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popo · 06-18-2003, 07:49 PM

Here are a couple things I've wondered about wrt Christianity vs. Judaism:

1) According to the old book, when the Messiah came it would lead to world peace, the end of conflict, food for the hungry, etc. While Jesus may have spoken on these topics, it didn't exactly happen. How does Christianity explain this? Now, I'm not a religious person and I believe that both religions are based on fairytales, but it sure does seem like the whole "Second Coming" bit was made up in order to account for Jesus' dying.

2) Why do we hear so much of "the old testament god" who was vengeful as opposed to the "new testament god" who is kind & forgiving? AFAIK, Christians believe that Jesus is the son of the old guy.

I hope I didn't offend anyone by these questions.

06-18-2003, 07:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
popo Psycho	Here are a couple things I've wondered about wrt Christianity vs. Judaism: 1) According to the old book, when the Messiah came it would lead to world peace, the end of conflict, food for the hungry, etc. While Jesus may have spoken on these topics, it didn't exactly happen. How does Christianity explain this? Now, I'm not a religious person and I believe that both religions are based on fairytales, but it sure does seem like the whole "Second Coming" bit was made up in order to account for Jesus' dying. 2) Why do we hear so much of "the old testament god" who was vengeful as opposed to the "new testament god" who is kind & forgiving? AFAIK, Christians believe that Jesus is the son of the old guy. I hope I didn't offend anyone by these questions.