and is there such a thing as Judeo Christian?
"Judaism is Judaism because it rejects Christianity, and Christianity is Christianity because it rejects Judaism"
2007-09-01 01:52:59 · 12 answers · asked by voice_of_reason 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This term is purely a Christian one. It is used to understand the roots of one's tradition as it grew into another. Christianity in the earliest of times would have had very much a Jewish influence of the day. However, it grew into its own. As well, it can never deny its roots.
2007-09-01 01:59:07 · answer #1 · answered by fierce beard 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
the second part of your statement is correct- xtianity is xtianity because it rejects Judaism'. Many facets of xtianity were created simply to spite Judaism (Has it ever occurred to any xtians that the last thing jebus would want to eat would be an easter HAM?).
However, Judaism in NOT Judaism simply because it rejects jebus-
Judaism existed in a full state three thousand years before jebus. In those years and in the years since, we have had many false messiahs. We know false messiahs when we see one, as the requisites for the messiah are quite explicit. Je*sus has no part in Judaism. We were complete before, and we are complete now. And the truth is, yes I do believe that xtians use the phrase "judeo-xtian" to lend more authenticity.
Think about it- you NEVER hear a Jew, at least in speaking with other Jews- use the phrase "judeo-xtian". Because there is no such thing on this side of the fence. WE didn't steal their books. WE didn't twist their ideologies. WE didn't bastardize their prophesies. THEY have clung to us, but NOT vice-versa.
2007-09-01 02:08:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you have been living under a rock all your life, you MAY realize someday that the two are intertwined, and complement each other. Just because Jews reject Jesus, and Christians are free from the Law of Moses, does not make them opposed. The NT fulfills the OT.
2007-09-01 01:57:21 · answer #3 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they are not at all opposed. Christianity is the fulfillment of Judaism. Why not spend some time learning about religion before you criticize it??
2007-09-01 01:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by William D 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Religions are defined not so much by what they reject, as what they accept and believe in.
Since both Judaism and Christianity share many of the same holy books, they have much in common and have shared origins, thus when speaking of things that are common to both, we use the term Judaeo-Christian, so that it saves us saying "in Jewish and also in Christian belief...".
2007-09-01 01:57:57 · answer #5 · answered by Beng T 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They are not referring to a particular denomination, but to the Old Testament part of the Bible, which both Christians and Jews find holy. When I was a child, this was considered ecumenism: you had a public prayer, it was always drawn from the Old Testament so as not to offend the Jews in the audience.
2007-09-01 01:57:12 · answer #6 · answered by auntb93 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO--Christianity is Judaism completed.They say it that way because the old testament is still good to use as well as the new testament.There are many saved jews,and ALL bible writers accept Luke was a jew.
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2007-09-01 01:56:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Maybe it's a way of ensuring entry to the mythical heaven.
Perhaps there'll be a judeo-christian-buddhist-muslim religion out soon to cover almost all of the bases ;o)
2007-09-01 01:56:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Jesus Christ, the basis of Christianity
was born a Jew and was one until he was baptised at 30.
2007-09-01 01:57:54 · answer #9 · answered by pugjw9896 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cause they want to latch onto something credible.
Tried christianity. Then i used my brain!
2007-09-01 01:58:50 · answer #10 · answered by Illyanas Mommy 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋