He may have been born a Jew, but he turned his back on Judaism and its laws. He drove the moneylenders from the Temple. He deliberately violeted Jewish religious laws. He was hated by the Jewish priests, and murdered by the Jews. Christianity was prohibited by the Jews and the earliest Christians were persecuted by Jews. How can anyone consider Jesus a Jew? The Talmud wants Jesus to be boiled in excrement for eternity. Does that sound like he's best buds with the tribe? Christianity is not an offshoot of Judaism, it is a repudiation of Judaism.
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ardvarcus ago
He may have been born a Jew, but he turned his back on Judaism and its laws. He drove the moneylenders from the Temple. He deliberately violeted Jewish religious laws. He was hated by the Jewish priests, and murdered by the Jews. Christianity was prohibited by the Jews and the earliest Christians were persecuted by Jews. How can anyone consider Jesus a Jew? The Talmud wants Jesus to be boiled in excrement for eternity. Does that sound like he's best buds with the tribe? Christianity is not an offshoot of Judaism, it is a repudiation of Judaism.
Random101 ago
Bullshit. He condemned the Pharisees (i.e. the hypocrites), not the Essenes.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Mark 5:18
"Den of robbers" implies violence, not commerce.
In a limited context, and within reason, eg when preserving life.
Judaism is based on the Torah, not the Talmud. Karaite Judaism rejects the Talmud.
Christianity is unable to repudiate the ideas which are found within its own canon.
ardvarcus ago
Lol. I enjoyed reading your response. It was so perfectly Jewish. Do you really think such empty, rhetorical arguments mean anything at all?
Random101 ago
Do you think that basing your question on a fiction makes it meaningful?