In talk.origins I read this message from
branchofjesse@hotmail.com (Jerzy Jakubowski):
>The voice of the turtle was heard in the land, when
>"\"Rev Dr\" Lenny Flank" <lflank_nospam@ij.net> wrote in message news:<403e8884$1_4@corp.newsgroups.com>...
>> Uncle Davey wrote:
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>> >>
>> >>So what's the point in their converting, Davey. Jews are Jews, right?
>> >>So what difference does it make if they convert to Christianity. Why
>> >>bother.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > Because being Jewish on its own doesn't bring sonship to God, or salvation,
>> > according to Evangelical Christian Theology.
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>> So how does converting to Christianity and still being Jewish help, Davey.
>>
>> What's the difference between Jews and Jews.
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>>
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>Being a Christian means that you trust Christ for your salvation.
>You don't stop being part of the Jewish nation. Jews who don't yet
>trust Christ are trusting something else for their salvation, probably
>works, and works don't work. They are like the kids of Christians who
>are not yet converted, they have a blessing via their parentage, but
>do not yet know personal salvation. They need to know Christ, who,
>being a Jew himself, will not make them one iota less Jewish than they
>were before they knew him.
>
Wrong, not true, and not even close. Christians are not part of
Judaism. We don't accept them as Jews and don't want them unless
they choose to convert, and even then we don't make it easy. We
reject your Christ as messiah; ours doesn't have to die to do his
thing. We are not your children, in a way we are more like your
parents.
I suspect Jesus would be horrified by what Christians have done
in his name.
I also predict Uncle will reply with some nasty misogynist
remark. If I am wrong, it is because he can't stand for me to be
right.
[snip]
Susan Silberstein
"Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask..."
-REM, "Man on the Moon"
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