I am not Jewish nor a Christian personally, but I study both Judaism and Christianity. I am not offended. Historically, Christianity began as another sect of Judaism. How and when the split occurred is up to much scholarly debate, but most scholars say that by 325 CE, the split was definite. While Christianity still holds many vestments that are Jewish, most of that has been either conscientiously erased, hidden, or ignored; or sub-conscientiously, many Christians just do not know about their "Jewish roots." It is not a plot or ploy on the part of the leadership or anything; they just do not know.b0mb3r wrote:ainsoph I am have to apologize to you. when you said you were Judaism I thought it was another sect of Christianity. I didn't know its Jewish. To me Jewish and Judaism are different! I''m practically jewish since I live in a heavy jewish area.
As for being Jewish and Judaism, they are different to an extent. According to the most stringent definition, one is Jewish if their mother was Jewish or if they converted to Judaism. However, this does not mean that one attends synagogue regularly or at all. One does not have to practice Judaism to be Jewish. So, unless you have a Jewish mother, you are not Jewish, even if all of your friends are Jewish. (By the way, do you know any Yiddishkeit?) At the same time, this does not mean that you cannot convert.
