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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Messianic Judaism is often presented as an ethnic church for Jews–somewhat like a Korean or Chinese church, but with outreach specific to Jews. However,  most experts estimate that in most Messianic Jewish congregations only about half the members were born Jews."
More about Messianic "Judaism" here for anyone who wants to learn more: [url]https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/messianic-judaism/[/url][/quote]

Half is a lot. Jews are understandably touchy about conversion pressures, but the criticism of messianic Jews is just mean. They are a tiny group - who cares if you think it’s kooky. They’re not coming for you en masse. And if a Jew wants to join them, or outright convert to Christianity, that’s their choice.[/quote]
The criticism of Messianic Jews is based on the fact that they call themselves Jews when they are practicing Christianity with Jewish trappings. They are dishonest and it's not "mean" to call that out. I don't particularly care if a Jew wants to convert to Christianity, but please don't pretend to still be practicing Judaism.

I haven't met very many Messianic Jews (thankfully), but the ones I [i]have[/i] met (whether born Jewish or not) have presented themselves as Jews, only to later start talking about Jesus. For example, a friend of mine unknowingly invited a Messianic "Jew" to Shabbat dinner and at dinner he started talking to her and her other guests about "Yeshua" (Jesus) at which time she pointedly asked him to leave.

I used to attend a Torah Study class where one of the regular participants was Messianic. He was at least up front about the fact that he was born and raised Christian and had migrated to Messianic Judaism for the "authenticity" of the Old Testament. I was more or less fine with him. He never pretended to be Jewish. And aside from the fact that he went to a Messianic Jewish congregation, he never described himself as a Messianic Jew. I think he used the phrase "Old Testament Christian" or something along those lines.[/quote]

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