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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:48 PM Original message |
Ok..what heck is Messianic Judaism. |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Jews who believe in the messiah... |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. All Jews believe in the messiah |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Yes. An offshoot of Christianity that pretends to be Jewish, really |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Jews for Jesus |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. When you think about, I suppose Jesus would fit under this faith |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. If he existed |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Of course He did! |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Lol! |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. thank you for that link, I did not see it originally. It was one of the best on DU. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. If he didn't exist, that would be the greatest hoax in human history. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. There is ample evidence that he did not exist... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. If neither side is provable, then I guess |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. True |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Just as fire is both dangerous and necessary for human existence. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. You are confusing faith with hope |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. According to Webster's Dictionary. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. But faith, by its very definition, is belief without evidence |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. So is hope. n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. But hoping for something is not the same as believing in something |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. If you didn't believe the plane wouldn't crash, you would never get on it. n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. But that's not faith - that's belief with evidence |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Yes but evidence also comes in degrees, |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. But that's an irrational fear |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. So is the fear of faith. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I just disagree |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I'm not saying faith is anymore real than reason, |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Peace to you too Brother Uncle Joe! |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I'm pretty convinced that... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. If he did exist, he was probably schizophrenic |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
60. Jews for Jesus is an evangelical Christian movement (to convert Jews, natch) |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
64. yes they are synonymous |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. An offshoot of Judaism which believes the Messiah has already arrived, in the person of Jesus Christ |
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CC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I know two and they are both for Obama. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Almost all Jews would quibble with that "offshoot of Judaism" |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Well, all I can tell you is the guy I know always wears a yarmulke |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
58. Yup. These people consider *themselves* to be Jewish - |
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bklyngrl60 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. I'm sorry but Messianic Judiasm is not an offshoot of Judiasm, it's an offshoot of fundamental |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
52. Two words.... |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
51. Messianic Judaism is not |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. The most effective thing a Jewish Child can do to get back at their Parents..... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. AAAGGGHHHH! COUGH!!! SPEW!!! |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. There's a WORD for Messianic Judaism |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Except, Christians don't observe Jewish Tradition. n/t |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. That's true, Christians mostly observe Pagan holidays. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Ironically, that's true as well. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
59. There's nothing in following most of those traditions that |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Yep. |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Christians that live like observant Jews |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. From Messianic Bureau International / Messianic Jewish Super Site: |
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enuegii (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. Does Messianic Judaism have any relationship... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
54. No, the Ebonites were a little different. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's a bullshit con job by fundie Christians to get Jews to convert. n/t |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. Idiotic people who want to be "Christian" |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Eh, I don't blame the Jews taken in by it as much as I blame the fundamentalist Christians behind it |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. They're the most annoying hats on the ass. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. Fundamentalist Christians. |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. I'm a Mick for Moses |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
53. I live on the border of Crown Heights |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. I learn so much from all of you on DU...thank you for your answers. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. We rock!! |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I learned from this thread too, thanks for the great question |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
61. Jewish people who are christians. n/t |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
62. It's called masochism. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
63. It's part of what it will take to get Jesus to come back |
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