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Originally posted by Grungi:
[QB]jewish religion was originally christians but now its gone a little well for want of a better word, weird... like they are only allowed to marry other jews or its frowned upon not to, that wasnt the case in the long distant past, whats the deal with the beards and the black coats? none of that is a religious thing, its all cultural, jews today are totally different from the original jewish faith, i wonder why it changed, anyone know?
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Grunji, if you ever wonder why people seem to jump all over you in religion discussions....well, this is a prime example of why. Your facts are jumbled and you seem to just be talking without thinking or knowing what it is you are saying. Guess you had a stream of consciousness moment again. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Christianity came LONG after Judaism not the other way around! And only SOME Christians were former Jews, there were plenty of Gentiles who converted as Christianity took hold. [img]smile.gif[/img] As for the comments on clothing and personal hygeine, well, I'm not an expert on Jewish religious or cultural practices so I can't explain the details, but I do know there are reasons for such things. [img]smile.gif[/img] And as for changing....well, societies change and sometimes our perceptions of peoples and cultures and yes, religions, change over the centuries as well.