onionsoupmix ([info]onionsoupmix) wrote,
@ 2008-04-13 09:23:00
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Compartmentalizing...

Here's a thread in which a woman writes about how she converted fro Christianity to Judaism.  What I love most about it is how the original poster and some of the responders bash Christianity because "it makes no sense" :

I also looked at the world around me and realized there was no way that the Messiah had been here because look at this mess! And various other things about Xianity that make absolutely no sense (like if JC is G-d incarnate and JC is dead does that mean G-d is dead? ). I’m sure that I don’t have to convince any of you of the ridiculousness of Xianity. 

I also wondered how anyone with a brain could be an Xtian... I just couldn't believe there could be something like the New Testament. But didn't G-d make a covenant with the Jews that would be kept no matter what. And no matter what the Jews did, Hashem insisted that he would keep the promise, in spite of the punishments and exiles that might occur. I just could no longer believe in a New Testament or which basically says that G-d chas v'shalom, scrapped the deal with the Jews...I didnt' want to believe in a god that breaks promises. 

BTW, there are many more people out there who see the ridiculousness of Christianity but just don't know where to turn. That's why I think you're a lucky lady, Hadassah. You found the way home.


I find it so fascinating how seemingly intelligent people are quick to see inconsistencies and fundamental problems with the beliefs of others and yet completely ignore the same types of problems with their own beliefs. So there's nothing ridiculous about Judaism? As a Jew you don't believe in a God that breaks promises? You have completely resolved the many contradictions between what you read in the chumash and real life?



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