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Thus, we're at an impasse. You've asked why it's done, you've received the answer, twice, both times continuing to maintain that it's wrong. What that tells me is that, like dauer said above, you don't want dialog, you just want to rant and get your opinion out there.

You're missing the point. It's not about "agreement". At least in Judaism, you can't "agree" to be a Jew (unless you convert). Even if you don't practice the religion, even if you practice another religion, you're still a member of the Jewish people and still subject to said people's covenant...

One does not scientific evidence to confirm a belief, though beliefs that do not incorporate understanding thereof are based on tired and meaningless fallacies people use to provide themselves comfort. It may make you believe in God, but it does not make you a better person. One does not apply...

OK... What's your point with this? This is an unfortunate fact. People with low morals, regardless of faith, have found some sort of distinct desire to own other human beings, a concept that strikes me as nonsense. I disagree. I don't see there being anything wrong with a child There are...

I'm still pretty new here. I was raised Roman Catholic and I was taught thus. I was taught also that regardless it's not a valid reason to hate the Jews of today, but I still found the idea disturbing and recognize that a lot of Anti-Semitism is based on that claim.

It shouldn't. The word isn't intended as an insult (usually, anyway). It's just an acknowledgement that a person is not a member of the Jewish people. In the scope of Judaism, Gentiles have life a lot easier than Jews. Gentiles get salvation by following the seven Noachide Laws. Jews have to...

There's nothing wrong with that, really. If you want to come to an understanding of Jewish teaching of the Torah and the rest of the Tanakh, though, you should read the text along with Jewish commentaries. The commentaries expand on the meaning of the text and clarify questions that may have...

Be careful using the word 'Bible'... There's a lot of misconceptions among Gentiles over what Jewish scripture really is. The word 'Bible' really isn't appropriate. The word for the collaboration of 'Biblical' Jewish scripture is Tanakh, which is itself an acronym (in Hebrew) for Torah, Nevi'im...

I'm not really making the argument that his etymology idea is correct, just acknowledging that it strangely also applies, even in Hebrew. Genetics aren't a dangerous thing... The fact that the most recent common ancestor of all kohanim was a man who lived in about 1000 BCE is pretty...

Check the Hebrew. Yis (ie Yod-Sin, יש) is a statement of existence. Ra... Well, I'm not sure on that one. El (Alef-Lamed, אל) is the word for "god". Regarding it being Jacob's name... I don't know if Jacob/Israel ever really existed. Indeed, there's a lot of genetic evidence that he probably...

Not a one. :)

I've read a couple of commentaries and determined that the reason the Israelites destroyed the Midianites was because the Midianites hired Balaam to curse them. A. No, because YHVH in the scope of the ancient Israelite religion was not a "volcano God"... People needed their symbols, but...

As for the first part of the question, the Tetragrammaton (Yod-He-Vav-He, YHVH) is the name God used for Itself when speaking to Moses. Other names for God in Judaism (Adonai, Hashem, El, Elohim, Ein Sof et al) developed later on. Yes, all of them are Hebrew words, but the way the words were...

The question is not whether one is inherently good or evil (as the suggestion that one could be such is nonsense) but rather if one is responsible for his or her actions. The answer I give is yes. We do have free will and we are responsible for what we do and how we conduct ourselves.

Well, if there's no free will, then there can't be a good reason. But if we do have free will then God cannot see the future as the future hasn't been decided yet. I don't know about Islam, but Christianity teaches that unless one accepts Jesus as his or her personal saviour, he or she is...

The Sign of the Cross, I was taught, originated as a way for Christians to identify other Christians during the time Christianity was being oppressed by Rome. That would indicate, at least to me, that even the early Christians thought Jesus was crucified on a cross. So, true or not, the story of...

The Messiah wouldn't be the "son of God" any more than any other human being is a "son of God" or a "daughter of God". Calling God "father" is nonetheless at best an imperfect metaphor. ...This is just kind of a reiteration of dauer's post above.

My understanding is that at least originally Judaism did not consider Satan to be the "Prince of Darkness" or a "Fallen Angel"... More like a prosecuting attorney in God's court. That's certainly the way he was depicted in the Book of Job. I don't know how many Jews these days believe in the...

The Septuagint translation of the Torah is thought to be without flaw... It's the rest of the Tanakh (and later on, Christian scripture) that Jews typically have a problem with. The KJV translation of the Septuagint into English is almost word-for-word with the JPS, which is a translation of the...

Is there a copy of the Septuagint anywhere online? It wouldn't be necessary to compare the Hebrew to the Greek as the Septuagint translation of the Torah (in which God's name appears) is considered to be a flawless translation. That statement presumes belief that Christian scripture is...