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FunReader55 · 51-55, M
I’ll just add a couple quick thoughts as this post covered a gambit of trajectory.
Not disagreeing with anyone!
As short as I can say it, Jews do not believe Jesus has come to earth yet. They believe he will come one day. This flys directly against Christianity which believes Jesus has already come to earth and will come back again one day. Bottom line, at very least, one of them is wrong.
I believe Jewish is the only religion that is also a race.
This reason is just something I thought about. I could be wrong! Religions like Christianity are heavy into recruiting. To the point of being annoying. I think this gives an appearance of open acceptance. Jews do not recruit in that manner. In fact they are supposed to kind of act indifferent or almost ignore anyone’s initial inquirement into joining the Jewish religion. This is only done to ensure the inquirers desire is genuine. However, it’s unintended side affect is that it can come of as elitelist and unwelcoming.
The holy city of Jerusalem is claimed by both Jewish and Muslin faith. 1000 years back and beyond it changed hands veyeeen the two rivals many times. But when the Muslims last took control in the 1300s they held on to it until the end of WW2. When it was seized from them as part of the punishment for being on the losing side, and used to establish the Israel state.
Not disagreeing with anyone!
As short as I can say it, Jews do not believe Jesus has come to earth yet. They believe he will come one day. This flys directly against Christianity which believes Jesus has already come to earth and will come back again one day. Bottom line, at very least, one of them is wrong.
I believe Jewish is the only religion that is also a race.
This reason is just something I thought about. I could be wrong! Religions like Christianity are heavy into recruiting. To the point of being annoying. I think this gives an appearance of open acceptance. Jews do not recruit in that manner. In fact they are supposed to kind of act indifferent or almost ignore anyone’s initial inquirement into joining the Jewish religion. This is only done to ensure the inquirers desire is genuine. However, it’s unintended side affect is that it can come of as elitelist and unwelcoming.
The holy city of Jerusalem is claimed by both Jewish and Muslin faith. 1000 years back and beyond it changed hands veyeeen the two rivals many times. But when the Muslims last took control in the 1300s they held on to it until the end of WW2. When it was seized from them as part of the punishment for being on the losing side, and used to establish the Israel state.
CopperCicada · M
@FunReader55 I think there's definitely some truth to that as well. The closed insular aspect of orthodox and Hassidic communities was off putting to many where I came up. You can share shabbos or seder with most Jews. But those communities are closed. In my community people would come to resent that a bit. Talk to people on the street and get ignored. Drop in a shop and get the cold shoulder. Now there are Hassidim moving into communities, and friends and family follow. And poof there is an insular enclave on your block.