(March 7, 2014 at 11:28 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The reason that xtians misstate jewish beliefs is fairly clear. What reason do jews have to misstate their own?
Don't get me wrong. I've known lots of jews and most of them think the torah is a pile of shit, too. But they know it doesn't make the claims that the xtians say it does.
You are not really saying that the entire body of the Jewish religion is not self preserving and will not respond to alternate theologies are you?
Judaism(reform), like some Buddhism and Unitarianism, accept atheists members who observe their traditions or whatever. So on that front alone those 3 are really cool, and each for other reasons. But seriously, no ulterior motives exist in any jews? All of the theological arguments of Buddhism, Unitarianism, and reform Jews are therefore factual. Does that include all prior members of all 3 that existed in prior history? I really don't know where to start.
