a degree in Religious Philosophy. Although I am a Roman Catholic on paper, my beliefs have changed from what I learned. Here's the deal with your question.

The Old Testament is acknowledged by the Jewish Community as much as the New Testament is acknowledged by the Christian community. However, what the words have been translated into present day does not produce the words that you are used to reading.

In Genesis the opening states, "In the begining the Gods and Goddesses began to create". This has obviously been transformed into one God.

In Exodus when Moses receives the 10 commandments, the first commandment is "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of slavery, you shall put no other God before me."

This fact, basically shows that there were other gods that were being revered at the time that this was written. Moses himself was a Priest of Ra originally. (He was the Foster Child of a Pharoah, and would grow up as such.) This does not mean that he did not proclaim YehWeh (God) as his one true God, but rather, that he was still ackwoledging that there were lesser gods, but YahWeh was the Father, and the oringinator. This fact has obviously been removed from our current Bible in order to make the point clear that there is only one God.

These facts, coupled by several other examples proves that the Old Testament, although the stepping stone of the Jewish Faith, uses mythology along wiht present day Judaic-Christian beliefs to preach their own point.

Either way, it's not what you believe in, but rather that you do have faith in something. Whether it be God, Yahweh, Odin, or the NFL FOOTBALL God, whatever makes you happy, and makes you keep living is all that matters.

Answer 2

That's the way I understood it.