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Not my scripture, but if, when you ask if a specific race makes up the 144,000, you are referring to Jews, I have to tell you, Jews are not a race.

@spiritualbee - Witches and Jews? I want you to do whatever it is necessary for you to write a coherent English sentence so that when you explain exactly what it is you are saying I will have no problem in determining whether what you are saying warrants a response from me.

I appreciate that English is not your native language, but your English writing skills are such that I find it extremely difficult to follow what you are trying to say. To the extent I think I understand what you are saying, as a Jew I do not agree that in politics we need specfically Christian...

@Rxlx - I wouldn't go a room and unpack my suitcase just yet. You have joined an interfaith forum. I'm not quite sure you understand that and I'm not sure you understand that there are rules for how one conducts oneself when participating on the forum. I'm neither an administrator nor a...

Tonight is erev Sukkot, the first night of the festival.

This month will mark 15 years since the night a massive piece of plaque came undone in an artery which caused an immediate 98% blockage in that artery. I was alone in the synagogue when that happened. Since that time I too have had to modify my fasting practice, although I have not totally...

@otherbrother - Was there a response somewhere on the forum that I missed.?

Please do not mistake the “Complete Jewish Bible” as being the Jewish version of anything. The only good thing I can say about it is that most Jews are totally unaware of its existence.

Another year reaches its conclusion. A new year begins. May we know peace. May it be a year for good, not evil, for hope and not despair,

Think of it as a synonym for "hush".

All of us have complex legacies. The fact that Rabbi Friedman wrote something utterly abhorrent does not mean that everything else he has written or said is baseless. However, for me what he wrote, 15 years ago, was so toxic that I won't touch his other works. I had forgotten how great the furor...

I am familiar with the rabbi. I read something he wrote years ago that so was so horrid that I haven't had the stomach to watch, read or listen to anything from him since. I've been looking for my copy of the magazine, it's several years old, with the piece because I want to quote him exactly...

Maybe we could find someone else. I'll try to think of someone...

I don’t want to ignite any contentious interchanges, but I would point out that the JW movement believes it is the only faith group that that can legitimately call itself and its members Christians. They refer to the religion of others who identify as Christians as Churchianity.

Putting aside discussions among scholars as to meaning, the meaning of the name as given in Genesis is different.

Are you identifying yourself as a Jehovah’s Witnesses member or simply saying, as an outsider, that the JWs represent the true expression of Christianity?

@OupaPiet - Apparently your knowledge of ancient Buddhist writing is very limited. Not that I’m surprised. Otherwise you would not have posed the question you did in your post.

Judaism does not posit a need for salvation, at least not in the sense nor the reason, I suspect, you mean it. Nor, given that there is no one view within Judaism regarding an afterlife, can I agree with the second part of your post. I do, however, appreciate your responding.

You must have given the matter some thought. Why do you figure that would be so?

As a sweeping statement Judaism would disagree.