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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you believe in the Old Testament?
if you do then its fine......If you do not believe then I dont know why you would celebrate it.[/quote]

Requiring strict adherence to the Old Testament as the threshold for conversion is a bar that 99% of modern Jews wouldn't clear, certainly outside of ultra-orthodoxy. Even among those who strictly observe the Sabbath, you don't see them going around murdering people who don't (commanded in Numbers), or killing those who try to convert people to other religions (commanded in Deuteronomy).

I mean, what does it mean to "believe in" the Old Testament when the first two chapters of Genesis aren't even consistent with their creation narratives?

OP, I think the responses to this thread are probably instructive to you in their divergence. I think what you see is not a lot of "offense" about wanting to explore Judaism, some questioning why you'd do it or whether it's right for you, some occasional criticism that you're cherry-picking the "fun parts," etc. But no one really thinks it's "not okay" for you to explore. I personally think the first step for you is to learn about it in a deep way. Not just trying out the actions on the holidays, but really study the Hebrew bible (which you can do on your own through good translations and commentary, even "academic" commentary), and see whether it speaks to you. If the text doesn't speak to you at least on some level, it is probably hard to go much further in practicing the religion.[/quote]

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