Christians most of you are sounding like the Jewish people that Jesus fought with?

Question

Most of you are sounding like them. Spouting intolerance of others and thinking you are the only ones that God loves.
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Oh Lchaim, I am so sorry, i was not meaning anything against Jewish people when I wrote that. And thank you for that information, I didn't know that. All I know about Jewish people is what is in the New testament. And what is said about Jewish people is not good.

dze I in no way think I'm the supreme judge. everyone will answer to that one day , and it's not me. I'm trying to get people to try and be more understanding and loving of each other. I was also pointing out what is said in the new testament about the jewish faith.

Thank you evermom. I really mean that. I am really just trying to get people to love each other more and be more understanding. It seems my questions must always come out wrong.

Answer 1

So you believe we are intolerant of others and think we are the only ones that God loves? I beg to differ!@

The Chosen People
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Appreciating an often-misunderstood idea.
The Jewish nation is often referred to as "the Chosen People."
Many people (including Jews) are uncomfortable with this idea. They perceive the concept of a "Chosen People" as racist and mindful of the Nazi concept of a supreme "Aryan" nation. It appears to contradict the accepted Western ideal of all people being equal before God.
Is the Jewish concept of choseness racist?
When the Torah refers to the Jewish people as "chosen," it is not in any way asserting that Jews are racially superior. Americans, Russians, Europeans, Asians and Ethiopians are all part of the Jewish people. It is impossible to define choseness as anything related to race, since Jews are racially diverse.
Yet while the term "Chosen People" (Am Nivchar) does not mean racially superior, choseness does imply a special uniqueness.
What is this uniqueness?
Historically, it goes back to Abraham. Abraham lived in a world steeped in idolatry, which he concluded was contradicted by the reality of design in nature.
So Abraham came to a belief in God, and took upon himself the mission of teaching others of the monotheistic ideal. Abraham was even willing to suffer persecution for his beliefs. After years of enormous effort, dedication and a willingness to accept the responsibility to be God's representative in this world, God chose Abraham and his descendents to be the teachers of this monotheistic message.
In other words it is not so much that God chose the Jews; it is more accurate that the Jews (through Abraham) chose God.
Choseness was not part of God's "original plan." Initially all of humanity was to serve the role of God's messengers, but after the fall of Adam, humanity lost that privilege, and it was open for grabs. Only Abraham chose to take the mantel. If others would have (and they were offered the choice), they too would have joined in this special covenant which was sealed upon the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
If a privilege is offered to everyone willing to pay the necessary price, nobody can protest that those willing to make the extra effort are being shown favoritism. For example: It is reasonable that an employee who agrees to work overtime, attend training seminars, and manage special projects, should be entitled to a performance bonus -- particularly if each employee was given the same opportunity.
The essence of being chosen means responsibility. It is a responsibility to change the world -- not by converting everyone to Judaism, but by living as a model community upheld by ethics, morals and beliefs of one God. In that way, we can influence the rest of mankind, a "light unto the nations" (Isaiah 42:6).
Judaism is Universal
Further, Judaism is not exclusionary. A human being need not to be Jewish to reach a high spiritual level. Enoch "walked with God," and Noah had quite a high level of relationship, though neither were Jewish. Our tradition is that all of the 70 nations must function together and play an integral part in that "being" called humanity.
According to Judaism (Talmud - Sanhedrin 58b), any person can achieve a place in the World to Come by faithfully observing the seven basic laws of humanity. These seven laws are named the "Laws of Noah," since all humans are descended from Noah:
1) Do not murder.
2) Do not steal.
3) Do not worship false gods.
4) Do not be sexually immoral.
5) Do not eat the limb of an animal before it is killed.
6) Do not curse God.
7) Set up courts and bring offenders to justice.
Torah is for all humanity. King Solomon built the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, he specifically asked God to heed the prayer of non-Jews who come to the Temple (1-Kings 8:41-43). The Temple was the universal center of spirituality, which the prophet Isaiah referred to as a "house of prayer for all nations." Non-Jews were welcome to bring offerings to the Temple as well. In fact, the service in the Holy Temple during the week of Sukkot featured a total of 70 bull offerings, corresponding to each of the 70 nations of the world. In fact, the Talmud says that if the Romans would have realized how much they were benefiting from the Temple, they never would have destroyed it!
Most other religions say that non-believers are condemned to eternal damnation. Even the calendar systems of Christianity and Islam reflect an exclusionary philosophy; each begins with the birth of their respective religion. The Jewish calendar, on the other hand, begins with the creation of Adam, the first man, teaching us the intrinsic value of every human, even though the Jewish religion was not yet born.
For this reason, Jews do not proselytize in search of converts. One can still merit a place in heaven, no conversion necessary.
Conversion
An important component of Judaism's non-exclusionary approach is that any person -- regardless of national or racial background -- can choose to accept the Torah and become part of the Jewish nation. Indeed, some of the greatest names in Jewish history - Ruth, the ancestor of King David, and Onkelos the Talmudic Sage -- were converts to Judaism.
According to the Code of Jewish Law (the "Shulchan Aruch"), there are three requirements for a valid conversion (paralleling the Jewish experience at Mount Sinai):
1) Mitzvot - The convert must believe in God and the divinity of the Torah, as well as accept to observe all 613 mitzvot (commandments) of the Torah. This includes observance of Shabbat, Kashrut, etc., as detailed in the Code of Jewish Law, the authoritative source for Jewish observance.
2) Milah - Male converts must undergo circumcision by a qualified "Mohel."
3) Mikveh - All converts must immerse in the Mikveh, a ritual bath linked to a reservoir of rain water.
All of the above must be done before a halachically-valid rabbinical court of three Jewish men who themselves believe in God, accept the divinity of the Torah, and observe the mitzvot.
Author Biography:
Rabbi Shraga Simmons spent his childhood trekking through snow in Buffalo, New York. He has worked in the fields of journalism and public relations, and is now the Co-editor of Aish.com in Jerusalem.
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Answer 2

As a christian, I agree with you somewhat. I do not believe Jesus would be happy with the church If he showed up today. The best thing to do is not to judge Christianity by the actions of flawed, human christians, but to read the book for yourself. The bible tells us to do many things that christians, due to our human nature have trouble doing. The bad things we christians do are not because the bible tells us its alright, no forgive me for spouting scripture, but the bible says that "ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory of god" not just non-christians. The truth is there are lots of christian s who have the wrong Idea about how to share god's love. Televangelists are truly a sad face for christianity, spreading an oversimplified, aggressive version of the faith. Another problem is that christianity has been watered down and used as the "standard" religeon. Many people think that being a christian means being european in descent, not murdering, and having grandparents who went to church. A small portion of these people actually live the way they are supposed to. Many hear the word, but few actually listen and follow through. Sometimes we forget that we are supposed to love the sinner, and just hate the sin.What you posted wasn't really a question, but I hope this could be seen as an "answer".

P.S.

Those jews were known as pharisees.

And thankyou so much for how politely you went about asking that question. I don't know what you believe, but it's a breath of fresh air to have someone on these forums other than aggressive, hateful, activists who only want to vent at religeous groups they don't understand or want to understand It's nice to see that YOUR not being "intolerant" of those intolerant christians yourself.

Thankyou.

Answer 3

Rosalind, what is this chip on your shoulder? Jewish people are not spoken well in the New Testament? Who were the disciples? Who was Jesus? Who were the writers of the New Testament? You keep referring to Christians being intolerant, and yet you can't tolerate others who disagree with your world view or perceptions?

Answer 4

The Jewish people are God's chosen people.

If anyone is sounding like the Jews, it's unbelievers.
You all are rejecting Christ just as they did.

Jesus wasn't fighting with the Jews, He was trying to get them to see He was the Messiah.

The Messiah they were waiting for and knew was coming.

They knew the Scriptures and religion, but they didn't recognize Christ.

Jesus came to preach to the Jews first, He chose Paul to preach to the gentiles.
Salvation comes through the Jews, when we accept Christ we become children of God. Jews and Gentiles are the same.

God loves EVERYONE.

Answer 5

For those who don’t understand the question, she is referring to the system in Jesus’ time that treated some a pure and others as unclean. Jesus constantly spoke out against it and lived by example?

I think some answer without bothering to read or try to understand the question. Don’t worry about them. When it is so obvious that they didn’t even try to understand the question, why pay any attention to the answer?

Answer 6

No. You've got it all wrong. That's not what we think. I'm a Christian, and we believe and know that God loves everybody. Not just because we're the only ones that only serves him. He love everybody. Whoever told you this, is wrong, dead wrong. Like, when Jesus died on the cross, he did this for EVERYBODY, because he loved everybody, and all people are equal. You should really think about that.

Answer 7

Most people are intolorable, but there are others who are not intolorable.
Jesus loves the little children/All the children of the world/Red and Yellow/Black and White/They are presious in His site/Jesus loves the little children of the world
Everyone in this world is a child of Christ.

Answer 8

my, my, aren't we on the defensive? i'm certainly glad you apologized to 'the Jewish people"....generalizing, stereotyping, and insulting more than one religious group at a time is probably more than you should be attempting...stick to the group that it's socially acceptable to demean...thank God you didn't come out with any stupid 'ham sandwich' jokes in your apology...i'd have wondered if you were a former george allen staffer...

Answer 9

Jesus was born a jew, raised a jew, was referred to as Rabbi, and when he was crucified by the Romans, he died a jew. When he returns ( acording to Christians) I would suspect he will be looking for a synagogue, not a church, since they wern't called that for another 400 years after his death.

Answer 10

I am not Jewish those thing happen in the time of Jesus and they don't happen today. We are in a different time frame.

Answer 11

sorry we aint up to ur standards yet ... maybe try contributing instead of being the supreme judge ...