"Charles C." <charles_casey@opt_online.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:11:23 +0000 (UTC), Susan S
> <otoeremovethis@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> >In talk.origins I read this message from "Charles C."
> ><charles_casey@opt_online.net>:
> >
> >[snip]
> >>
> >>Exactly, the Old Testament 613 Mitzvot. No man could keep all of those
> >>laws and if you failed at one you failed at them all and were destined
> >>to go to hell.
> >>
> >Just an aside, but that is not what is required of a Jew, at
> >least not in the sense you suggest. Breaking one of the laws does
> >not sentence one to hell. One obeys the laws because that is
> >required to live a Jewish life on earth, in this life, for this
> >life.
>
> I was interpreting it in the "Christian" viewpoint in light of the New
> Testament Greek ideologies. The majority of Christians don't have a
> clue as to what it is to be Jewish, let alone why they don't consider
> Jesus to have met the "qualifications" of the messiah. I doubt they
> would understand the mindset of Jews and the way they approach the
> law.
> >
> >While the concept of an afterlife does exist for Jews, it does
> >not have the emphasis that it does for Christians.
>
> I have a hard time explaining things in the Christian mindset knowing
> that there are Jews reading it also because I know what they must be
> thinking when they read it. I just hope they understand what I am
> doing and why.
> >
> >Other than that, keep up the good work. Jay and his sock puppet
> >Con are sickening.
> >
> Thank you but I don't know how much more I can take of them. The only
> reason they argue back is so they can claim victory later on and
> "retain" their "status". Hopefully other readers will see what is
> going on.
>
Well, I've given you a very heartfelt reply this evening and I hope you will
approach it in an open frame of mind.
In Love,
Constance Vigilant
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