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Its feel good nonsense. Jews dont believe in the revelations of christianity or islam. Christians don't believe in the revelations of islam and have written of

Its feel good nonsense. Jews dont believe in the revelations of christianity or islam. Christians don't believe in the revelations of islam and have written off most of the requirements of judaism, and islamic people dont believe in the bahai revelations. When they pretend this 'same god' has schizophrenia and lied to the other groups its just that - pretend. We've spent so long gaslighting everyone about religious declarations we've lost the fundamental plot. Those people do not believe that the other religions have any legitimacy about what god says, except to borrow the legitimacy of previous religions for their own self interest. The vatican and the israeli rabbinate are largely political entities. The chief rabbinate is not credible a religious authority even within israel - its a political appointment. You're being gaslit about what people believe because religious politics make 'playing well together against the nonbelievers' more important than telling the truth.

nl 4y ago
While this is mostly true, it is worth noting that Christians believe they worship the same god as Jews (even if Jews don't believe what Christian's believe). This is important because there is a strong fundamentalist Christian lobby group in the US that supports Israel politically for these religious reasons.
- LegitShady 4y ago
  as I said, each group is happy to co-opt the holy books of the one before it to assert their own credibility. christians take the jewish holy books and add their own ending, but the idea of a son of god is anathema in judaism. Muslims take jesus as a prophet, and judaism as well, but disregard both for their own rules. etc etc. So what christians believe is very self serving in terms of taking judaisms books to coopt for their benefit. Jews definitely dont believe any part of the new testament and believe jesus to be a false messiah. the feel good nature of "let the believers band together against the nonbelievers" is the gaslighting that lets people talk about how its all the same god, when it clearly isn't.
  - nl 4y ago
    You realize we are in strong agreement here right?

nl 4y ago

While this is mostly true, it is worth noting that Christians believe they worship the same god as Jews (even if Jews don't believe what Christian's believe). This is important because there is a strong fundamentalist Christian lobby group in the US that supports Israel politically for these religious reasons.

LegitShady 4y ago
as I said, each group is happy to co-opt the holy books of the one before it to assert their own credibility. christians take the jewish holy books and add their own ending, but the idea of a son of god is anathema in judaism. Muslims take jesus as a prophet, and judaism as well, but disregard both for their own rules. etc etc. So what christians believe is very self serving in terms of taking judaisms books to coopt for their benefit. Jews definitely dont believe any part of the new testament and believe jesus to be a false messiah. the feel good nature of "let the believers band together against the nonbelievers" is the gaslighting that lets people talk about how its all the same god, when it clearly isn't.
- nl 4y ago
  You realize we are in strong agreement here right?