dianaiad
Well-Known Member
It's one thing for a religion to borrow concepts from other faiths, that happens all the time; but what about those faiths that take directly from others and what looks like to many, just a dress up game? I do believe most such people are sincere, but what do religions get out of this? Messianic Jews who are just Christians wearing tallitot wrong and calling Vicars 'Rabbi'. What's the problem with just being whatever your religion is? If there's this need for something else, what does that say about your faith? Again, I have no issue with people taking things that make sense or for rational reasons; I wear long Islamic style dresses for modesty's sake since I find them the most comfortable and I don't think Muslims are taking an issue with it, but I have no desire to make myself Muslim and start using prayer rugs and whatnot.
It's mostly Christians trying to be Jews, what's up with that?
I don't know about every one of those, but "Jew" is more than the religion. Being Jewish is a...culture and a people. One is born a Jew if one's mother is, no matter what one's beliefs are. I think that many Messianic Jews are simply acknowledging that; they want to be a part of that culture and people, with the Messiah already come.
That is their belief and I see nothing wrong with it. I especially see nothing wrong with wanting to be a part of a group that has been around, and culturally strong, for thousands of years. Very few, if any, other human group, has done that. I am not Jewish in any way, but if I had Jewish ancestry, I would want to be a part of that culture and group.
But I wouldn't change my own religious beliefs to do so.
Religious beliefs are personal, and it doesn't really matter what anybody else thinks, does it?