Why is Jesus Circumcised and not the rest of the christians ?

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Why is Jesus Circumcised and not the rest of the christians ?

Not the rest of the Christians?! But Christians are regularly circumcised in US so it's not actually abandoned. Indeed, even the Bible claims that many of non Jewish nations practiced circumcision Jeremiah 9:25-26 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh— Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the wilderness in distant places. For all these nations are really uncircumcised, and even the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”


So if you can get "circumcised only in the flesh" you can probably get circumcised in other "non fleshy" ways.

That's one of the worst translations I have ever seen. For example, there are several words completely missing from the translation. The verse talks about all of those who pull the corners of their hair back (the Jewish commandment of peyos) who are living in the wilderness. And then your translation inserts words that aren't there. It doesn't say that the nations are 'really' uncircumcised. And it doesn't say 'even' the whole house of Israel. This verse absolutely doesn't say that all uncircumcised people are going to be destroyed. It is saying that it those who maintain the physical characteristics of Jewishness (circumcision and peyos) but not Jewish hearts are going to be destroyed.

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This is a bit strange .

I thought if Jesus Christ was Circumcised , The followers of Jesus should be Circumcised too .

I am not sure when this tradition changed .

I will have to read more .

 

If you want to be practical and a bit cynical, you can say that it's easier to get new followers when the rules are easier. Roman people really liked seafood.

 

I correct people on this one all the time. There has always been a companion faith to Judaism for non-Jews. It's actually commanded in the OT-- when a non-Jew brings a sacrifice to  the Temple, their sacrifice is to be accepted. We call non-Jewish worshipers of the Israelite deity 'Noachides'. Noachides aren't required to follow most commandments of the OT. They can eat pork and shrimp. So any Jews who were looking to recruit some non-Jews would not have had to create an easier religion for them.

The xian faith seems to have been tailor made to be offensive to Jewish sensibilities. People don't realize this. It is not just a different religion to us. It is a religion that we can't have anything to do with. It is forbidden for a Jew to even go into a church. A Jew can go into a mosque. A Jew can pray in a mosque. But not a church. It really does seem to have been made toxic for Jews by design.