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- From: uphrrmk@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
- Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
- Subject: Re: JEWS -- JESUS -- AND JED!
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- Date: 27 Dec 92 01:07:04 GMT
- References: <237@spchsys.spchsys> <1992Dec21.221328.29662@rambo.atlanta.dg <nate.967@psygate.psych.indiana.edu> <1992Dec22.174147.21047@samba.oit.unc.edu>,<1085@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
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- In article <1085@blue.cis.pitt.edu>, aabst5@vms.cis.pitt.edu writes:
- >In article <1992Dec22.174147.21047@samba.oit.unc.edu>, danielg@med.unc.edu
- >(Daniel G. Sinclair) writes>
- >This is, of course, the subject of much debate. When the "Dead Sea Scrolls"
- >are finally published and made available to the public this question may
-
- >
- >> Also, you seem to
- >> think that other religions are older. However, don't forget that
- >> Christianity is actually the Jewish religion continued
-
- I BEG your pardon! The Jewish religion is NOT, repeat NOT the oldest by any
- stretch of the imagination!!!!!! The mere thought is insulting to all the
- North american Shamans who still practice their belief systems, the celts who
- had a very viable religion for thousands of years before Juaism got a good head
- start! It is insulting to the Chinese religions and to Shinto, to the
- Eygyptian religions, the Viking and finnish systems, the Russian creeds and
- faith--need I go on?
-
- >"Continued" or "perverted"? It depends upon whom you speak with. Christians
- >see it as a continuation. Jews see Jesus not as a Prophet but as a loss. To
- >them, he was just one of many, many people who have claimed down through the
- >years to be the Messiah. The difference with Jesus, to the Jews, is that
- >Jesus has a substantial following. This, however, does not change the fact
- >that the religion originated about 2,000 years ago. If it truely were older,
- >why don't you honor the sabbath on sundown FRIDAY through sundown SATURDAY
- >the way God intended? Why don't you refrain from eating the meat non-cloven
- >hooved animals such as pigs? Why don't you celebrate Passover? Jesus did.
- >He was celebrating it when he was arrested.
-
- "perverted" is a VERY good word for what happened, I believe. Thank you.
- >
- >So whether Christianity is a continuation of Judaism is a matter of opinion.
- >
- >- Jesus being the
- >> Jewish Messiah and all, so please include the Jewish heritage of
- >> Christianity when estimating the age of the faith.
- >
- >The Jews do not consider Jesus to be the Messiah; and rightly so, for he
- >did NOT fulfill the profecy. He was not the Messiah for which they wait.
- >
- >Now THIS is a topic I'd like to see JED discuss. He should know that we
- >students HUNGER for a DEEPER topic than just whether we are sluts/whores
- >whoremonger/sinners. We wanna see that THEORY courses.
-
-
- Lastly --
-
- This is a newsgroup for discussing Brother Jed !
-
- Take your religion to soc.religion.christian and stay there!
-
-
- Flames to /dev/null
- Sorry, but my Karma ran over your Dogma.
- La Mort.
-