Sophiee1 wrote:
The key to that quote being that even a sinner can be righteous
Sophiee, it was not my intention to argue this point.  In reply 183, the Professor pointed out that Christians "never specify how one is supposed to show this love for God".  I really only intended to respond to that point. 



ProfBenTziyyon wrote:
I am waiting with bated breath to see how you respond to the question posed by the Administrator in the last paragraph of Reply #189 (if you ever bother to respond to it, which seems rather unlikely considering the contempt you normally treat most questions that are put to you with).
Professor, I am charged with "contempt" quite often here, and I'm not surprised to see that same charge coming from you, but I would like to ask if you can give me a specific example of a question that someone asked me that I treated with contempt.  I am certain it was unintentional, as I do not feel any contempt for anybody here.

In any case, regarding reply #189, I thought my follow-up reply covered the question asked in the last paragraph, but for your sake, I'll reply specifically to that point right now.



UriYosef wrote:
Do you really believe that the God of Israel, the Creator, is so mean-spirited that He would give us a set of commands knowing from the start that they cannot be kept, yet have the audacity to tell us that we are to keep them?
No, I do not believe that.  Your citation of Deuteronomy 30 puts the matter to rest forever.



Arikm7 wrote:
I'm still waiting Mark to answer the questions I also posited to him.
Arikm7, once again, it is not my intention to leave questions unanswered.  However, in your particular case, your posts are so long and polemical in nature (and without physical format breaks to mark the individual points of discussion) that it's very hard to sift through the material and pick out the key points (contrast this with posts made by Uri, Zvi, or the Professor, who are excellent at making one point at a time).  When you do ask questions, they are often very loaded, and they seem very rhetorical.  I mean, I can post a reply to your above questions, but really - do you actually want my answers? 

Okay, fine - here goes...
Arikm7 wrote:
So the REAL question you need to ask yourself is:  When G-d vindicates the Jewish People and His Name and all that was said by Him and observed by Jews throughout milenia is shown to be right, correct, holy, nobel, exalted, pure, everlasting and absolute, what will be YOUR response when the faith that held G-d's truth isn't xianity?
My response would be complete dismay and shock.
Arikm7 wrote:
More pointedly:  What will be your response when the real messiah comes and ushers in the total return to the G-d of Israel and his name and identity is NOT Jeesus? 
Same response as above.



yhayyim wrote:
It's the Roman church that desperately needs to strawman the "perfection" in keeping Torah requirements
If by "Roman church" you are attempting to distinguish Roman Catholicism from other Christian denominations, then I think you're making an interesting point.  But having said that, I must point out that it was not the Roman Catholic church who first expressed this view, but Jesus himself (Matthew 5:38), and then Paul (Romans 3:23).  In any case, the bottom line is that there is a great theological chasm between Judaism and Christianity, and this is just one example.


Note: Forum rules require me to make the following disclaimer.

This post is not Jewish teaching, rather it is Mark's personal opinion as a non-Jew.