if the word christian, wasnt used till after jesus the jews death, when did jesus convert to christianity??
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he didn't, christianity was named after him, but he was always jewish.
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Christianity of 200 years ago was propagated by preaching, not by the sword. Christians don't cut your head off if you refuse to become Christian.
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Did Jesus give up Saturday for us?\nJesus? Christianity? .\n\nYour opinions only, no parroting or C&P from a Bible.\n\n\nIf Jesus died, he could NOT have been God.\nGods do not die? Do they?\n\nIf Jesus 'died' on Friday and 'undied' on Sunday, what else besides Saturday was sacrificed? \n\nIf Jesus died for our sins, he should be dead,dead, dead!
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The word Christian means -Christ like, nothing more or less, so if you stop being Christ like (keeping gods laws and statues)then your no longer a Christian. You must keep it up as long as Christ did to be exactly like him.(CHRISTIAN) DID JESUS TAKE A BREAK IN BEING RIGHTEOUS?
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Jesus was not killed by the Jews. He gave His life willingly as a sacrifice for sin. This was prophesied and fufilled. The Jews rejected their Messiah, yes. But this was also prophesied to happen. The Jews will be redeamed and saved in the end. This is also prophesied and illustrated in Romans. It is very important that you read 17 verses further...\n\nRomans 11:25\nFor I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.\n\nOnce the number of gentiles is come in, God will remove the blinders from Israel.\n___________________________\nSorry, I always want to make that point regarding who killed Jesus. Just want to get it straight. ;)\n\nAs to your detail, Christians should NEVER ignore the Jewish people. They should take great interest in, for example, their Seders. I even did an interesting study on it. http://tinyurl.com/nchkw\nI have always been a proSemitic. I also designed the Holyland Virtual Tour CD. I have been to Israel 3 times (working on 4) and always encourage people to tour there. You will learn so much about the Jewish people there without media bias to poison what you see. I encourage my kids to bless the Jewish people whenever they can. The Jewish people have come to realize they have only one true friend who has stood by them through thick and thin... the evangelical Christian. It perplexes them, but they appreciate it with tears. And I appreciate them and all of the incredible benefits they have developed for our world in medicine, technology and agriculture. Too many benefits to list here.
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As pointed out by above answers Jews do not claim they crucified Jesus. Even if some jews are involved it would not for a just God to send all jews to hell, for the crime some did. From a christain point of view those who crucified Jesus, did something which resulted in whole christians go into heaven.(I am not christian and do not believe in this)
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Well, because Jesus isn't God himself.  Though that certainly is a very hard question, one that many have pondered over.  This was awful, why weren't more saved?  And it wasn't just Jews that died in the concentration camps, it was also people who were disabled or coloured, or basically not liked that weren't "aryan".  The Jews are the "chosen ones" and Jesus himself was a Jew.  So the only thing I can say would be there must have been some awfully huge cosmic lesson needed to mankind for God to not intervene sooner.  Or maybe he did, but just in smaller ways.
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Yes, Jesus was Jewish until He fulfilled the Old Law and brought in the New Law, which we call Christianity because we accepted Him as the Christ. The New Law allows us to eat pork, which was formerly forbidden.\nMy family happens to eat Tamales for Christmas. Yum! Our ancestors were from Castile, Spain, so that is our tradition.
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They were Jews. The term Christians didn't come about until the pagans in the city of Antioch coined it as a derogatory term for those religious people who acted like they were "little Christs" which is the meaning of that term.\n\n"So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.  Acts 11:25-26
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Christianity is like Judaism plus some extras.  Plus, Christians believe that after Christ came, the traditional Jewish law of sacrifices and certain other laws were no longer needed; they served a purpose, but Christ fulfilled that purpose once and for all (to atone for sins).  So there are parts of it that Christians also accept and believe, like the 10 commandments and the one God, but they also believe in the divinity of Jesus and his death and resurrection as the ultimate sacrifice.
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How could he like Christianity - a religion that glorified the life of a Jew - Jesus.  But he was against anything that did not support his National Socialism.  He didn't kill Jews - however, just because of their religion - he saw Jews as more than just a religion - but also a race of beings.
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Historically, the early Christians thought of themselves as Jews who also followed the teachings of Jesus.  Later people became Christians who did not want to also be Jews and in time the leadership of the early church decreed that new converts did not have to follow Jewish custom.  This caused controversy and the church began to distance itself from Judaism.  In time Christians began to resent Jews who wouldn't accept that Jesus was the Messiah and the way to salvation.  They began to use Jews as scapegoats for all that was wrong.  The especially blamed the Jews for the crucifixion and used this as a pretext for all sorts of persecutions.  As the church became more Roman in character this scapegoating was particularly important because after all crucifixion was a Roman form of execution.  After Constantine proclaimed that Christianity was the official religion of the Roman Empire, the emperors strove to suppress all other religions.  They were fairly successful in eliminating the worship of the old Roman gods as well as various other religions popular at the time but the Jews persisted.  By this time most of them had been driven from their home land for even before the empire became Christian the Jews had resisted Roman rule in part because like the Christians they wouldn't worship the Roman gods.\n\nBy the time the Roman empire collapsed and the middle ages began, persecuting Jews was a cultural habit.  It is always convenient for the people in power to have one group to pick on and blame for their own failings.  In largely Christian Europe the non-conforming Jews filled that bill. Whenever there was a disaster or a plague, the authorities could blames the Jews.  Generations of people grew up believing that Jews were to be hated just because their parents did. Much later Hitler came to power by playing up this ingrained hatred and making the people believe that everything wrong with Germany was the fault of the Jews.  Even today various groups stir up hate for Jews (and other minorities) to advance their own political agendas.  Since they usually have nothing positive to offer they instead try to gain adherents by giving them someone to hate and fear and thus to organize against.
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The word "Christian" has adopted a very broad meaning.  Christians in the Bible were actual DISCIPLES of Christ.  Acts 11:26 says, "...And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch."  Luke 14:26-27 tells what the requirements for a disciple are.  The term CHRISTIAN means a follower of Christ.  You can be SAVED, but not a disciple.  You can be a CHRISTIAN, but not saved.  Being a follower of Christ does not save you.  Judas Iscariot was a disciple of Christ.  He did not go to heaven. (Acts 1:25) A scriptural CHRISTIAN is one who puts the LORD JESUS CHRIST before all other aspects of their life and does His will and not their own.  Believing in God does not SAVE you but believing ON the Lord Jesus Christ as YOUR Saviour does. (Romans 10:9-14)\nIf you would like more detailed info, e-mail me at ISFTB@yahoo.com
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Jesus died because he was murdered.. our "sins" had nothing to do with it, the christian faith has imposed that little sentiment.\n\nJesus was just a man with a strong conviction.
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http://www.jewsforjesus.org/\nHere is a website that may answer your questions.\n\nBut I am Jewish and the term Jews for Jesus is a contradiction in terms,,,,,,Jews don't believe that Jesus is the savior, just that he is a man who is Jewish.  We call them Christians.
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Historically, yes Jesus spread a message of love and peace, whether it was of god's love is debatable (I know I probably pissing of a lot of Christians right now, but I really don't care). Jesus never wanted to be "the son of god" or "a messiah" all he wanted to do was spread love, peace and goodness to those he knew; so what happened to him? He was crucified. What the hell kind of message is that? If I were a Christian I would be ashamed to believe in a religion where being peaceful and spreading love ended in death; and if Jesus could actually see how Christians have misinterpreted his intentions than I'm sure he would hang his head in shame as well.
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This question has been asked many times over the centuries. There are some who believe that Christ was pointing the way to a greater knowledge of God, not to Himself as the Savior of mankind. Some Christians have converted to Judaism after having pondered this point.