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["Wendy" <crazygardens AT nationi.net>]

Wendy said:
There was even some disagreement among the apostils concerning who must
follow the laws of the Old Testament.  Peter taught that all, Jews and
Christians alike, were to follow the old laws.  Paul taught that only the
Jews were required to adhere.  He even disagreed on the need to circumcise
those who were not born Jewish.

Response:
True. But they were not prohibited from worshipping as you originally said.

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Christians (i.e. non-proselyte) were beaten, stoned, imprisoned and slain 
for worshipping.  Some must have felt they shouldn't be doing that.

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Wendy:
>  Jesus was killed to keep the peace.  He had committed no secular crimes,
>which is why he was bounced around to the various jurisdictions.  He had
>only offended the Jewish Church.

Response:
As I said, political.
Politics within the leadership of the Hebrews, called in the NT the 
Sanhedrin.
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  The apostils had the same problem.  I suppose one can call it just 
politics.  I am glad that we have more of a separation of church and state 
here.


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Wendy asked:
>  Please explain "pronunciation of the Sacred Name".

Response:
The Creator made himself known to man by his familiar name. It can be seen
many times in Tanakh in Hebrew and is transliterated into English in many
personal names of prophets such as Isaiah. The word in English written
Hallelujah contains the Sacred Name. The Rabbinic Jews require that this
name not be pronounced for fear of thereby breaking the commandment which
says we are not to profane the name. The man the Christians call Jesus,
whose Hebrew name contains the Sacred Name, used it out loud in public.
There is evidence in the NT that this is the reason he was executed.

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Would you know where?

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Wendy said:
>  Religious practices are very different even among the many Christian
>sects.  Expression of doctrine usually deviates from written scripture.
>It seems that people must add their own do's and don'ts.  But they all
>pray to the same God.

Response:
Not necessarily true. Many Christians pray to their god, Jesus; many more
end their prayers with a little formula which invokes the names of three
gods, all of which the Jews completely reject.

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Even though Jesus taught us to pray directly to God our Father, many 
Christians do pray to Jesus.  There are several reasons for this.  Some 
Christian sects teach that Jesus was the earthly incarnation of God, 
therefore a prayer addressed to Jesus is the same as a prayer to God our 
Father.  Some Christians feel unworthy to pray directly to God, so they ask 
Jesus to intercede on their behalf.  Then there is the concept of the 
Trinity, which is what I believe you are referring to above: the Father, Son 
and Holy Ghost.  I will be honest here.  Even though I was raised in a 
church which taught the Trinity, I have never totally grasped the concept of 
the three entities in one.  But, never the less,  those who invoke the 
Trinity in their prayers are still praying to the same God as the Jews. 
Their words may be strange, but their hearts still seek the same God.

Wendy