why can't someone be half jew half catholic?

Question

I consider my self a half jew half catholic and so many people look down apon it but my friends and even my church and sinagog except me but how come outsiders don't and if american was about freedom of religon them why can't i be this if i can them i strongly suggest that everyone be what they want to be nothing to it but no matter what anyone says i'm and always going to be both.

Answer 1

You cannot be both since the two religions are mutually exclusive. Judaism completely denies any connection to Jesus and rejects any notion of a trinity or hell. In fact, icons and crucifixes are seen as forms of idols by jews and a Jew is forbidden to enter a church. On top of that- Judaism sees the rejection of the Torah and its commandments, even a single letter of the Torah, as putting you outside of Judaism

Catholocism is dictated by the notions of a trinity, based on the belief of Jesus and his words and rejects virtually every law espoused in the Torah.

The two religions are in complete conflict you cannot even begin to adhere to both simulataneously since they are such opposites!

You can claim anything you like- but everyone else is going to reject your claim as being nonsensical.
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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Of course you can call yourself that if you like. Just because people don't agree with you doesn't mean you are a bad person, does it?
The reason it doesn't work for Christians is that Christianity is a religion, not an ethnicity. Nobody is born Christian or Catholic. You have to be baptized and otherwise admitted to the Church. Christians will have no objection to your practicing Judaism as well, because Judaism is the basis of Christianity; Christians see Christianity as the completion of Judaism. You wouldn't be considered half-and-half, but simply Jewish and Catholic.
Judaism is different. The child of a Jewish mother is, by Jewish law, automatically a Jew. You can be Jewish purely through heredity, and not practice Judaism at all. This is the destinction between an ethnic or cultural Jew, and a religious or practicing Jew. If you are not born Jewish, you can convert and become Jewish. Most religious Jews won't accept a religious Christian as being Jewish, except in the ethnic sense.
Maybe you call yourself half-and-half because one parent was Catholic and one was Jewish? You will have to find your own faith then. It's up to you.
Personally, I'd go with Catholicism, but I would certainly honor the Jewish heritage. I think most Christians, at least in the US, are a little jealous of Jews and their heritage, since Jesus was Jewish.

Answer 4

Considering they are very different, do you just appreciate the theories of both religions? There is nothing wrong with that at alll. Perhaps half of your heart pulls you towars being a jew and the other half towards being a catholic. They do contradict each other, but to each their own.

Answer 5

Freedom of religion in America means one thing and one thing only - that the American government cannot create for itself a state-religion, nor can it adopt an existing religion and reclassify it as a state-religion.

Freedom of religion also means government cannot mandate theologically based beliefs and practices.

Religions are free to define doctrines for themselves; free to decide who is and who is not worthy of being a member of a given religion; free to excommunicate a member for belief in doctrines contrary, even harmful, to the religion in question.

There are theological differences between Judaism and Christianity that make it extremely difficult for one person to be a both a Jew and a Christian. Judaism looks foward to the coming of the Messiah. Christianity believes the Messiah has already come and now await His Second Coming.

There are Messianic Jews; those who believe in the Divinity of Jesus but adhere to inherently Jewish customs and practices.

I think the real issue here is confusion over what constitutes a right and what constitutes an entitlement. Rights and entitlements are two very different things. While Americans have a right to practice religion, membership of a religion is not a right, it is a privilege.

It seems to me as if you feel entitled to believe "whatever you want" under the guise of Freedom of Religion. "Believing whatever" one wants, under the banner of freedom, is not actually freedom - it's called licence.

Besides, you have to remember what religion is all about - the worship of God, the Creator of the universe.

Now, don't you think that an Entity that is intelligent and powerful enough to create the universe also knows what's best for us, that is, what's best in terms of worshiping the Almighty? God knows and tells us what the best way of worshiping Him is.

God does not want us to worship Him in "whatever" manner we see fit. God wants us to worship Him in the manner that He (not us) sees fit.

In saying, "i strongly suggest that everyone be what they want to be nothing to it but no matter what anyone says i'm and always going to be both.", you are endorsing license, not freedom.

God wants us doing things His way. In choosing to do things God's Way is to exercise True Freedom.

God does not want us doing things our way. In choosing to do things our way, we exercise license, and license leads to slavery.

Answer 6

Some one can be a catholic jew by race, but If what you mean by a jew is someone who believes in judaism, then it's logically impossible because you can't believe in judaism, which specifically denies Jesus as being God, without not believing in Jesus at the same time.

Answer 7

Because of the way both religions feel about each other, it would be like a half cat/half dog creature... no offence meant. I'm all for diversity but i have to wonder about the whole religion thing, it's a wonder to me that they haven't pushed an 'us or them' ultimatum on you.

Answer 8

They are mutually exclusive religions, so they can't both be right, the believe different things. It's not like you like Chinese Food and Pizza, with these 2 religions, you just can't be both.

Answer 9

is this half catholic half Jew religious wise? because I'm pretty sure thats impossible.

if you believe jesus was the son of god then you cant be jewish.
if you dont believe jesus was the son of god then you cant be catholic.

Answer 10

is that like half democrat, half republican, or half gay, half straight? sounds like maybe you don't know WHAT you are...so you half-believe that Christ was the messiah?