thread: 2007-01-10 : Some questions about worship
On 2007-01-16, Charles S wrote:
Oddly enough, the exercise of categorizing religions is taken very seriously by the Baha'i. I've read long arguments between Baha'i practitioners and Mormons over whether Joseph Smith was a prophet (Baha'is categorize him as a minor teacher).
NinJ, agreed on the Judeo-Christian thing, although I think there is the other use of it where Christians start talking about Judeo-Christian belief when they want to pick and choose bits of Leviticus because Jesus forgot to say anything hateful about gays (no one here is doing that, but it always seems that when homophobic Christians want to talk about how God hates gays, they start talking about their Judeo-Christian traditions).
And Sydney, where are you getting the idea that the mainstream of Judaism believes in the idea of judgment of good and evil at or after death? I'm pretty sure you are wrong on that, where ever you are getting it from. That Christians read the Old Testament to support the idea of judgment of the eternal soul does not mean that Jews read the Torah in the same manner.
Sorry to just kind of jump in out of nowhere way down in the discussion.
