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I thought we should have a disscussion about this because it'll be interesting. Do you think politcal correctness is okay to an extent? Here I present an example...
Thomas the tank engine. No laughing, but around 2006 they completely dropped the word Christmas and started a new "politically correct" approach. As in drop the word Christmas and keep all of the holiday's other aspects. Still Christmas trees. Still carols. Still presents. Still old St Nick. They just replaced the word Xmas (my arm is tired) with "winter holidays".
1) I think this is kinda demeaning, to Christians and to Jews and Muslims, because it is obviously Xmas, which makes it look like the HiT company thinks Jews and Muslims are stupid enough to not realize that it is Xmas they are talking about.
2) As a 12 year old with an affinity for Thomas, I could rant for hours and not shut up, which I'll skip thanks.
What do you think on the entire subject? And Admins can get in on the talk too!
Peace, love, and the winter holidays (NO)
Ronan
submitted by Ronan
(November 6, 2016 - 5:03 pm)
(November 6, 2016 - 5:03 pm)
I like it! My Hebrew name is Tzipora, which means bird!
(November 10, 2016 - 11:53 am)
That's really pretty! :)
(November 10, 2016 - 6:54 pm)
No, Christians haven't actually ever "changed" to a similar god over time. No, I'm not making this up. I have done the research, and I know what I'm talking about.
If you read the the Bible and the Torah (like you said you have, and I as well), then you will realize that the Jewish religion has changed. It was very different by the time that The New Testemant took place, vs Old Testemant/Torah.
We try to convert people, because that's what Jesus tells us to do. "Go, and make disciples of all nations"
(November 10, 2016 - 2:38 pm)
Cho Chang - I think you are referring to Jewish Mysticism, which is completely different from Reformed Judaism or even Orthodox. Like Christianity, there are many branches of Judaism, so I don't think it's fair or even possible to make assumptions about one's faith just because they are under a greater branch of a religion. :)
And I didn't know that about converting! That's really interesting that it's because of something Jesus said. Okay. Well, thank you - I've been curious about that for a while :D.
(November 10, 2016 - 7:00 pm)
Hm, I might be! I knew that there are different branches, but I don't really know about the differences! Could you explain?
(Also, I'm glad to have answered a lingering question of yours!)
(November 11, 2016 - 8:45 am)
Do Jews still believe in the Spirit of God?
(November 11, 2016 - 9:04 am)
Jews believe in and pray to God, yes, but to different degrees. Reformed Jews (that's what I am) believe that God is not a person in specific, but a being or a feeling. We pray to God and hail God as our "Savior" from Egypt and our one true leader, but we don't pray every instant of the day. Orthodox Jews are WAY more conservative, so they wear specific clothing, observe Shabbat (so don't use electricity on Friday night and Saturday, go to services, etc), only eat Kosher food (which was started to be more respectful and mindful of animal life) and observe all Jewish holidays, of which there are literally hundreds. They pray a few times a day and wear specific clothing for that, too. They also go to Synagogues or Temples much more often than Reformed Jews, who usually only go on Rosh Hashanah. Reformed Jews are also a lot more progressive, especially when it comes to women. But you can also go somewhere in between. My Rabbi (that's like a priest), for example, observes all the Jewish holidays, always wears a Yamaca (that's the hat-like thing male Jews wear), and other stuff like that. But even though he observes Shabbat, he uses electricity, because he believes you shouldn't consider Commandments (like observing Shabbat) as a rule, more as something you do for fun, so you shouldn't have it limit you. He's also super progressive, unlike some Orthodox Jews, who are more old-fashioned. Most of my relatives are Orthodox, so they all have Bat or Bar Mitzvahs and do everything else I just explained above. I'm sort of in between, since I observe Shabbat, go to Jewish school, pray to God, and am currently studying for my Bat Mitzvah, but, like my Rabbi, my family doesn't want a religion to limit us. Most Orthodox Jews also know Hebrew or Yiddish (to an extent).
Mysticism is a very ancient branch of Judaism that hardly anyone practices anymore, so I don't know too much about it. I'm pretty sure it's more involved with respecting life and plants and animals, and stuff like that (?)
Hope that explains everything for you, Cho Chang :).
(November 12, 2016 - 3:26 pm)
But to sum it up, I think the biggest difference between Judaism and Christianity is Jesus. We believe the Son of God is Elijah, and that he still hasn't come yet (that's why we set out an extra place for him every Passover and leave the doors open), whereas Christians believe the Son of God is Jesus.
(November 12, 2016 - 3:29 pm)
Okay. I think I get that part now. Thanks!
(November 14, 2016 - 1:09 pm)
Yes, Applejaguar, that's true, but I'm only allowed to say it that way when praying. I went to a pretty religious school, so it seems natural to me to call God Hashem. It's what I've always called Him. Actually, sometimes when talking or writing about God I accidentaly write Hashem instead. Then nobody knows what I'm talking about and I have to go explain myself.
(November 9, 2016 - 8:41 pm)
Oh, thanks. Since I'm not very religious, I only talk about God in prayers on the Jewish Holidays.
(November 13, 2016 - 8:43 am)
I knew that how to pronounce it, but I didn't realize you couldn't call him by his name ... Then again, he has many names. I read an interesting book for schoolwork about the names he has.
Has anyone here ever tried learning about another religion and seeing what parts make sense, and which don't?
(November 9, 2016 - 3:34 pm)
Well, this looked like an interesting conversation on religion, so I just thought I'd drop by and share what Muslims believe about Jesus. =)
You were correct, Cho, on the point that we believe Jesus isn't God. In fact, it is a very great sin in Islam to believe that a human is God, or that any of the prophets were God. We believe that God is one almighty person, and we can't associate anyone else with Him. On Jesus, we believe that we was indeed the Messiah, and that he came before Muhammad. We don't believe that he died on the cross, though. Our belief is that God replaced him with another man, and he was raised to the heavens where he is still alive, and he will return to defeat the Antichrist.
So yeah, I just thought that this was a very enlightening discussion, and wanted to add my own two cents to it. =)
(November 9, 2016 - 12:39 pm)
About that, thinking that a human can be God.
You're right, it is sinful to think that a human can be God. But Christians believe that Jesus is both God and man at the same time.
Born of the Virgin Mary and concieved by the Holy Spirit. However, Jesus wasn't just created at that time. He was still with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit in the beginning.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
In this verse, the phrase, "the Word" means Jesus. Jesus was there in the beginning.
So, what I'm saying is, you're right. We can't associate any human with God. However, Jesus is both true God and true man, so of course we can associate him with God, because he is God.
:)
Thank you for joining the discussion, too, Cayke! I think we needed someone who is actually Muslim to step in so we wouldn't make a mess of your and other Muslim's views.
(November 11, 2016 - 9:03 am)
No problem, Cho! I'm glad to have been able to join this discussion, I think all these religious point of views are very enlightening, and they help me to understand how people of other religions think and what exactly they believe. Thanks for clarifying what you believe about Jesus! =) If anyone has any questions about what Muslims believe, or why do do certain things, I'm always here and glad to answer! =)
(November 14, 2016 - 12:34 pm)