05-10-2008, 04:44 PM
Since you find it offensive, I will not use the term Xian in your presence. I am sorry that it caused offense.
I have fully converted according to the mitswoth of the Torah and the halacha of Rav Yeshu'ah ben Yoseph. Please realize that the Rabbanite standard is not the only standard of Judaism. There are also Karaite, Essene, Falasha, Samaritan, and N'tsari standards. I converted fully to Judaism according to the latter standard.
If I remain a Gentile, then I have no hope, since the Mashiakh said "I came not but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel." To join oneself to the Messiah he must join the commonwealth of Israel. He cannot remain a Gentile. He must convert.
That is not true. I know people who have made full Orthodox conversions without ever being required to deny Yeshu'ah. I am not saying that it is a good idea to convert to Orthodoxy. I think it is a very bad idea. But it is not true that one must necessarily deny Yeshu'ah. Often the Beyth Din simply doesn't ask.
Shabbath Shalom,
Dawid
I have fully converted according to the mitswoth of the Torah and the halacha of Rav Yeshu'ah ben Yoseph. Please realize that the Rabbanite standard is not the only standard of Judaism. There are also Karaite, Essene, Falasha, Samaritan, and N'tsari standards. I converted fully to Judaism according to the latter standard.
If I remain a Gentile, then I have no hope, since the Mashiakh said "I came not but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel." To join oneself to the Messiah he must join the commonwealth of Israel. He cannot remain a Gentile. He must convert.
That is not true. I know people who have made full Orthodox conversions without ever being required to deny Yeshu'ah. I am not saying that it is a good idea to convert to Orthodoxy. I think it is a very bad idea. But it is not true that one must necessarily deny Yeshu'ah. Often the Beyth Din simply doesn't ask.
Shabbath Shalom,
Dawid