Holy days were for anybody who worshiped the god of Israel. The Gentiles didn't follow them of course but every Gentile did not become "Christian". Most remained pagan.
Christians believe Christ's sacrifice abolished the old law. No doubt about that. That's what Christian's believe, it's not...
Whether you call it Pascha or Easter doesn't change much about the Christian day, the point is that Easter (the pagan version) existed first. When Christians created Pascha, it was the celebration of resurrection day by all means but it was determined by the date of Passover and the pagan...
Idols don't have to be a figurine of a god. Anything that takes the emphasis off the point of the day could be considered an idol. But like I said, I'm not against these holiday traditions. Celebrating with decorations is harmless but it's hardly honoring god. Christmas being fun and...
Absolutely agree. The confusion lays from that if a covenant was agreed to it didn't change the mother's genealogy. It was an open invitation way back in the day with no genealogy requirement. Nowadays you may absolutely convert to Judaism regardless of biology but you can't claim to be of...
This has always been a subject that fascinates me. There is a huge difference from being of Jewish ethnicity and from belonging to Judaism (the Jewish faith). One is a religious choice, the other is determined by genealogy and DNA. Regarding ethnicity, to claim one is Jewish is no different...
Well said one-answer. It's all about interpretation of text. I respect the Quraan as much as any other sacred text. I am not Muslim, but I'm not any particular belief. I simply respect that reading all the texts keeps us more open minded.
Of course this issue will never be resolved no matter how long we debate. My personal opinion is death is final. Of course that doesn't mean I've settled the matter. To me the bigger question is, if death isn't final what happens next? Scripture states we are sleeping yet many claim their...
Because Jesus was Jewish. The dispute isn't about Passover it's about Easter. Jesus celebrating Passover doesn't mean he would approve of Easter. Easter wasn't about Jesus at first. You could easily celebrate the resurrection if that's what you believe, without doing it at Easter. Scripture...
Both. The Koran has context that Christians don't accept. The Christian Bible has context that Muslims don't accept. Etc. Etc. Etc.
The context has to be understood or the text is meaningless, but once the context is understood, it's just as important to learn the history of how and when...
I'm not anti-holiday. I don't mind somebody's mistake but I'm going to point it out. I'm not arguing Easter is "bad", just that it's not Christian. I have no problem that people celebrate holidays. I'm just correcting an incorrect statement, not condemning holidays.
Um, yes. Christmas trees and gifts among others but that wasn't the point. Holidays are harmless in my opinion but they certainly aren't honoring God. The point was the incorrect statement made that Easter is in the same week as Passover (which it isn't necessarily) and thus that makes it...
Easter/Pasha is not necessarily the same week as Passover. Passover is a fixed date, every 14th of Adar on the Jewish calendar. Easter changes year to year, the first Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox. In some years they are the same week. In some years they...
To me, the belief in texts is almost a form of idolatry. We tend to put the text at a higher level than god. It's understandable because without texts it's difficult for most to have a relationship with god. The problem is we tend to worry more about what the text says than how the text came...
I believe the Crucifixion itself is fact and not metaphor. The question is about how enforcing Roman law turned into a story of the Son of God dying for mankind's sins. The resurrection is controversial but no faith doubts the crucifixion itself happened. The question remains what happened...
There is mystery to who even wrote the gospels, so it's pretty hard to say if they did or didn't know Jesus when we can't even say who they were. The names of the gospels (the ones in a Christian bible at least) are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, but we have no evidence who actually wrote any...
Hello,
I am looking forward to discussing topics that I'm sure at times can get very controversial, but still can be handled with the utmost of respect.
I am fascinated by religions, all religions. I absolutely refuse to believe any religion is right or that any religion is wrong. What...