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Old 10-12-2005, 08:26 PM
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Plus, what do you mean by "inclusive." As in, they except more people?
This is one of those things I hate to point out because it usually automatically makes one an antisemite to point it out but: Judaism is on paper racist, or at least ethnocentric. Jews are the chosen people and the rest of us are Gentiles. I do not necessarily feel comfortable in the awkward position of being around a guy talking about how rotten and evil the "gentiles" are and how it will be for the best when the "gentiles" are all put in their place, when I am one of those "gentiles". I acknowledge not all Jews are like that, but if they are it is justified by the faith of Judaism. Christians on the other hand are supposed to be out to save all people (as annoying as this might be) and consider all people to be God's people (at least potentially). The other reason I like Christianity better is because it focuses on spiritual guidelines rather than strict laws (since we are talking about the faiths and not the individuals). It focuses on love rather than on rules.
I'd rather deal with Christians who annoy the living hell out of me because they fear for my soul than around people who consider me a lesser being, someone God doesn't care about. Now, granted, most Jews I've met tend to be rather thoughtful of "gentiles" and don't seem to consider us lesser hominids and some Christians don't believe they should raise a finger to help a non-Christian. But if we are looking at the faith as opposed to the people, yes, all of us "gentiles" are a lesser race deserving of God's wrath and nothing else. There are no Good Samaritans in the Old Testament.

Personally I think the Eastern religions are better than either of them. But when it really comes down to it, who cares. Either a person is nice or a person is a p***k.

And granted, I know absolutely nothing about the Q'ballah (even how to spell it off the top of my head). So maybe it's different.
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