Jesus was a jew, but inspired the Christian faith, of what faith was Muhhamed bought up in?
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ooooo! i know! his 'tribe' and family were pagans, but he wasnt one.. he was 'searching' for the right religion, and he meditated a lot..
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Christianity developed from Judaism. Both started in Israel. Judaism was founded by a series by a range of figures including Adam, Noah and Abraham. It is claimed that it started as a formal religion after God handed Moses the ten commandments. Both Judaism and Christianity pray to the same God and both are monotheistic.\n\nThe founder of Christianity was Jesus with the 12 apostles as well as St Paul playing a crucial role in spreading the religion. The holy book in Judaism is the Torah or Old Testament. The holy book for Christians is the Bible consisting of the Old and New Testaments. Christians view Jesus both as the Messiah and as the son of God. Followers of Judaism acknowledge neither claim.
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Christ started the entire charistian religous adventure. Would it be fair to say the Christianity is a religion and a race. A race that is poulated by blood descendants of jesus? Unlikely.\n\nOr, the first jew was Abraham who took the commandment from God outside of the cty of Ur, check out the old testament for this. Before that Abraqham was not a Jew, just like Christ was Jewish befor he converted to Christianity by his death by some charistians account. Therefore the only true members of the Jewish race would be blood descendants of Abraham. Again not a likely defintion or race event.\n\nBut to be precise here is the definition of race(noun)\na group of persons related by common descent or heredity.  \n2. a population so related.  \n3. Anthropology. a. any of the traditional divisions of humankind, the commonest being the Caucasian, Mongoloid, and Negro, characterized by supposedly distinctive and universal physical characteristics: no longer in technical use.  \nb. an arbitrary classification of modern humans, sometimes, esp. formerly, based on any or a combination of various physical characteristics, as skin color, facial form, or eye shape, and now frequently based on such genetic markers as blood groups.  \nc. a human population partially isolated reproductively from other populations, whose members share a greater degree of physical and genetic similarity with one another than with other humans.  \n \n4. a group of tribes or peoples forming an ethnic stock: the Slavic race.  \n5. any people united by common history, language, cultural traits, etc.: the Dutch race.  \n6. the human race or family; humankind: Nuclear weapons pose a threat to the race.  \n7. Zoology. a variety; subspecies.  \n8. a natural kind of living creature: the race of fishes.  \n9. any group, class, or kind, esp. of persons: Journalists are an interesting race.  \n\nThe only definitions for race that come close are"\n 4. a group of tribes or peoples forming an ethnic stock: the Slavic race.  \n5. any people united by common history, language, cultural traits, etc.: the Dutch race\n\nJews may or may not have developed from a common tribe or ethnic stock. If you believe they did, the 12 tribes of Israel...then Yes Jews are a race.\n\nIf you believe that jews are united by a common history...you are making a wek argumenbt as Jews can be found in many countries and cultures are are unrelated by a common history, language or culture.\n\nNo...jews only have a religion in common. They are a very diverse froup of individuals spread arounfd the world living within cultures and speaking diverse languages so they are not tryuly a race as such.
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JEWS ARE ISRAELITES THEIR FOREFATHERS KNEW JESUS CHRIST EXISTED AND WAS WITH HIM. CHRIST WAS ABLE TO RAISED NUMEROUS PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD LIKE LAZARUS. IF YOU CAN PROVE CHRIST DID NOT EXIST YOU CAN PROVE THERES NO LIFE AFTER DEATH.
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Jesus was a Jew.\n\nHe wasn't Black, \nHe wasn't White,\nHe wasn't Chinese,\nHe was a Jew.\n\nThe Bible is very clear on his heritage.\nSome people just choose to believe what they want to.\n(I'm not a Christian either, but this question has a very simple answer).
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He certainly is mentioned in the Bible.\nIt is amazing that Jews and Christians have failed to hearken to these references in their scriptures!\nThe following are the references from the Bible:\n\nMuhammad in the Bible:-\nThe world today looks for rational and historical evidence to prove the truth of a person who claims to be from God. These criteria fully support the truth of our Holy Prophet Muhammad.\n\nRational Test \nRational thinking indicates that the world was in dire need of revelation, of water from the fountain of spiritual guidance, at the time when the Holy Prophet appeared. He led an ideal life, a perfect example to be followed throughout the future. He started his mission against immense difficulties. He and his followers met strong persecution and opposition. But he was protected and helped by God in miraculous ways. Before his death his mission was firmly established all over Arabia and was rapidly spreading to other countries. \n\nHe worked miracles. He foretold the future, and his prophecies were fulfilled not only in his lifetime but continue to be fulfilled in our time as well. He brought a teaching  which has attracted countless adherents since he appeared. In short, all rational tests prove that the mission of the Holy Prophet Muhammad was truly from God. \n\nThe Historical Test \nThere is also another test, the historical one, which our present day world requires of a messenger of God. A notable American Bishop of the Catholic Church wrote in a nationally famous magazine that the test of history available to all men, all civilizations and all ages can be applied only to Jesus, because: \n\nThere were no predictions about Buddha, Muhammad, or anyone else -except Christ. Others just came and said: “Here I am, believe me”. Christ alone steps out of the line and answers: My coming was foretold, even to the smallest detail. \n\nThis statement is quite challenging and requires attention. We Muslims believe that Jesus was a true prophet of God. We also accept his advent as having been foretold in the previous scriptures. \n\nBut what about Muhammad? \nWe find that his coming was foretold in clear and precise terms not only by Jesus himself but by Moses and other Biblical prophets as well. In fact it seems from whatever words of Jesus are available to the world, that the bringing of glad tidings of a great coming prophet was one of the chief objects of his mission. \n\nAgain and again Jesus said that he was sent to the world only to give as much guidance as the people of his own time could bear. As for complete teaching which would stay forever with mankind, he said: \n\nBut the comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. (John 14-26) \n\nOnly the prophet of Islam could have fulfilled this prophecy of Jesus. Muhammad was truly sent in his name because he bore testimony to his truth. The Holy Quran says: \n\nThe Messiah, son of Mary, was a messenger, "surely messengers like unto him had passed away before him" (The Holy Quran 5:76) \n\nThe Holy Quran reports that the angels told Mary: \nSurely Allah gives you good news with a word from Him of whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, worthy of regard in this world and hereafter. (The Holy Quran 3:46) \n\nThe Holy Prophet testified to the truth of Jesus as a divine and honored Teacher and Prophet, and declared them mistaken and misguided who thought him accursed. The Holy Quran described his teachings as "guidance and light ."Further elaborating the same prophecy, Jesus said: \n\nNevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will sent him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. ... I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot
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This is a point one must accept on faith, I think.  I believe it was Issac, from whence came the the Jewish people.  I am a Jew.\n\nHowever, I would never dispute the fact that in Islam, the son was Ishmael. \n\n I can accept that whichever son it was, it was Abraham's faith in G-d that is the point of the matter.  I have stood on top of Mt. Moriah, and I had a feeling of Abraham, Issac, and Ishmael being there.\n\nBut, this is just my feelings--------------
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Okay... let me start off by stating that "Jews" and "Hebrews" are one and the same. They are an ancient people, and "being Hebrew" is both a religion and an ethnic group. Those who have Jewish descent but are not "religious" are called "secular jews". A person can also be of the Jewish religion without being born a Hebrew.\n\nAs to whether or not they "believe" in Jesus, it is a complicated matter. Almost all people of the Jewish faith believe that there once was a rabbi named Jesus. The true issue is whether or not he was the Son of God.\n\nThe Old Testament does not make mention of Jesus by name, because by the very nature of the Bible, the Old Testament is mainly about the times before Jesus; it is about the history of the Jewish religion. There are many passages in the prophetic books of the old Testament that makes mention of a "Messiah" or "Savior" of the Jewish people. The coming of the Messiah was to mark the victory of the Jewish people, bring them back to the former glorious days of King Solomon. This Messiah was said to be a King of Kings, and would lead the Hebrew people out of the bondage of their enemies.\n\nEnter Jesus. His time was during the Roman Empire, when Rome had overtaken the Middle East, and has captured Jerusalem. The Hebrew people were under the rule of a pagan king, and there was a small but determined group called "Zealots", that prayed for the coming of the Messiah to lead them out of their captivity. When Jesus comes on the scene, He preforms miracles, and tries to teach the people how to live better lives. He tells people to love their neighbors and to treat others as they'd like to be treated. Jesus proved His divinty time and time again, yet still even His disciples were unable to fully believe.\nThe Jewish leaders of the time could accept that a poor rabbi from a nondescript part of their nation was the foretold Messiah. Why, he was not a great king... how could He ever lead them to victory over the Romans? And so, they begin to plot to have Him killed... He is disrupting their people... causing a revolt, some say. It is not He that is bringing the glory and attention to Himself, it is the people, witnessing to others about the miracles He had done for them. Blind men could see, dead were raised to live again, and food was made from near nothingness. It was all too much. He had to go.\n\nFor those who do not understand the Jewish religion, it is difficult to fully appreciate the sacrifice that Christ made on the cross. It might all seem like a gory, twisted sotry. But in the Hebrew faith, there was no atonement for sin except through the spilling of blood. If you stole something, you must sacrifice something for forgiveness. Typically, it was the purest, whitest lamb or animal one possessed. By this shedding of blood, one was forgiven their transgression. However, the sins of the people had become too great for lambs to pardon, and a larger sacrifice was needed. That sacrifical lamb, that pure innocent life, was the Son of God, Jesus Christ.\n\nTo this day, most Hebrew people are still waiting for the coming of their Messiah. It is in this point that Christianity branches off from Judism. Christians believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Messiah. Jewish people do not accept His divinity. That is the critical difference.
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well, 'jew' means 2 things.  it can mean someone who adheres to a particular religion, and it also can refer to someone of a particular ethnic background.\n\nthere are actually several jewish ethnicities - ashkenazi jews, for instance are typically from eastern european/slavic backgrounds and have pale skin, whereas sephardic jews are from spain/southern europe and have dark skin, sorta like what one thinks of when one pictures an israeli.\n\nso, most religion-jews are descended from one of the main jewish ethnic groups.  but not all.  as someone else pointed out, a few (not many) black people have converted to judaism.  i would say the confusion arises from having a single term carry two meanings.\n\n(also, for what it's worth - jesus was born and lived in what is modern-day israel, jordan and egypt.  the people from around there aren't really black in the sense of black africans from central/southern africa.. so i would call BS on whoever says he was black, and suggest that maybe he was more medium-toned and his ethnicity could be described as israeli, jewish or closer to arabic than black.)
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Yes, Jesus was Jewish until He fulfilled the Old Law and brought in the New Law, which we call Christianity because we accepted Him as the Christ. The New Law allows us to eat pork, which was formerly forbidden.\nMy family happens to eat Tamales for Christmas. Yum! Our ancestors were from Castile, Spain, so that is our tradition.
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Yes! And according to the NT Jesus was a Rabbi [Mark 9:5], so he was married. That's why NT doesn't mention it, it's understood lol
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I'd say he was a Jewish rabbi who may have claimed to be the messiah, and (if he was married) had many followers.  Many other Jews have also claimed to be the messiah, but when they died and there was no peace on earth, their followers conceded that he was not the great leader that prophesy declared would lead the people to peace on earth.\nHe was elevated to the status of God at the time of the Nicene Creed (4th century).  The Roman Catholic Church exterminated all "heretics" who didn't believe he was God.  The Eastern Orthodox Church accepted many other creeds and allowed them to continue side by side, much as the Roman Catholic Church has reluctantly done with Protestants many centuries later.\nSo, yes he was a "real" person elevated to the status of God after three centuries.  No concrete "evidence" other than that it was very common to follow great leaders who called themselves the messiah.
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I left Christianity for Judaism because I could not accept their belief that Jesus was G-d.  G-d is G-d, not a trinity.  This was the main of several reasons.  Plus, I found a love for the Jewish people and their history and relationship with G-d.
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simply:\n\nthe Christian did the Crusades, trying to free the Promised Land from the Moslems, so they will be proud of their 'accomplishments.'\n\nthe muslims were the ones attacked by the Crusaders, so they will believe the Crusades to have been imperialism and an invasion.\n\nthe Jews along the way to the promised land were massacred by the Crusaders, who said, 'why go all the way to the Promised Land to kill the non-Christians, when we have non-Christians right here!' Therefore the Jews will not see the Crusaders as moral or ethical people, but rather as blood-hungry butchers.
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Jesus was not son of God, he was a prophet.
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Although Arabs, Jews and other Semitic people of the middle east are closely related, Jesus was not a Jew, either ethnically or linguistically. Jesus would have been much akin to a Sephardic Jew of today.\n\nAnd yes, I believe Jesus would find much to object in our governments and behaviours of today. One need only read the red letter sections of the Bible to see he really is at odds with the politicians we vote for, as well as the way we conduct ourselves.\n\nRepentence and humility should be our response. What else can we do?
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Jesus became a prophet of God and was sent to confirm the LAW (Torah), but not to preach a new different religion.\n\nBoth Jesus and Mother Mary lived as a Jew, with jewish teachings and confirming the Law sent my Moses.\n\nbecause the religion of Moses, Jesus and Mohammed were the same, neither of them tried to spread a new religion, but to confirm the previous prophets teachings.\n\nEven, Mohammed doesnt call jews or christians as different religion, as it mentions them People of the Book, which means Islam itself is not considered a different religion, but it was to confirm the religion of Jesus and Moses, and spread the One God Almighty's message.\n\nChristianity was surely spread globally, but at the times of Jesus, His disciples also didnt believe on him many times. The followers themselves were thinking Jesus as son of God, which was considered as blasphemy even my Jewish teachings, Jesus replied here himself as Son of Man, and When asked about the Question of Son of God, Jesus replied that "You say the son of God", but they thought Jesus said himself as son of God when he was refering the Son of God was told by the people not him, Thus he was crucified.\n\nLuke; 22\n66  And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,\n\n67  Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:\n\n68  And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.\n\n69  Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.\n\n70  Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, "Ye say that I am."\n\n71  And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.\n\n"Ye say that I am." is clearly mentioning that he said himself son of Man, but son of God was said by them, but this was misunderstood not only by christians but also by jews and considering blasphemy, there comes the crucifixion story.\n\nWith these misunderstanding between the followers, how can the religion be preached as a major very soon.