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Wendy, even when the Law was handed down at Mt. Sinai, there were people in
the crowd who were not descendants of Abraham. No Jewish tradition or law
says only Abram's descendants can be Jewish. In fact, Torah has many
stipulations about how to treat the non-Jew and conversions happen all the
time. The Jews teach that only the Jews, and converted people, are required
to adhere to the 613 laws of Torah.

After much study, I've come to believe that the reason the man called by
Christians "Jesus" was killed was probably because of Temple politics and
his pronunciation of the Sacred Name.

But Judaism, especially as practiced in the US of A, and Christianity are
nowhere near the same religion.


>Many Christians do see themselves as separate from the Jews, although it
>is the same religion.  Many of the founding Christians were Jews, but many
>were Gentiles, Peter comes to mind.  He was a Gentile.  The Jews certainly
>see themselves as separate from the Christians.  Most still believe that
>only the descendents of Abraham are allowed to worship "their" God, and
>that the word of God is meant only for them.  That is what the "stink" was
>all about over Jesus back when he was alive and why he was killed.  He
>taught the word of God to the Gentiles.  It gets sticker.  Mohammad was a
>Christian and the teachings in the Qur'an are Christ's.  Now they (Jews,
>Christians and Moslems) are like three sibling brothers all fighting over
>their Father's inheritance.
>Wendy