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[b]Catholicism:[/b] I'll be adding Episcopals into this category because setting aside the Pope thing, I can't tell the difference between them. I LOVE Catholicism. You got the antiquity (although a lot younger than the Coptics), you got incense and chanting in foreign tongues, and the uniforms. Solid hierarchy keeps things good and structured for both the religious services and doctrine. The Mary thing throws me for a loop. Why can't you just stay focused on Jesus, people?! I do like the Papacy since it serves as a nice homage to our long-defunct Head Priest of the Temple. Demerits for the Holy Trinity though. You're either a monotheistic religion or polytheistic. Pick a side!

[b]Messianic Judaism:[/b] The worst.[/quote]

Catholic by birth here. Agnostic now. I love Mary very much and it’s one of my favorite parts of Catholicism. Like you I enjoy long services in a foreign language and I like rituals.

There is a Jews for Jesus temple right around the corner and my Jewish friend always sneers at it. Can you elaborate more as to why it’s the worst? (Believe me I think it’s totally bizarre)[/quote]

DP because they go around claiming to be Jewish when they’re Christian. Nothing wrong with being Christian but it is wrong to misrepresent oneself and one’s beliefs. Pretty much the definition of Christianity is believing that Christ is the savior. You can’t be Jewish and believe that. Yet they try to claim both traditions. Very offensive to most Jews. Our ancestors were persecuted and fought for our beliefs and here’s this group perverting them while claiming to be Jewish. [/quote]

I knew a few Messanic Jews in college. All were from ethnically Jewish families. Is that not the norm?[/quote]
My cousin was Jewish at birth and is now Messianic, so no doubt he’s among others like him. But there’s a big Messianic church in my area in the Midwest, where there are very, very few other Jews, so I doubt their members were Jews from the start.

I agree with what PP said: you can not be Jewish and believe in Jesus as the messiah. Those two things are contradictory. [/quote]

How will you know the messiah if you are waiting for him? If religious Jews are still awaiting a messiah, do they believe he will be a military leader? Do you ever wonder if a non-military leader proclaims himself the messiah, Jews will go “This again?!?” and ignore him? [/quote]

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