what is the difference between being a christian or being Jewish?
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Judaism does not accept that Jesus was the son of god or the Messiah. They do not accept the New Testament as the word of God. \n\nThere have been and are Christian Jews most notably Jesus himself, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and the 12 Apostles. Christianity began as a Jewish sect.
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A Christian is one who follows Christ. Catholics are Christians but not all Christians are Catholic. A Christian can be Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, etc.
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no, all christians donot have jewish roots. the christian faith does. jesus was born jewish and raised jewish  and had followers from the jewish faith.   basically,  christians have converts from the begining and some were jewish and some were pagan and there are and where others.
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The Messianic Jews meld Christian theology with Jewish traditions. They consider themselves Jews who believe in Jesus Christ but mainstream Jewish denominations do not consider them such.\n\nThey attend church on Saturday, the seventh day of the fourth commandment, and they meet in synagogues.
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Yes a follower of Christ is a Christian... please get to the point... Jews do not follow Christ, they cannot be called Christians. Muslims believe in Jesus but not that He is the Christ so they are not Christ followers. Im not yelling at you but cant you see why we cant come together and say "we're all christians" because we are not and Jews and Muslims will never say they are.
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no\nthere are three distinctions.  jews, gentiles, and the church (christians)\njews- physical desendents of abraham\nchurch- believers on Jesus as God\ngentiles (or nations)- everyone else
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The Fundemental differences are only slight.\n\nJews, in theory, still obey the law of Moses... most don't and there are hundreds of diferent types of jew.  They are awaiting a messiah to recommence the kingdom of david on Earth.\n\nChristians believe this messiah has been and gone and was called Jesus - who was God, or the son of God.  As such, unlike jews, Christians believe in an afterlife in the here and now. As in, you go straight to heaven when dead. They believe he brought a new covenant and was not only a Jewish messiah, but for all people.\n\nMuslims believe that Jesus was a Messiah, but not God. They believe in an Afterlife in the here and now, but believe that Muhammad was the last of the prophets.  he was needed because Jews and Christians allowed their holy texts to be altered, and a new unchangable text was needed - the Quran. (Koran). They also believe that the best way to live a life is to follow the example, or sunnah, of any prophet, but especially that of Muhammad - the seal of the prophets.
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I'm not a Messianic Jew (not jewish at all), but I think this is a false delineation -- Christianity and Messianic Jews agree on the divinity and purpose of Christ.\n\nIt's just that Judiasm is not just a "religion" but also a culture -- and a very rich one at that.\n\nBy becoming "Christian," Messianic Jews run the risk of rejection from the mainstream Jewish culture, but they still want to preserve the rich heritage that belongs to them -- and since they were brought up in that Jewish heritage, they have an approach and background to God that a non-Jewish Christian does not have. \n\nThey have some really interesting insight that the mainstream Christian church does not have. (After all, Jesus was Jewish and grew up in a Jewish culture, and the Old and New Testaments are best understood from that angle -- whereas modern Christians have very little understanding of the Jewish context of Jesus' life.)\n\nIt's probably FAR too simple to view them as a "denomination;" but I am saying that it's not really that Messianic Jews and Christians differ in basic belief about Jesus, but rather in how their faith is practiced and what knowledge and history they bring to the table.
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I'm Jewish and I love being Jewish. It is a way of life - it defines your purpose in life. I don't know how non-Jewish people survive with the hardships from this day and age. I love it and I'm glad that i was born Jewish!!
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Yeah, they actually do, as well as Christians. The only difference is that Muslims refer to God as Allah, which is Islamic for god, and the Jews call him Jehovah, which is Hebrew for god. Some Christians who live in the Middle East even refer to God as Allah, because that's His name in their language.
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Christians are not being guilt tripped by Jews, they are being guilt tripped by their own Christianity.\n\nSo, the remedy is for everyone to renounce Christianity and convert to Judaism!
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WELL I AM JEWISH AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A GOD BUT FOR THE CHRISTIANS BELIEF ON JESUS.. WELL I DO NOT HAVE A CLUE
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I'm not quite sure I understand the question.  As a Jew I am not anti-Christianity. (not even sure what anti-Christianity would mean).  I believe differently than Christians, but I can respectfully agree to disagree. I also disagree with Muslim beliefs.  In fact I even disagree with some Jewish people's beliefs!  (such as reform, reconstructionists, etc.)  \nIn short I'm not anti anybody except evil people like Hitler, Bin Laden, and so on, (if you could even call them people)...
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People of the Jewish faith do not adopt the New Testament as truth, because they don't believe that Christ was the Messiah promised to deliver them. Christianity came into existence out of Judaism, because they believe that Christ is the Messiah to fulfill all the Old Testament prophecies. Hence is why Christians and Jews look at the Old Testament with differing translations. Because Jews take it leterally, whereas, Christians look at the Old Testament with a Christological hermenuetic, that is, through the lense of Christ. Also, Christianity began as a sect branching off from Judaism, because it fulfilled Jewish prophecies, but became its own religion because it was evident that the seperation in belief was great. Hopefully this clarifies the differences.
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Judaism as it points directly to the coming of Jesus Christ.  I'm Christian.\n\npeace
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I am not sure if you are saying that you are Jewish and you are trying to understand for yourself what that means.  Or if you are asking generally what it means when a person considers themself Jewish.  \n\nIf your mother is Jewish and her mother was Jewish, etc. all the way to Biblical times then you are by definition Jewish.  To research this more for yourself, these websites are good. http://www.aish.com and http://www.chabad.org\n\nIf you were asking in general what makes a person Jewish, usually they are born into it but there are also many converts.  Within Judaism there is a whole range and spectrum of beliefs.  But generally we believe in the Torah given to us by G-d over 3300 years ago, and is our guide for life now and forever. (Torah is what Christians refer to as the Old Testament).  Judaism also involves many customs and traditions.\n\nI hope this answered your question.  \nFeel free to e-mail for more info.
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They were Jewish. \n\nAlso Christians are not a sect of Judaism and we actually have very little in common.