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!חג חנוכה שמח :)

FadingWhispers3, we believe that (1) non-Jews don't need to follow any of Jewish law; they are bound only by the 7 Noachide commandments (from the covenant that G-d made with all humanity with Noah). If a gentile follows the Noachide commandments, he will have a place in the world to come. (2) A...

Sidhe, using Manishewitz for pagan rituals is no different form using any other wine, because Manishewitz is mevushal (ie it has been cooked.) A Jew needs to be involved in the cooking process for something to be kosher (eating food that follows biblical kosher laws but is cooked entirely by a...

No worries, no one expects you to know that. :) Plus, it makes me happy to see a thriving thread about Torah Judaism hereabouts. CF makes me a little nostalgic about how much I learned about Christianity here, and although I ultimately chose Orthodox Judaism, I don't regret having the...

Welch's isn't kosher (since grape juice and wine need to be produced under strict Jewish supervision to ensure that it isn't used in idolatrous rituals). Then it needs to be flash-heated to make it mevushal; otherwise the wine/grape juice loses its kosher status if a non-Jew even so much as...

By Israelite, I don't mean the political, Mediterranean nation of Israel. I mean the children of Israel; that is, Jacob's children.

It's not as if I don't understand what conversion is. I'm just saying that there seems to be free passage in and out of Judaism. You want in, you get in. You want out, you're out.

"To inherit Zion" -- Well... to be considered a part of the Jewish nation. My point was, it seems like, according to the passages i referenced, that: An Israelite who doesn't follow halacha is cast out. A non-Israelite who follows halacha is taken in.

Someone please correct me if I make any mistakes in the next few paragraphs -- the modern day definition of a Jew is someone with a Jewish mother, or someone who's undergone a long and arduous conversion process. It's also said that a person who is born Jewish is Jewish regardless of whether...

I would say that every field of thought influences my religion. I think of religion as a worldview, so clearly, everything I know (in some way) affects my attitude toward life.

Chava - I'm really not sure why the Nicene Creed seems to define Christianity. A bunch of church leaders from various movements of early Christianity met to agree on what they agreed on in the 300s, and then after that, every other view was considered a heresy. The problem with it is (IMHO)...

I tend to agree with Judaism (and some Christian schools of thought) on this matter. I'm sure you have heard that Heaven is a state of infinite closeness to God, and that hell is a state of being far from God. Genesis 2 says that God made man from dust, and breathed life into his nostrils...

Forgiveness is to have peace.

Hi Jules, I totally remember you from the teen ministry and gals board! I'm in the process of changing my icon, as well -- I would change it to "Unitarian" but since that's associated with Universalism here in the US, I'll have the "Other Church" icon soon. I hope to see you around! But the...

Christianity... in many ways was a large part of how I defined my identity. Now that I'm not sure I can still be considered "Christian," I'm not entirely sure who I am, either. As of now, I believe that Christianity is the religion of Christ -- it is not a religion about Christ. It is about...