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Written by Ralesk at 31 Aug 2002 16:45:13: Re: Interesting fact about Religious Circumcision
As an answer to: Interesting fact about Religious Circumcision written by JH at 31 Aug 2002 14:26:06:
>Another interesting fact is that Jews should no longer feel bound by the covenat of circumcision. When Christ died and arose, he did that also for Jews as their only means for salvation. They can cut off their foreskins and chant all day long, but without Christ as their personal savior, they will lose the right to eternal life with God.
Well, that's a Christian's view on Jews. However, Jews don't accept the new testament, the new covenant with God, and furthermore, that Jesus was the Messiah. Simple as that, their god (the same god, interestingly), has a covenant, say, a "contract", which happens to have been redone by Christians, as they have signed a new "contract". Understandable?
It is sad, that the old covenant, a written-in-Bible *contract* between God and man, includes ritual mutilation of children's genitals, but their faith and religion is not less true and since THAT religion has only the Old Testament as base, they should nto be expected to feel less rightful to have their eternal life with God.If I wanted to start a new religion for whatever reasons, and appended a Third Testament to the Bible, in which man and God signed yet another contract with whatever content, disregarding the two old covenants; the believers of this religion should be expected to bind themselves to the third covenant, and those who remained Christians or Jewish, should NOT be expected to feel their religion less true, because it is the religion they follow what is THE true view on world for them. Say I had another Messiah, obviously no Christian (who didn't follow of course) would accept it, but only say, "yea that guy/girl was just a poor kid, what are you talking about?".
Hope I'm understandable.
PS: No I'm not defending the religions from the United Nations Children Rights. I'm defending the value of religions in the believers' eyes. People believe if that is true in their eyes. They convert if they find something that is more of their likes. If I was Christian -- well I'm baptised but that doesn't count that much --, and I found Buddhism a lot more appealing, I would kick God and Jesus in the butt and invite Buddha and his views on the world, into my heart. Same goes in the opposite direction.
Thanks for listening.