Haha.
I'm never going to be a Christian again. I'm studying because ot bamboozles me
Judaism taught me a lot and I could never be a Christian again.
Waaaa!!!
Nah, I have no reason to pout, since I'm not considered a Christian by Christians.
Plus I can't blame you. Christianity is quite the **** show so often!
Hebrew History is undoubtedly the most interesting of any bloodline, and has influenced the world more than all others combined, from what I gather and can tell.
Jesus doesn't qualify as THE Messiah.
It is possible that God comes to us in many forms, and one was an impoverished baby born of a Virgin, wrapped in swaddling clothes, laid in a manger, with three wise men following the star of Bethlehem, showing up to do him homage in such terrible estate.
This God-Incarnation later dies naked, crowned with thorns, lacerated, almost blaspheming in total darkness and abandonment (actually quoting the Psalmist), not only as a slaughtered lamb to atone for sin, but also because God wanted to share in the misery of the most humiliated, the despised, the criminals, the poorest of the poor, the tortured, and those who die most tragically.
Definitely not as glorious as King Solomon, not a warrior like Samson, not nearly as successful a servant of the Jews ( as figures like Moses and King David), but still might have been one of the many forms of God , and a messiah, if not THE Messiah.
There are a lot of impoverished miserable people out there pissing and ****ting themselves, or completely hopeless, abandoned, lepers, despised, humiliated, racked with pain, poorest of the poor, and crucified in one form or other, who need a naked Messiah, God-Incarnation, born-in-a-barn-poor, crowned with thorns, and crucified, because that is how they feel all the time, and can relate , better love a God who can enter their torture chamber and share their hell!
They might need a God drug through the mud at their level, humiliated and crushed.
It isn't my cup of tea, and don't like the message much, and Christianity tends to tick me off as it is usually practiced and preached...
But I'm open to a lot coming from a Jew from the tribe of Judah, who has more documented miracles linked to him than any other historical figure, who currently has billions believing he rose from the dead .
(How many people believe any other figure in history rose from the dead like that? He has billions. So ...I try to remain open to possibilities when presented with such remarkable phenomenon linked to any historical figure.)
Definitely not THE Messiah though. His failure to meet and fulfill such huge important prophecies and expectations, is something factual , of which cannot be denied.
So, I can't fault Jews for wanting to keep Hebrew tradition and identity. Plus, the way it could harm their relationships with loved ones if they convert, is something to consider.
Also, the cruelty of which Christians have repeatedly treated Jews, and the many rampant conspiracies to this day, makes me not fault those who remain Jewish.
Plus traditions like eating flesh and drinking blood of Christ , and God being a man who died a criminals death, are kinda opposite of what Old Testament commands. Another reason I cannot fault a Jew. Good luck!
