Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!aecom!berger From: berger@aecom.UUCP (Mitchell Berger) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Jews, Christians, and Mormons Message-ID: <1537@aecom.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-May-85 11:55:33 EDT Article-I.D.: aecom.1537 Posted: Tue May 7 11:55:33 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 9-May-85 00:19:05 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Yeshiva University Lines: 34 I've been watching the recent attacks on the Mormon faith. I don't understand one thing... What's the difference between what the Christians did the the OT, and what the Mormons did to the NT? Ken, there *are* contradictions between the OT and the NT. Where does it say that Gd has a son (other than Adam)? Where does it say that I must believe in this son in order to be "saved"? Where does it use the phrase "salvation" altogether? Where does it refer to a second coming, or a first one that did not succeed in unifying the Jews and bringing peace to the world? Where does it say that we will all burn in hell for sins someone else committed? Where does it refer to a Gd who is not "One and there is no oneness like his" (Morning Service)? What happened to all the commandments written in the OT? Do you burn fires on the Sabbath? Do you eat pork? Do you wear tzitzit on all four cornered garments? What about "thou shalt not stray from what your elders teach you, neither right nor left"? Do Christians deny the fact that all the elders of the time denied the Jesus was the Messiah? What about Passover, Shavuoth, and Succoth? The lunar calendar? etc. etc. etc.... I now expect you to present me with some argument stating that I'm now better, for I don't sacrifice animals in the temple. 1- We are discussing Christianity's claims, not modern Jewry's. 2- If we would know where on the temple mount to build it, and it were built, I would be there in 28 days for Shavuot. Similarly, may tzitzith aren't colored with t'cheleth, for I have no idea what t'cheleth is. If you can identify it, I'll provide the thread. And so on... I would say therefor Ken, that you are in no position to throw stones at the Mormons, until you can prove to me that you don't live in a glass house. -- Micha Berger 2525 Amsterdam Ave. Suite M406 NY, NY 10033 (212) 781-0756 {philabs|cucard|pegasus|rocky2}!aecom!berger