On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:11:23 +0000 (UTC), Susan S
<otoeremovethis@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>In talk.origins I read this message from "Charles C."
><charles_casey@opt_online.net>:
>
>[snip]
>>
>>Exactly, the Old Testament 613 Mitzvot. No man could keep all of those
>>laws and if you failed at one you failed at them all and were destined
>>to go to hell.
>>
>Just an aside, but that is not what is required of a Jew, at
>least not in the sense you suggest. Breaking one of the laws does
>not sentence one to hell. One obeys the laws because that is
>required to live a Jewish life on earth, in this life, for this
>life.
I was interpreting it in the "Christian" viewpoint in light of the New
Testament Greek ideologies. The majority of Christians don't have a
clue as to what it is to be Jewish, let alone why they don't consider
Jesus to have met the "qualifications" of the messiah. I doubt they
would understand the mindset of Jews and the way they approach the
law.
>
>While the concept of an afterlife does exist for Jews, it does
>not have the emphasis that it does for Christians.
I have a hard time explaining things in the Christian mindset knowing
that there are Jews reading it also because I know what they must be
thinking when they read it. I just hope they understand what I am
doing and why.
>
>Other than that, keep up the good work. Jay and his sock puppet
>Con are sickening.
>
Thank you but I don't know how much more I can take of them. The only
reason they argue back is so they can claim victory later on and
"retain" their "status". Hopefully other readers will see what is
going on.
Charles
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Creationism: Sci-Fi for the soul
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