Jesus was a Jew and he got into heaven. Why should I be a Christian, why not just a jew, theres a loophole?
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Jesus was baptized by St. John the Baptist so He was a Chritian.
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Christianity & Judaism do not have to be mutually exclusive.  Many, many Jewish people over the last 2000 years have given their lives to the Messiah yet retained their Judaism.\n\nThe Messiah is Jewish.  He came first to the Jews and then to the rest of the world.  If you have a Jewish understanding of His teachings they have a deeper meaning.  He was speaking to the Jewish people in His parables, they understood the deeper meanings.\n\nSome groups teach that in order to become a Christian you have to leave your Jewishness behind.  But why?  Should we not celebrate the Feasts & Festivals and observe the same Fasts as He did?  Should we, as Jews, turn our backs on His heritage in order consider ourselves Christians?\n\nHowever, we should strive to live the way God intended, not the way the Rabbi's have fenced off the law and made it more of a burden then it was ever intended to be.  (Mat. 23)
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PLEASE look at the following::\nhttp://WhatJewsBelieve.org\nhttp://Convert.org \n\nThe basic beliefs of Christianity about Jesus are against what the Bible says, and so Real Jews cannot believe in Jesus at all.\n\nThe Christian understanding is that the Messiah, Jesus, died for the sins of the people. The messiah is supposed to be a human sacrifice that is the blood sacrifice necessary for the forgiveness of sin.\n\nBut we are taught in our Torah that no one can die for the sins of another. In Deuteronomy 24:16 it specifically says this:\n\nDeuteronomy 24:16 The fathers shall not \nbe put to death for the children, neither \nshall the children be put to death for\nthe fathers: \nevery man shall be put to death for his \nown sin (eesh b’chet-o yumatu).\n\nIn Exodus 32:30-35, Moses tries to offer himself to atone for the sins of the people. To be written out of Gd's book, means to be written out of the Book of Life, which means Moses was asking to die for the sins of the People. Gd's response is No, it does not work that way, each man dies for his own sin:\n\nExodus 32:30-35 And it came to pass on the \nmorrow, that Moses said unto the people, \nYe have sinned a great sin: and now I will \ngo up unto the Etrnl; perhaps I shall make \nan atonement for your sin. And Moses \nreturned unto the Etrnl, and said, Oh, \nthis people have sinned a great sin, and \nhave made them gods of gold. Yet now, if \nthou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, \nblot me, I pray thee, out of thy book \nwhich thou hast written. And the Etrnl \nsaid unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned \nagainst me, him will I blot out of my \nbook. \n\nThe whole of chapter 18 of the book of Ezekiel is about this idea, that no one can die for someone else's sin. Further, this chapter of Ezekiel teaches us that all we have to do for Gd's forgiveness is to stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and Gd will forgive us.\n\nSo, the Bible is clear, no one can die for the sins of another, and this means that Jesus cannot die for anyone else's sins.\n\nChristians also believe that one needs a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin, that one who does not have such a blood sacrifice will die in their sins, and go to hell, except for the sacrifice of Jesus.\n\nThis, too, is UnBiblical. The Bible describes blood sacrifices for the forgiveness of sin in the Book of Leviticus. But it is in Leviticus itself, in the middle of the discussion of the sin sacrifices, that we are taught that we do not need a blood sacrifice to be forgiven for our sins. Offering a blood sacrifice was an expensive thing to do for the family offering the animal. Was forgiveness then, to be only for the rich? No, because if one could not afford a blood sacrifice then one who sins could bring flour, which has no blood and no life as their sacrifice, and Gd forgave them!\n\nLeviticus 5:11-13; But if he be not able to \nbring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, \nthen he that sinned shall bring for his \noffering the tenth part of an ephah of fine \nflour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil \nupon it, neither shall he put any \nfrankincense thereon: for it is a sin \noffering.\n\nFurthermore, read the Book of Jonah. In Jonah, the People of Ninevah do three things in order to be forgiven by Gd. They fast, they pray for forgiveness, and they stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and Gd forgave them! This is exactly what we do on Yom Kippur, we fast, we pray for forgiveness, and, hopefully, we stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and Gd forgives us. And what book do we read on Yom Kippur afternoon? The Book of Jonah!\n\nJonah 3:7-10 And he caused it to be proclaimed \nand published through Ninevah, by the decree \nof the King and his nobles, saying, Let \nneither man nor beast, herd nor flock taste \nanything; let them not feed nor drink water; \nbut let man and beast be covered with \nsackcloth, and cry mightily unto Gd; yea, let \nthem turn every one from his evil
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I don't believe that Jesus was the founder of Christianity.  he was a devout Jew.  His disciples spread his teaching after he was crucified and a long time after his death, Christianity was formed as an institution.The books of the new testament don't really say that Jesus was like..."hey, i have a new religion for you." what he was saying was...according to my religious, Judaism, all of ya'll are messing up!, by the way, i am the Messiah...the one the Jews are waiting for...and here i am to challenge you to stick to Judaism and little more closely and maybe we should try some new things too..."  The gospels are incomplete...in fact there are other gospels that were left out like the gospel of Mary Magdalena and Thomas...each one kicked it with Jesus but they had a bit of a different view than the others...the others who were the ones who founded the religion....\ni respect Christianity and its teachings though i am not a follower.  A good look at historical jesus can be interesting.
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You are not Jewish, as you were raised a Christian, unless you renounce your Christianity and formally convert to Judaism. So, when asked if you are Jewish, the correct answer is, 'No, but my father is.'
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That is about my perception as well. As a Jew I cannot fathom how Christianity developed out of Judaism. The Christian god cannot be the same as in Judaism the difference are just to staggering.
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someone said "a true christian will not hate the Jews.they are gods chosen people" \nThen why don't you convert to Judaism, so you would be one of the chosen ones too? \nJust wondering? truly no offense is intended.
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By living a good and moral life. Jews actually believe it is easier for non-Jews to get in. Don't no of any other religion that views people not of their faith in the same light.
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If you follow the teachings of Jesus and believe he died as a ransom sacrifice for your sins then you are a Christian. Catholics profess to be Christians. Jehovah's Witnesses profess to be Christians. Davidians I do not know.
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If Christians came from Jews, why are there still Jews around?
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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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Christians are not being guilt tripped by Jews, they are being guilt tripped by their own Christianity.\n\nSo, the remedy is for everyone to renounce Christianity and convert to Judaism!
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no no no wrong... jesus came to this earth in the human form.. naturally since there were so many communities he had to be under one.. the truth is, by chance the good people to who he was born turned out to be jews.. so he was born in a jew family on earth.. that does not men he was a jew before that.. so obviously neither is God.
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jesus was burried the way of the jewish people because he was jewish.  his followers called him rabbi, which means teacher, they became the christians, the ones who didnt believe he was the massiah remained jewish and just didnt follow him or his ways. there is a good site for you called beliefnet.com   check it out.
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No Christians Don't think they're going to hell. On the contrary, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was jewish. (His mother Mary was a jew).  The jews are the chosen people of God and still are to this day.  God has blinded them to the truth of who Jesus is for now until all of us non-jews are saved.  The truth is our Christian heritage stems from the jews and if we bless the jews, God will bless us.
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Jews were the chosen people by God.  Thats why He sent His son down to be born into a Jewish culture.  However, when Jesus started preaching, His own people, the Jews, didn't believe He was the Messiah, God's son.  Eventually, Jesus left them and preached to the non-jews, the Gentiles.  The Gentiles that followed Him later became known as Christians, as is any person who follows in Christ's footsteps.  Now Gods chosen people is whoever decides to follow Him, they will get to Heaven, not just Jews.
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I think it's funny how Christians get their religion from Judaism, yet they insist that the jewish ppl are wrong and that they must pray to jesus (in order to get to the "father" ).\n\n I don't believe in heaven, so I can't answer your question, sorry.